TO SCHOOL THROUGH THE 1950s Éanna Brophy My first school was Belgrove School in Clontarf, or, to give its official title, Scoil Eoin Baiste. It was only about a quarter of a mile from our house, so from a very early age I could walk there unaccompanied, unless an older brother or sister was heading… Continue reading When We Were Kings and Queens of the Road: Éanna Brophy
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Out Goes She
By Leslie Daiken Published by the Dolmen Press, Dublin 1963 From the streets of Dublin, Leslie H Daiken’s collection of children’s street-songs, war-cries and samples of oral literature. From the McAllister Collection. Donated to the Museum of Childhood Ireland 2023 About Leslie Daiken: Leslie Herbert Daiken Born in Dublin on June 29th 1912 – died… Continue reading Out Goes She