Professor Kevin C Kearns: 3 books
Dublin Street Life and Lore – An Oral History of Dublin’s Streets and their Inhabitants
The Recollections of Dublin’s Tram Drivers, Lamplighters and Street Dealers
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1997
The first half of this century was the heyday of Dublin’s vibrant and bustling traditional street life. Now in Dublin’s Street Life and Lore, through the vivid oral histories of the participants themselves, Professor Kevin Kearns chronicles this rich street life and lore for future generations.
The...
Ireland's Arctic Siege of 1947
The Big Freeze of 1947
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
On 19 January 1947 Ireland was invaded by a freakish anticyclonic weather phenomenon unleashed from the depths of Siberia. Its prolonged two-month grip entombed the country in snow and ice.
This arctic siege brought freezing temperatures of 7° Fahrenheit -14°C, a piercing east wind reaching...
The Bombing of Dublin's North Strand by German Luftwaffe
The Untold Story of World War 2
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2009
On the Whit bank holiday weekend of 1941, the neutral Irish capital was suddenly and inexplicably bombed by the German Luftwaffe.
On a gloriously starry night four bombs fell, the last and most devastating at precisely 2:05 a.m. on 31 May. There was a thunderous explosion and the earth quaked....