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Georgian Dublin : the forces that shaped the city by Diarmuid O'Grda; Diarmuid O Grada is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Georgian Dublin : the forces that shaped the city about?

It is the Georgian heritage that most strongly defines Ireland s capital city. Here, Diarmuid O Grada shows us a Dublin quite unlike that depicted in the conventional histories of grand red-brick squares and elegant drawing rooms. Phenomenal population growth was forced on a place where local government, the workshops and the streets themselves had changed little since medieval times. In the course of the century the number of Dubliners trebled and the city was quite unprepared for the urgent challenge of feeding and housing so many people.This book explains how Dublin s adjustment to the new reality gave rise to widespread civil unrest and how the official reaction to the turmoil took on aspects of a crusade. Most of these responses failed and, in reality, there were periods when the city was running out of control. The author draws on a wide range of sources, including newspapers and parish records that had previously been neglected. His own career as a town planner has given him an understanding of urban impacts in terms of time and space."

Author

Diarmuid O'Grda; Diarmuid O Grada

Publisher

Togher, Cork, Ireland: Cork University Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9781782051473

Subjects

History, Humanities