Anna Liffey: The River of Dublin (A book incorporating a giant fold-out panoramic view).
Author: CONLIN, Stephen & DE COURCY, John.
Dublin: O’Brien Press, 1988. 63 pages. Illustrated. Paperback.
A fitting tribute to Anna Liffey, Dublin’s world-famous river.
An illustrated book, incorporating a giant fold-out panoramic view.
Written and illustrated by two distinguished experts:
John de Courcy: Professor of Engineering at UCD and an acknowledged authority on the Liffey.
Stephen Conlin: Artist, illustrator, author and stamp designer.
THE BOOK
This details the fascinating history of the Liffey, from its source to its estuary. The river has been the hub of life in Dublin from the beginnings of the city. Along the banks were built some of the city’s most prestigious structures. There are fascinating stories from its past — of trading, fording, of its shoreline and bridges, of life along its banks, of the famous and infamous people who lived there.
THE PANORAMIC VIEW
Illustrates all the major Dublin buildings along the course of the Liffey, as they are today, and the bridges that cross it. From the source at Kippure Mountain, through Pollaphuca Reservoir, Blessington Lakes, Newbridge, Sallins, Celbridge, Leixlip & Lucan. Then through Dublin city illustrating Royal Hospital, Houston Station, Collins Barracks, Four Courts, Christ-church Cathedral, City Hall, Trinity College, Custom House, docklands, Bull Island & Howth. Historical illustrations include: Viking town, Charter, medieval walls, St Mary’s Abbey, lost bridges, old Custom House, Guinness’s Brewery, O’Connell Street monuments, Helga Gunship 1916. Four plans: shorelines of 1666 & 1988, waterway junctions (Grand & Royal canals, Tolka and Dodder rivers), Dublin Bay. Ships and boats represent over 1000 years of trading and are shown on an appropriate stretch of the river. The scale changes as the river enters the city.
ISBN: 0862781698
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