Contents of Dublin by Samuel A. Ossory Fitzpatrick

Dublin: A Historical and Topographical Account of the City.

Written by Samuel A. Ossory Fitzpatrick. Illustrated by W. Curtis Greene.

First published 1907.

Chapter 1. Scandinavian Dublin Chapter II. Anglo-Norman Dublin Chapter III. Dublin under the Tudors and Stuarts Chapter IV. Trinity College, Dublin Chapter V. Eighteenth-century Dublin Chapter VI. Social Life in Eighteenth-century Dublin Chapter VII. Municipal Dublin Chapter VIII. Dublin Theatres Chapter IX. Nineteenth-century Dublin Chapter X. Historic houses and distinguished Dubliners Chapter XI. Modern Dublin Appendix I. - Itinerary

Although this is one of the later histories of Dublin to be included there is much new material - including a handy Appendix on suggested walks around the city(nearly as accurate today as it was nearly 100 years ago). It was a difficult book to scan - poor print quality - and to proof-read (Fitzpatrick delights in including Greek, Latin, Old Irish, Anglo-Saxon, Norman French, Old English - and all this in the first chapter). I have absolutely no Greek, a smattering of Latin and Old Irish (the character set is different), no Anglo-Saxon and no Norman French. Old English offers a completely different challenge in that no-one ever seems to spell the same word the same way twice. Once I got over the first chapter - the shock of seeing the amount of work as I opened the first scans  resulted in me abandoning the project for three months - the remainder proved easier. There are also five missing pages (p98, p295-8). I have another copy from a different publisher and, once I dig it out, I’ll include the relevant pages. Chapters which add substantially to the information already included on this site are from Chapter 5 onwards. Verdict: Starts as a very tough read, gets into its stride in Chapter 2, breaks into a canter in later chapters. Lovely illustrations. KF, May 2000 PS. I’ve only included the illustrations for Chapters 1 and 2. I’ll be adding the remainder at the rate of one chapter every few days.