Kevin C Kearns: 10 books
Ireland 1963
A Year of Marvels, Mysteries, Merriment and Misfortune
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
For over 30 years, renowned author and historian Kevin C. Kearns has been recording and publishing the valuable memories and recollections of Dubliners. In his latest book, he revisits the extraordinary year of 1963, bringing to life the voices of the ordinary people who lived through it in a way...
Dublin Pub Life and Lore – An Oral History of Dublin’s Traditional Irish Pubs
The Recollections of Dublin’s Publicans, Barmen and ‘Regulars’
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1996
Dublin is renowned for its amazing profusion of pubs and for its exuberant pub culture. In Dublin Pub Life and Lore, Professor Kevin Kearns examines the history of this phenomenon by speaking to old publicans, barmen and regular customers, relating the story of Dublin pubs and their patrons in an...
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...
by Kevin C. Kearns
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2011
This arctic siege brought freezing temperatures of 7° Fahrenheit (?14°C , a piercing east wind reaching 60-70 m.p.h., five major blizzards, and snowdrifts of 12 to 20 feet-some topping 50. Cars, buses, houses and entire villages were buried, leaving scores of passengers and inhabitants marooned....
The Legendary ‘Lugs Branigan’ – Ireland’s Most Famed Garda
How One Man became Dublin’s Tough Justice Legend
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
Garda and guardian. Protector and punisher. This is ‘Lugs’ Branigan: the man, the legend.
The story of ‘Lugs’ Branigan is a tale that is long overdue. It is a story of extraordinary courage and compassion, a story of heroism and altruism, a story of crime, punishment and redemption....
Dublin Voices
An Oral Folk History
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2001
For nearly thirty years, Kevin C. Kearns collected the memories and recollections of Dubliners on tape. These interviews have formed the basis of an extraordinary body of work, one whose subjects have included the life of the Dublin pub and the tenement house. In this ambitious book, he considers...
Working Class Heroines
The Extraordinary Women of Dublin’s Tenements
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
In Working Class Heroines acclaimed historian Kevin C. Kearns brings us the voices of the forgotten women of Dublin’s tenements. If it weren’t for his work the lives of these everyday heroines would be lost forever. Based on 30 years of research spent interviewing and recording the life stories...
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....
Dublin Tenement Life
An Oral History of the Dublin Slums
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2006
For nearly 150 years, the wretched, squalid tenements of Dublin were widely judged to be the worst slums in all of Europe. By the 1930s, 6,400 tenements were occupied by almost 112,000 tenants. Some districts had up to 800 people to the acre, up to 100 occupants in one building, and twenty family...