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The Coal Yards of Dublin City

See here for more stories of Dublin.   Coal Island   There is a wonderful moment in J. P. Donleavy’s book ‘The Beastly Beatitudes of Balthazar B’, when the enchanting Balthazar is sent galloping down the ‘the wet gleaming cobble stones’ of the Dublin quays, ‘by all the long rusting sides of ships’. His flight […]