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Piss-pots, printers and public opinion in eighteenth-century Dublin : Richard Twiss's Tour in Ireland by Powell, Martyn J. , 1972- is a history book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Piss-pots, printers and public opinion in eighteenth-century Dublin : Richard Twiss's Tour in Ireland about?
Explores the visit of the English tourist Richard Twiss to Ireland and the resulting controversy - enthusiastically stoked by Dublin's printers - that followed the publication of the account of his travels. A Tour in Ireland in 1775 derided Ireland's cultural achievements and the morals and manners of the inhabitants. Most famously it described the people of Connaught as 'savages' and the legs of Ireland's women-folk as less than svelte. The resulting outcry saw dozens of newspaper articles, squ
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- Author
- Powell, Martyn J. , 1972-
- Publisher
- Dublin: Four Courts Press
- Published
- 2009
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781846821936
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- Architecture, History, Travel
- Updated
- 2026-03-25