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    Dublin Pub Life and Lore – An Oral History of Dublin’s Traditional Irish Pubs: The Recollections of Dublin’s Publicans, Barmen and ‘Regulars’
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    Dublin Pub Life and Lore – An Oral History of Dublin’s Traditional Irish Pubs: The Recollections of Dublin’s Publicans, Barmen and ‘Regulars’

    By Kevin C. Kearns

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    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 engaging and entertaining fashion.

    Traditionally in Ireland, the public house or ‘pub’ was the centre of a community’s social life and a social institution ranking second in importance only to the parish church. Pubs ranged from dusky watering holes frequented by labourers, dockers and shawlies to elegant Victorian gin palaces where the gentry and literati gathered. Along the Dublin quays there were dives filled with scoundrels, prostitutes and misfits of every sort.

    Following the success of his bestselling classic Dublin Tenement Life, Kevin Kearns has researched and created a wonderful oral historical chronicle of Dublin’s pub life. Based on conversations with old publicans, pub ‘regulars’ and long-serving barmen, Dublin Pub Life and Lore captures the folklore, customs, characters and wit of the traditional Dublin public house.

    Dublin Pub Life and Lore: Table of Contents
      Introduction

    1. History and Evolution of Dublin Public Houses
      Origins and Uses of Alcohol
      A City of Taverns and Alehouses
      Dublin’s Colourful Public Houses
      Drinking Customs of the Social Classes
      Disreputable Drinking Dens
      Proud and Prosperous Publicans
      Dublin Temperance Movement
      Government Inquiry into Intemperance and the Role of Public Houses
      Oral History and Pub Lore

    2. Dublin Pub Culture and Social Life
      The Pub as a Living Social Institution
      The Publican’s Role and Status
      Pub Regulars and Their Local
      Porters, Apprentices and Barmen
      Pubs as IRA Meeting Places
      Women on the “Holy Ground”
      The Pintman and His Pint
      Pub Customs and Traditions
      Pub Entertainment
      Singing Pubs
      Literary Pubs
      Notable Pub Characters
      Eccentric Publicans and Notorious Pubs
      Underworld of Shebeens, Kips and Speakeasies
      Famous Barmen’s Strikes
      Transformation and Desecration of Venerable Pubs

    3. Oral Testimony of Publicans and Barmen

    4. Oral Testimony of Pub Regulars and Observers
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGill & Macmillan
    Release dateAug 1, 1996
    ISBN9780717164714
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    Dublin Pub Life and Lore – An Oral History of Dublin’s Traditional Irish Pubs: The Recollections of Dublin’s Publicans, Barmen and ‘Regulars’
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    Kevin C. Kearns

    Kevin C, Kearns, PhD, is a social historian, Professor Emeritus at the University of Northern Colorado and the author of fifteen books, including several bestsellers – most notably Dublin Tenement Life and Ireland’s Arctic Siege. In 2021 he was awarded the Lord Mayor’s Scroll from Dublin City Council, in recognition of his ‘dedication to preserving Dublin’s social history’. Kearns now lives in New England, on the coast of Maine.

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