On an all-but-forgotten night of disaster and heroism in the Liberties in Dublin... For Sunday Miscellany on RTÉ Radio 1, listen to The Great Liberties Whiskey Fire, by Las Fallon above.
The story of the great Liberties whiskey fire of 1875 has long fascinated me. I spent 32 years as a firefighter in Dublin Fire Brigade, 30 of those years in Dolphins Barn Fire Station in the south inner city. This station covers the very area where that long ago fire occurred...
This essay appeared on the programme of November 30th - listen back here
