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Literary Dublin

Maybe it’s the oral tradition, the penchant for alcohol or simply the Irish gift of the gab, but Dublin has exported a remarkable number of great writers for its modest size. It’s the birthplace of James Joyce, WB Yeats, Oscar Wilde, George Bernard Shaw and Samuel Beckett. This legacy is now acknowledged by UNESCO, which has declared Dublin a City of Literature, and, as you wander its

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