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A writer more closely associated with the Liberties area of Dublin, Eamonn Mac Thomáis was in fact born above Rathmines Fire Station, where his father was a Fire Brigade Officer. His father died when he was five and the family moved to Goldenbridge. A Republican activist, he was also a best-selling author with his series of books of Dublin reminiscences, which recorded the sayings, stories, customs and characters of the inner city.
This is probably the most autobiographical of his books, detailing his own experiences working on the docks, in a Dublin laundry, Switzers , and much more .
This is a 1988 reprint, , originally published 1979. illustrated by Desmond McCarthy.
