As someone moving to Dublin this year, this book was invaluable! Rich and incredible history of all there is to know about the depths of Dublin’s contributions to the literary world.

A great book for all lovers of travel and literature, and for those who, like me, always want to find out about the writers who come from a particular place. A must-read for all fans of literary history. An engaging and informative guide.

This will be a great travel companion when I travel to Dublin. This book is a part of a series that showcases other cities and their literary history. This book starts with a chronology which is very helpful. There are maps throughout and highlights where the author himself lived and famous and not as well known authors lived and hung out or taught. I love that he describes passages from Irish Literature as well as giving us background on these authors and the locations. This is a great read with suggestions for more reading!

Thank you to Netgalley and Cambridge University Press for an ARC and I left this review voluntarily.

I wish I'd had this book before my visit to Dublin last summer! Very thorough and interesting.

My one negative response is to publishers who make books available only as a protected PDF. This is so frustrating! The only option is to sit at my computer and read the book through NetGalley, or to read it on my phone via the NetGalley app, which is near to impossible because of the small size of my phone. I can't even begin to express how incredibly frustrating this is. If you trust us to read and review your books, then please trust us to send a readable copy to our Kindles.

There is no doubt that Dublin has been home to many writers and their creations. Even those who have not read Ulysses know that the characters of James Joyce dwell here. Among the many others to have worked or set works in Dublin were Seamus Heaney, Yeats, and Beckett, up to the more recent, Sally Rooney.

This title is a bibliophile’s delight. The reader’s guide, author Chris Morash, has written extensively on Ireland and is on the judging panel of the Dublin Literary Award. He notes that, when he moved to Dublin, he lived on the street where Oscar Wilde had been born, and where part of Ulysses takes place. Clearly he is one to enjoy the city’s rich literary history. Readers are in good hands.

This title is organized by geographic locations. For example there are chapters set around St. Stephen’s Green, Trinity College, Riverrun and many others. There are many maps and photos that bring the text to life.

The book opens with an extensive chronology that begins in 770 and ends in 2021. There are both historical and literary events noted here. I learned, for example, that in 1551 the first book was published in Dublin. Do you know what it was? See below for the answer.

Morash has included a section called Read On for those who want to dig a bit deeper.

This book offers much to engage both the scholar and the more casual reader. I highly recommend it.

Many thanks to NetGalley and Cambridge University Press for this title. All opinions are my own.

Pub date: 09 March 2023

Note: This is a title in a series that features writers and cities. Other books are on New Orleans, London, Cambridge and New York. Look for them.

The first title published was the Book of Common Prayer.

I received a free copy of, Dublin, by Christopher Morash, from the publisher and Netgalley in exchange for an honest review. Dublin is known for its famous writers poets and authors, James Joyce and William Butler Yeats, instantly come to mind. I learned a lot from this book, so many creative Irish people going back a long time.