Product Description
First published in 1993, this is the 2011 reprint of the CDVEC local history celebrating the area that formerly constituted the township of Pembroke , encompassing Ballsbridge, parts of Donnybrook , and as far north and east as Ringsend.
Booklet, 42 pages, illustrated throughout, contains features on :Early history of Ballsbridge and Environs , - Sandymount and Simmonscourt , Donnybrook fair, Fitzwilliams of Merrion, Baggotrath, Pembroke Township Lands, A history of the Township, 1916 Rising, and the incarceration of De Valera in the Town Hall, Carnegie Library, the 1907 Exhibition in Herbert Park, Pembroke Town Hall, James Hicks : Cabinet Maker, The Fire Service 1865-1881, and the Railways in the area.
Excellent condition.