In Our Day: An Oral History of Dublin's Bygone Days

By Kevin C Kearns and Kevin C. Kearns

For over fifty years, Kevin C. Kearns trekked the rough-and-tumble streets of the heart of Dublin, hoping to record and preserve the city's vanishing oral history. Armed only with a Sony tape recorder, the ordinary people he encountered - street traders, dockers, factory workers, tram drivers, housewives and midwives, children and grandparents - shared private stories of hardship, joy, sorrow, suffering, survival and triumph. In Our Day is the culmination of a life's work - a treasure trove bursting with whispers from the past - 450 vignettes, memories and recollections gathered to present an evocative, poignant portrait of a forgotten Dublin. 'Without Kevin, the lives of ordinary decent Dubliners would be forgotten. This book is a celebration of them.' Joe Duffy

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0717195597
• ISBN13: 9780717195596
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Gill Books
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.5"