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020 _a9780717121786 (hbk.) :
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082 _a305.569041835
100 _aKearns, Kevin Corrigan
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245 _aDublin tenement life : an oral history /
_cKevin C. Kearns.
260 _aDublin
_bGill & Macmillan
_cc1994
300 _a237p,[48]p of plates : ill, map,ports ; 25cm.
500 _aFormerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references p226-231. - Includes index.
505 _aBased on the oral histories of the survivors of the old Dublin tenements, this book describes a world of hunger, disease, unemployment, heavy drinking, prostitution and gang warfare. The book captures the tenants' social life, their wit and their incredible sense of community solidarity.
999 _c5118
_d5118