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    February Book Club: Strumpet City

    February Book Club: Strumpet City

    We’re already in year two of the so-called ‘decade of anniversaries’ and there is no doubt about which is the most significant centenary this year. In August 1913, right in the middle of the Dublin Horse Show, tram workers who were members of the Irish Transport and General Workers Union abandoned their posts and went on strike. Thus began the 1913 Lockout. It was a long and bitter conflict, often simplistically seen as a struggle between two men, James Larkin of the ITGWU and William Martin Murphy, newspaper proprietor, tramways owner and leading light of the Employers Federation. In 1969 ...

    http://www.rte.ie/radio1/the-history-show/programmes/2013/0224/368913-the-history-show-sunday-24-february-2013/?clipid=1004694
    Strumpet City

    Strumpet City

    Some books, almost overnight, reach a huge and varied audience. Some books are read by young and old, rich and poor, university professors and ordinary Joe and Josephine Soaps and one such book is James Plunkett’s magnificent Strumpet City, first published in 1969. It’s a “Dub” novel with a universal appeal and the 1980 RTE dramatisation was shown in over 30 countries worldwide. Next month, Strumpet City has been chosen as the One City, One Book title by Dublin City Libraries and Dublin, UNESCO City of Literature. And to celebrate this event and to discover more about the novel, Pat ...

    http://www.rte.ie/radio1/today-with-pat-kenny/programmes/2013/0318/377187-today-with-pat-kenny-monday-march-18th-2013/?clipid=1033393

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