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"In the Heart of the Hibernian Metropolis"

A Virtual Travel Diary by UCLA Students

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Author: Samantha Guevara

THE SOUTH DUBLIN UNION WORKHOUSE

Artifact: South Dublin Union Workhouse Category: Urban Growth and Infrastructure  The Rise of the Infamous South Dublin Workhouse Workhouses in … More

fieldguide, greatfamine, southdublinworkhouse, urbaninfrastructure, weekten

O’Casey & the Irish Civil War

For my research paper I will be focusing on Sean O’Casey’s Juno and the Paycock and how this play serves … More

irishcivilwar, junoandthepaycock, weekseven

Dublin Usher’s Island – No. 15

And we are back to Dublin! For this week’s virtual travels I decided to check out some of the places … More

jamesjoyce, thedead, weeksix

“I will arise and go now to Innisfree”

I found this week’s introduction to Irish poetry to be such an intriguing and wonderful experience. Yeats’s various poems vividly … More

innisfree, wbyeats, weekfive

A Journey Through Literary Dublin

This week I decided to explore the surrounding area of Dublin, in hopes of getting a glimpse of the city … More

dublinwritersmuseum, weekfour

Bram Stoker’s “Fang-tastic” Epistolary Novel

Bram Stoker’s Dracula is a Gothic horror novel that tells the story of Count Dracula, a supernatural being, who is … More

dracula, epistolarynovel, weekthree

Penal Laws Against Irish Catholics

British Rule in Ireland British rule in Ireland began when the Anglo-Normans invaded Ireland in the late 12th century. From … More

penallaws, weektwo

Bray Head’s Urban Nature

Kilfeather’s Dublin: A Cultural History argues that the Wicklow mountains and the Dublin bay are some of the natural features … More

brayhead, weekone

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