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Monto Book.
People looking for the book on Monto can order it online from Connolly Books in Temple Bar, Dublin. They do post & packaging. Here is the website link to Connolly Books.
connollybooks.org
People looking for the book on Monto can order it online from Connolly Books in Temple Bar, Dublin. They do post & packaging. Here is the website link to Connolly Books.
connollybooks.org
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The Not So Hidden Ireland
Sentenced to a month in prison for kissing her boyfriend in public. 1938.
Sentenced to a month in prison for kissing her boyfriend in public. 1938.
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How wonderful is this ! Retired consultant
#AsifHasan reduced to tears as his patients who are alive because of his skill and dedication express their gratitude. 👏👏 Mr Hasan, you truly make a difference. Congratulations on your Pride of Britain award🙏
#AsifHasan reduced to tears as his patients who are alive because of his skill and dedication express their gratitude. 👏👏 Mr Hasan, you truly make a difference. Congratulations on your Pride of Britain award🙏
World-leading cardiac surgeon Asif Hasan was surrounded by the children who received the gift of life thanks to his unerring skills at the emotional climax of another memorable Pride of Britain ceremony. 🥹
Now 70 years old, Mr Hasan has just retired after 35 years of service at Newcastle upon Tyne, but just after receiving his Lifetime Achievement Award, he had an extra special surprise: a cast of patients who would not be alive without him. ❤️
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On our Monto Walking Tour, I tell the stories of the hardships endured by people who lived in the tenements. In one recording we have, an elderly woman who recalls what her mother used to tell her before bedtime.
“She’d tell me to kick the straw mattresses before I went to bed.
“She’d tell me to kick the straw mattresses before I went to bed.
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On the tour we play the short audio clips through a portable amplifier so everyone can hear the audio story over the noise of the traffic. I love the reaction when I play the audio clip of the little boy whose foot goes through the rotten floor board and is bitten by a rat.🐀
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I’d kick it, and the mice would come running out of the straw and disappear into a hole in the corner of the room.
“But we had big rats in the room. They’d come up from the back yard. My mother used to get a neighbour’s cat. It would kill the rats, mostly during the night.”
“But we had big rats in the room. They’d come up from the back yard. My mother used to get a neighbour’s cat. It would kill the rats, mostly during the night.”
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Free Monto Tours: Explore the laneways and streets, hear the stories of madams, pimps and the unfortunate women who lived and died in Monto. Discover how King Edward VII saved a pimp from the gallows, The tragic story of the White Lady of Monto.
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NEW: Pope Leo XIV sent a message to Fr. Gabriel Romanelli, the pastor of Gaza’s only Catholic parish, after an Israeli airstrike killed a Christian mother and her daughter on Saturday.
“How long, Lord?” the pope wrote.
Fr. Gabriel read the message aloud today. Here it is with English subtitles.
“How long, Lord?” the pope wrote.
Fr. Gabriel read the message aloud today. Here it is with English subtitles.
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1980 – Good Friday Procession, Railway Street, Dublin
This photo shows the Good Friday procession passing the ruins of Jack Rafter’s pawn office on Railway Street, Dublin.
In 1925, as Dublin’s once-infamous red-light district, Monto, was being brought to an end, Frank Duff
This photo shows the Good Friday procession passing the ruins of Jack Rafter’s pawn office on Railway Street, Dublin.
In 1925, as Dublin’s once-infamous red-light district, Monto, was being brought to an end, Frank Duff
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and members of the Legion of Mary marched through the streets behind a man carrying a large cross. Hundreds of people passed this very same building during the campaign to close Monto’s brothels.
The Folklore Project, has eyewitness audio recording of this historic event.
The Folklore Project, has eyewitness audio recording of this historic event.
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Dublin History In Storage.
North Inner City Folklore Project
Some of the hundreds of original tenement artefacts that have been lying in storage for over five years, along with hundreds of audio interviews with people who lived through life in Dublin’s tenements.
North Inner City Folklore Project
Some of the hundreds of original tenement artefacts that have been lying in storage for over five years, along with hundreds of audio interviews with people who lived through life in Dublin’s tenements.
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These artefacts and personal stories are an important part of Dublin’s social history and the history of the North Inner City.
Hopefully, with the support and sponsorship, we can finally reopen our museum and bring this important history back to the community, where it belongs.
Hopefully, with the support and sponsorship, we can finally reopen our museum and bring this important history back to the community, where it belongs.
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On the 23rd of October 1986, a 13 year old schoolboy called Philip Cairns disappeared off the face of the earth walking to Coláiste Éanna school in Ballyroan, Rathfarnham
Philip lived on Ballyroan Road with his Ma and Da, four older sisters, and a younger brother. That day after , he left again around 1pm to make the short 15 minute walk back to school. But he never arrived.
When Philip didnt come home, his Mam Alice began to fret. She contacted a Garda called Paddy Cloke, who was also the Da of Philip’s best friend. Cloke immediately alerted Rathfarnham Garda Station. What followed was one of the most high-profile unsolved missing persons cases in Irish history.
The nationwide search for Philip involved hundreds of volunteers, along with Gardaí from the surrounding areas of Terenure and Tallaght. Even the nearby Wicklow Mountains were unsuccessfully scoured for clues, but no sign of the boy was found.
Then, a week later, on the day before Halloween, two schoolgirls stumbled across a significant discovery. Philip’s schoolbag lay in a laneway just a few hundred yards from his home. This raised more questions than answers. The area had previously been searched before and the bag wasn't there. And despite recent rain, the bag was dry.
All signs pointed towards the evidence being deliberately placed there days after his disappearance. But by who, and to what end? Any hopes this new break in the case raised for Philip’s family and Gardaí were sadly in vane. The trail ran cold.
