Dublin pub life and lore : an oral history /: an oral history. (1996)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Kevin C. Kearns.
• Other Names: Kearns, Kevin Corrigan
• Contents: History and evolution of Dublin public houses. Origins and uses of alcohol -- A city of taverns and alehouses -- Dublin's colourful [i.e. colorful] 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 -- 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. Cont.): Notable pub characters -- Eccentric publicans and notorious pubs -- Underworld of shebeens, kips and speakeasies -- Famous barmen's strikes -- Transformation and desecration of venerable pubs -- Oral testimony of publicans and barmen -- Oral testimony of pub regulars and observers.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Gill Books
• Publication Date: 1996
• Extent: 1 online resource (287 pages)
• Subjects: 647.95418/35; Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Ireland -- Dublin -- History -- 20th century; Bars (Drinking establishments); Manners and customs; Bar; Geschichte 1610-1996; Dublin (Ireland) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century; Dublin (Ireland) -- Social life and customs; Ireland -- Dublin; Dublin; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780717164714; 0717164713
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.