{"product_id":"rare-old-dubline-frank-hopkins-9781860231544","title":"Rare Old Dubline: Heros, Hawkers \u0026 Hoors","description":"Pirates executed in St Stephen's Green; Mother Bungy's 'sink of sin' in what is now Temple Bar; the Viking thingmote in College Green where human sacrifices took place; hidden holy wells under the city streets: these are just some of the things uncovered by Dubliner Frank Hopkins in this surprising and entertaining book. Famous sons and daughters of the city also make an appearance: John Pius Boland of the famous milling family, who won two Olympic medals for tennis in 1896 playing in street clothes and leather shoes; Jack Langan, the bare-knuckle boxer of Ballybough; Sir William Cameron, the public health specialist who devised a bounty scheme for captured houseflies in 1913; and the Dolocher, the savage eighteenth-century beast in the form of a pig who turned out to be a man.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Frank Hopkins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1860231543\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781860231544\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Mercier Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/30\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.58lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.54w x 0.62d","brand":"Frank Hopkins","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43939034431743,"sku":"9781860231544","price":18.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_e39298e0-04a8-40fb-ad79-3954329154b5.jpg?v=1681439111","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/rare-old-dubline-frank-hopkins-9781860231544","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}