Turtle Bunbury - Dublin Docklands,

Perfect Condition Hardcover. Dustjacket has slight shelfwear. First Edition, 2009. A superb copy of this acclaimed volume. Postage €6.95 can include another 5 books from my other items. DUBLIN DOCKLANDS AN URBAN VOYAGE
Luke Kelly, Sean O'Casey, Captain Bligh and Bindon Blood Stoney are just some of the characters to emerge in this intriguing and entertaining historical tour, charting the rise of the Dublin Docklands from murky swamp to its present day towering skyline

The story begins in the early 18th century when savvy Dublin merchants first enclosed the River Liffey within a series of sturdy stone walls. Today, the reclaimed land behind these walls comprises the North Wall, East Wall, the South Lotts and a good deal of the parishes of Westland Row and City Quay. Ringsend and the Poolbeg peninsula simultaneously benefited from these mighty works. Located on a major river with direct access to the Irish Sea and the oceans beyond was of fundamental importance to the development of the Docklands during the wealthy years of Georgian Dublin. Considerable business was carried out along the handsome docks, quays, warehouses and railway tracks built alongside the walls. By the 20th century, the inner city docklands was home to the largest working class community in Ireland. However, the onset of mechanization inevitably reduced the need for manpower and by the 1950s, many were unemployed and the area went into rapid decline.

In the 1980s, the seed of change was planted with the creation of the Custom House Docks Development Authority and the evolution of the International Financial Services Centre. Since 1997, developing and improving this 1,300 acre coastal cityscape has been the remit of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority, Although much is yet to come, the Dublin Docklands is already a blueprint for other cities around the world seeking to convert their run-down inner cities into slick, friendly, contemporary and internationally popular city centres. This book offers a useful chronicle of some of the more memorable buildings, people and events associated with the area.