Vintage 1980s DUBLIN BOOK

Dublin. It has been written about more often than any city of its size in the world and no wonder, since its sons include Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett.

Cityguide: Dublin, mixing exquisite photography with witty and hard-hitting text, introduces you to its history, its writers, its talk, its eccentrics, its street life, its pubs, its parks, its religion, its music, its great buildings, its sights and its sounds.

History: Dublin chronicles the city's Viking beginnings, its 18th-century Georgian splendour, its traumatic role in Ireland's fight for independence, and its present-day dilemmas.

Things to do: Share the Dubliner's passion for the pubs and horse racing, identify the best shops, restaurants and night spots, and discover the Dublin only Dubliners know.

Places: Dublin takes you around the city's Georgian squares, through its galleries and parks, into its bookshops and pubs, and out to the surrounding mountains and resorts.

Faces: Dublin is the world capital of talk, a city of chance encounters. Discover great characters of the past such as Micheal Mac Liammóir and the great eccentrics of today.