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Dublin 2019 Blog
Short Term Rentals (AirBnB) in Ireland
Hello there from the Chair’s desk. We’ve noted that some of our members have reported issues with AirBnB cancellations. We are sorry that is happening. Many of our own team are booked into AirBnB and it is an affordable option in most cases. Unfortunately, on the 1st of June this year new legislation is supposed […]READ MORE
Fantastic Fridays: Fitz-James O’Brien
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “It was shaped like a man—distorted, uncouth, and horrible, but still a man.” – “What Was It?” (1859) Fitz-James O’Brien was born in Cork on […]READ MORE
Touring Tuesdays – Limerick City by Jack Fennell
Birthplace of Dumbledore (well, Richard Harris) and the childhood stomping-ground of Preacher’s Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga), Limerick is an ancient and storied place. The name is likely derived from one of several words or phrases meaning ‘a bare place where horses graze,’ Vikingised and Anglicised into a name shared with a well-known genre of rude […]READ MORE
Fantastic Fridays: Charlotte Riddell
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “The terror of it instead of unchaining my voice laid an icy hand upon my mouth and kept me still and silent.” – “The De […]READ MORE
Important Announcement: Mobie Hire Fire Causes Us Concern
The Dublin Access team have a very important message to anyone with access needs, specifically those requiring mobility scooter hire. We’ve had a spot of bother. We identified a suitable mobie hire company, who were happy to work with us, and we had sufficient mobies for Dublin 2019. Unfortunately, that provider had a fire and […]READ MORE
Fantastic Fridays: Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “Perhaps other souls than human are sometimes born into the world, and clothed in human flesh.” – “Uncle Silas” (1864) Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu […]READ MORE
Touring Tuesdays: A Howth Cliff Walk, by Lynda E. Rucker
Whenever people tell me they’re going to visit Dublin, the first thing I always do is urge them to make sure they get out of the city at some point. It’s not that Dublin isn’t a terrific city, with lots of wonderful corners to explore—you’ll know that already if you’ve been reading this blog. But […]READ MORE
Fantastic Fridays: Lady Jane Wilde
Swan River Press tell us about the life and works of Lady Jane Wilde.READ MORE
Fantastic Fridays: Charles Maturin
Welcome to a new series on Irish writers of the fantastic. Over the next few months Swan River Press will be taking us on a tour through Ireland’s fantasy heritage. “I have traversed the world in the search, and no one, to gain that world, would lose his own soul!” – Melmoth the Wanderer (1820) […]READ MORE