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Éamonn MacThomáis (13 January 1927–16 August 2002) was an author, broadcaster, historian, Irish Republican, advocate of the Irish language and lecturer. He presented his own series on Dublin on RTÉ during the 1970s and was well known for guided tours of and lectures on his beloved Dublin. He is buried in Dublin's Glasnevin Cemetery. Michael O'Brien founded The O'Brien Press in 1974. As an artist he illustrated several of our early publications, as well as books on Rathgar/Churchtown and Tallaght. DONAL FALLON is a lecturer and historian based in Dublin. Co-founder of the popular social history website ‘Come Here To Me’, his previous publications include The Pillar: The Life and After Life of the Nelson Pillar (New Island, 2014). He is currently completing a PhD on republican commemoration and memory in 1930s Ireland.<p>Many books have been written about various aspects of Dublin, but none has captured the atmosphere of the living city so well as Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin</p>
The Irish Press
<p>MacThomáis makes the city sing with his uncanny ear for the voices and sounds that give it its uniqueness. A book to treasure.</p>
Sunday Independent
<p>those yet to engage with the book are in for a treat, as it is a truly unique piece of writing, in the mould of James Joyce and Flann O’Brien</p>
- History Ireland Magazine,
<p>Éamonn Mac Thomáis takes us on a colourful romp across the city - north, south, east and west and across the river Liffey - telling us many intimate stories about the history, the characters and the places they inhabited. The written material is greatly enhanced by the great variety of illustrations in the book, particularly the line drawings by Michael O’Brien … full of human interest, anecdotes and colour which more than justifies the publication of its 50th anniversary edition, hopefully to be enjoyed, as it was by me, by many present and future generations’ </p>
- Irish Labour History Society’s Saothar Journal, Des Geraghty,
50th Anniversary Edition
A beautifully presented and attractively laid out commemorative edition, with new introductions by Ivan O’Brien, MD of The O’Brien Press and best-selling author Dónal Fallon.
The very first book published by The O’Brien Press in 1974 celebrates fifty years in print.
The O’Brien Press launched its first publication in November 1974. Me Jewel and Darlin' Dublin, written by Éamonn MacThomáis and published while the author was in jail, was an immediate success and has become a classic. Full of historical facts, anecdotes and Dublin wit, this book evokes the spirit, the characters and colours, the sights, sounds and even the smells of old Dublin. With sections on markets, pawn shops, street characters, the Liberties, slang and wit of Dublin’s newspapers, the city’s history is traced right back to Brian Boru, the Huguenots, ‘the debtors’ prison', and Dublin's troubled history of risings and revolutions.
Celebrating fifty years of Me Jewel & Darlin’ Dublin – and of The O’Brien Press.
The very first book published by The O’Brien Press in 1974 celebrates fifty years in print.
Full of historical facts, anecdotes and Dublin wit, this book evokes the spirit, the characters and colours, the sights, sounds and even the smells of old Dublin.
PUBLISHER’S FOREWORD – IVAN O’BRIEN 7
FOREWORD – DONAL FALLON 11
1 A Child’s World
THE FOURPENNY RUSH 15
A DUBLIN PENNY 19
STREET GAMES 21
2 The Old Ways
THE PAWNSHOPS OF DUBLIN 27
THE COMEDY KING 34
STREET CHARACTERS 40
SOME DUBLIN SLANG 51
SOUNDS, SMELLS AND COLOURS 55
DUBLIN’S OLD NEWSPAPERS 60
3 Old Dublin Town
DUBLIN’S MANY LIBERTIES 69
AROUND ST WERBURGH’S 85
FORD OF HURDLES 89
4 Commercial Life
BACK OF THE PIPES 109
MERCHANTS AND MARKETS 112
A TRIP DOWN THE PORT 121
5 Hidden Places
AROUND ST MARY’S ABBEY 127
THE FIVE LAMPS 134
THE ROYAL CIRCUS 140
PHOENIX PARK 144
THE KING’S COWBOY 147
OLD KILMAINHAM 148
6 The City Centre
ST STEPHEN’S GREEN 155
TRINITY COLLEGE 170
AROUND COLLEGE GREEN 176
DUBLIN’S REVOLUTIONARY SQUARE 181
A NOTE ON PUBLICATION 188
INDEX 191
50th Anniversary Edition
Celebrating fifty years in print
Step back in time to the markets, pawn shops, street characters and slang of old Dublin. Eamonn MacThomáis knew his beloved city like the back of his hand and traces its history from Brian Boru, through the Huguenots, past risings and revolutions, right up to his own day. Full of historical facts, anecdotes and Dublin wit, this book evokes the spirit, the characters and colours, the sights, sounds and smells of old Dublin.
The quintessential Dublin classic, celebrating fifty years in print.
With introductions by Ivan O’Brien of The O’Brien Press and best-selling author Donal Fallon
Illustrated by Michael O'Brien