![]() ![]() This quickly went out of print so valuable was it to anyone interested in the foundations of Dublin. His book The Rivers of Dublin was first published back in 1991, originally in a larger format which gave full room to the maps. Man can change many things in nature (or so they think), but not the ultimate shape of creation.Ĭlair Sweeny was an engineer working for the old Dublin Corporation, the “Corpo” of childhood memory. No matter how life changes and the street are built over, no matters how people and buildings change over time, it is impossible to escape “the lay of the land”. There is a lovely saying, by an unidentified street poet, that has long echoed in my mind, as a description of the modern city: “The fields lie dreaming underneath.” Sweeney, revised by Gerard O’Connell & Michael Curtis (Dublin City Council / Irish Academic Press, €24.99) The Rivers of Dublin, new revised editionīy Clair L. ![]()
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