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Dublin's Women Street Traders, 1882-1932
€ 12.95
ISBN: 9781801511773
A ballad about a female street trader is widely regarded as Dublin's anthem, yet the city's relationship with those who traded on its streets was often acrimonious.
Despite the corporation's knowledge that it lacked the facilities to provision the population, from 1882 onwards, efforts commenced to have street traders banned alongside gentrification projects. A watershed moment came with the the passage of the Street Trading Act of 1926. Prompted by vested interests, the legislation negated the rights of women selling from time-honoured pitches in the city centre and pushed them deeper into the social margins.
This book examines the resistance of the traders when those with power refused to regard them as stakeholders. What the establishment learned was that the women were prepared to engage in civil disobedience, endure violence from Gardaí and serve time in jail to both protect their livelihoods and protest what they characterised as "banishment to the slums".
72 pages.
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Date of Publication: 26/09/2025
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