Bilingual poet, essayist and third generation Dubliner, Dr Declan Collinge discusses his recently published literary anthology of Dublin which features literary extracts through the centuries, up to the present day.

From Fenian Cycle poems to Swift and Stoker, from Joyce to Keyes and Howard, it also includes such famous Dublin characters as Billy in the Bowl, Zozimus, and Bang Bang as well as many immortal Dublin songs.

Declan also includes some of his own published work as he discusses the genesis of the book, the problems encountered and overcome, the research involved, as well as reading the more memorable passages.

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