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County Lines [Paperback]

Dermot Bolger (Editor)
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  • Paperback: 192 pages
  • Publisher: New Island Books (18 July 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 1905494300
  • ISBN-13: 978-1905494309
  • Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 12.6 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
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4.0 out of 5 stars Authentic First-Person Accounts from a Period of Drastic Change 9 Jan 2007
By M. Halpin
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County Lines: A Portrait of Life in South Dublin County allows thirty-four contributing residents of Tallaght, Lucan, Clondalkin, Palmerstown, Templeogue and other surrounding towns to share their reminiscences, insights and poetry. As noted novelist Dermot Bolger points out in his introduction, the collection is not intended as a complete social history of the land surrounding Dublin. Its anecdotes provide enlightening first-person accounts of a period of drastic change. Between 1960 and the present day, Ireland has transformed from a rural, isolationist, homogenous nation into a wealthy multicultural Celtic Tiger. The population has doubled. Entire new towns have sprung up. "In 19XX my new husband and I moved from our beloved home in Inner-City Dublin to the new estate way out in Y or Z," begins most County Lines accounts. Y or Z is inevitably a place that I, arriving here in the 1990's, have always considered an integral part of Dublin city. The true, human, Irish stories in County Lines provided a deeper understanding of this region.

The contributors are chiefly attendees from Dermot Bolger's writing workshops. As with the Streetwise collection edited by Neville Thompson, the fact that these are not professional authors lends an authenticity. I was impressed by the viewpoint and description of several shorts.

Two selections are available from local poet Eileen Casey. The title piece from her collection Seagulls is included alongside prose that brings the bleak 1980's back with immediacy and drama. "A Life in the Night" relates the years Casey worked as night packer in a local supermarket. Vivid language relives the hard work, cigarette break camaraderie and a few much-needed quid.... Read more ›
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