Everyone had their theories, and as the days turned to years, each trail ended in the dark. Had the schoolboy been abducted, possibly for ransom? Had he run away to England? Had he somehow been killed accidentally, even by a fellow schoolboy, and those responsible covered up the death. Perhaps with the help of the guilty kids' parents?
Had the schoolbag been left there by an innocent person who discovered it elsewhere and deposited it out of fear they'd be falsely accused? Was there a serial killer about to strike again?
In 2016, thirty years after his disappearance, a fresh lead briefly reignited hope for answers. A woman came forward claiming that a convicted child abuser and former radio DJ Eamon Cooke might have been involved in Philip’s death.
According to her, Philip had visited Cooke's pirate radio station and was killed there, with his body hidden afterwards. The Gardaí investigated the claims, but Cooke, who died in 2016, never confirmed any involvement, and no evidence was found to support this theory.
Philip’s disappearance continues to haunt the Rathfarnham community. In 2016, 500 people marched from Marian Road to the alleyway where Philip's schoolbag had been found, marking the 30th anniversary of his disappearance. One former student of Coláiste Éanna reflected on the lasting impact of the event, saying it "stole the innocence of an entire community."
Philip lived on Ballyroan Road with his Ma and Da, four older sisters, and a younger brother. That day after , he left again around 1pm to make the short 15 minute walk back to school. But he never arrived.
When Philip didnt come home, his Mam Alice began to fret. She contacted a Garda called Paddy Cloke, who was also the Da of Philip’s best friend. Cloke immediately alerted Rathfarnham Garda Station. What followed was one of the most high-profile unsolved missing persons cases in Irish history.
The nationwide search for Philip involved hundreds of volunteers, along with Gardaí from the surrounding areas of Terenure and Tallaght. Even the nearby Wicklow Mountains were unsuccessfully scoured for clues, but no sign of the boy was found.
Then, a week later, on the day before Halloween, two schoolgirls stumbled across a significant discovery. Philip’s schoolbag lay in a laneway just a few hundred yards from his home. This raised more questions than answers. The area had previously been searched before and the bag wasn't there. And despite recent rain, the bag was dry.
All signs pointed towards the evidence being deliberately placed there days after his disappearance. But by who, and to what end? Any hopes this new break in the case raised for Philip’s family and Gardaí were sadly in vane. The trail ran cold.
Everyone had their theories, and as the days turned to years, each trail ended in the dark. Had the schoolboy been abducted, possibly for ransom? Had he run away to England? Had he somehow been killed accidentally, even by a fellow schoolboy, and those responsible covered up the death. Perhaps with the help of the guilty kids' parents?
Had the schoolbag been left there by an innocent person who discovered it elsewhere and deposited it out of fear they'd be falsely accused? Was there a serial killer about to strike again?
In 2016, thirty years after his disappearance, a fresh lead briefly reignited hope for answers. A woman came forward claiming that a convicted child abuser and former radio DJ Eamon Cooke might have been involved in Philip’s death.
According to her, Philip had visited Cooke's pirate radio station and was killed there, with his body hidden afterwards. The Gardaí investigated the claims, but Cooke, who died in 2016, never confirmed any involvement, and no evidence was found to support this theory.
Philip’s disappearance continues to haunt the Rathfarnham community. In 2016, 500 people marched from Marian Road to the alleyway where Philip's schoolbag had been found, marking the 30th anniversary of his disappearance. One former student of Coláiste Éanna reflected on the lasting impact of the event, saying it "stole the innocence of an entire community."
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Army Overcoats
When we lived in the tenements, there were sixteen of us, along with my mother and father, all living in one room. We slept on the floor on a straw mattress. One morning, my father went out and brought three second hand army overcoats in the clothing market.
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When we lived in the tenements, there were sixteen of us, along with my mother and father, all living in one room. We slept on the floor on a straw mattress. One morning, my father went out and brought three second hand army overcoats in the clothing market.
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They were great for keeping us warm at night. We all slept with the overcoats over us because the tenement rooms were freezing cold. That was in the 1930s.”
Mrs Kelly.
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Mrs Kelly.
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Monto Walking Tour On this Saturday 26th September.
No Booking Required.
Meeting up. 2PM:
Outside the Spar Shop on the (Very end of Talbot Street). Right facing Connolly Train Station on Amiens Street. Tour 2hours. Cost €10 per-person.
No Booking Required.
Meeting up. 2PM:
Outside the Spar Shop on the (Very end of Talbot Street). Right facing Connolly Train Station on Amiens Street. Tour 2hours. Cost €10 per-person.
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The Monto Statue
In 1923, Frank Duff, his Legion of Mary, and the Catholic Church led a crusade to close down Dublin’s infamous red-light district know as Monto. With the assistance of the DMP (Dublin Metropolitan Police), 1925 a midnight raid took place resulting in the arrest
In 1923, Frank Duff, his Legion of Mary, and the Catholic Church led a crusade to close down Dublin’s infamous red-light district know as Monto. With the assistance of the DMP (Dublin Metropolitan Police), 1925 a midnight raid took place resulting in the arrest
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of a number of Monto’s madams. Frank Duff had a statue of the Sacred Heart erected on a building in the former red-light district.
2001, the building was being demolished a series of events took place. See what happened on this YouTube linked👇 youtu.be/liayQq7MgXM
2001, the building was being demolished a series of events took place. See what happened on this YouTube linked👇 youtu.be/liayQq7MgXM
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Looking forward to talking about the old Dublin tenements at the Bernard Neary History Festival in Cabra, Tuesday 6 October at 7pm. Come along ! @JamesJoyceCentr @LifeTenement facebook.com/share/p/18A88e…
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