{"product_id":"stoneybatter","title":"Stoneybatter","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe oldest settled community on the northside of Dublin, Stoneybatter comprises the ancient Viking settlement of Oxmantown. This northwest frontier of Dublin was a major trading hub for over a thousand years. Because of its sprawling cattle markets it became known as ʻCowtown’, a maelstrom of animals, drovers, horse dealers, farmers and traders.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003eStoneybatter has survived providentially as a genuine inner urban village. Long cherished traditions, customs and city lifeways are still practised and ʻneighbouring’ flourishes along every street. With most of ʻold Dublin’ now tattered or demolished, Stoneybatter stands uniquely as a truly \u003cem\u003eliving \u003c\/em\u003ecommunity. It has the largest elderly population in the city, an invaluable repository of local oral history and urban lore.\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e“This book is redolent of the spicy smells of old family grocers, of the sanctity of the snugs in Mulligan’s renowned public house, of big families pulling happily enough together against familiar storms of poverty and illness… meticulously recorded and fascinating.”                                                                                                                                    \u003cem\u003eThe Irish Times \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e“A unique local study of a proud community, but also a fascinating record of the lives of extraordinary people in their own words… scholarship with immense affection.”\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBooks Ireland\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStoneybatter has survived providentially as a genuine inner urban village. Long cherished traditions, customs and city lifeways are still practised and ʻneighbouring’ flourishes along every street. With most of ʻold Dublin’ now tattered or demolished, Stoneybatter stands uniquely as a truly \u003cem\u003eliving \u003c\/em\u003ecommunity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Gill Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":55123898040707,"sku":"9780717151042","price":16.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0910\/3664\/7811\/files\/60895fd0e047842ae387b1f65ad39333.jpg?v=1741012428","url":"https:\/\/shop.gill.ie\/products\/stoneybatter","provider":"Gill","version":"1.0","type":"link"}