Hugh Oram: 12 books

This book contains all the blogs that Hugh Oram has written over the twelve months, from November 2012 to November 2013. In these blogs, he has commented on many tourism topics in France and social, political, and economic trends, as well as the fashions and happenings of the moment. He hasnt excluded happenings in Ireland, where he and his wife live, and elsewhere in the world.

On Our Way details the many trips throughout Europe made over the years by Hugh Oram and his wife, Bernadette. During their travels, they have visited practically every country in Western Europe, as well as countries in Central and Eastern Europe such as Poland. Memorably, Hugh was in Prague in August...

Bernadettes Book is the story of a dynamic Irishwoman with a great story to tell. Bernadette comes from a fascinating family background, in Dublin and in Thurles, Co Tipperary. The book tells of her early days growing up in a Dublin that was radically different from the present day city. It narrates...

The Little Book of Dundrum is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts about one of Dublin's most important suburbs. Here you will find out about Dundrum's myth and legend, its proud sporting heritage, its castles and great houses, and its famous (and occasionally infamous)...

The Little Book of Stillorgan is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange and entertaining facts about this vibrant suburb of Dublin. This book takes the reader on a journey through Stillorgan's and its vibrant past. Here you will find out about Stillorgan's famous sons and daughters, its churches,...

Charmers and Chancers tells the stories about the many famous and infamous people whom Ive met and often interviewed during my fifty-year media career. It also includes a lot of personal and family history.

Leeson Street tells the story of two very different thoroughfares with the same name. Lower Leeson is architecturally dull, its buildings a pastiche of late eighteenth-century style. The remaining buildings from the earliest days of the street were swept away in the 1970s. In the years since, Lower...

The Little Book of Ballsbridge is a compendium of fascinating, obscure, strange, and entertaining facts about one of Dublin's most important suburbs. Here you will find out about the myth and legend, its architectural heritage, and its famous (and occasionally infamous) men and women. Through main...

Merrion and Booterstown is a noted residential area on Dublin’s south side, close to Dublin Bay. Its leafy streets cover a multitude of historical connections. A reliable reference book, this can be dipped into time and time again to reveal something new about the people, the heritage and the secrets of this much important area.

Stillorgan: Old and New covers the story of a unique suburb in South Dublin. Until the 1960s, the district was largely rural, with many farms and a scattering of big houses, but few people lived there. The Stillorgan shopping center was opened in 1966—the first in Ireland—and shortly afterwards,...

Dublin's Lost Treasures covers the many shops,cinemas,theatres and other institutions that have closed down in Dublin over the past 50 years.As the pace of development has quickened in recent decades,old places have closed Down at an increasing rate,so this book aims to be a record of many old shops...

Blackrock is a noted residential area on Dublin’s southside, close to Dublin Bay. Its leafy streets cover a multitude of historical connections. Blackrock College is one of Ireland’s leading privately owned secondary schools and a whole host of famous people have had links with it: Éamon de Valera,...