A random collection of tales of human tragedy, eccentrics, crime and punishment, hanging and rioting on -The Green-.
-The Green- for several hundred years was effectively the killing fields of Dublin, where the city''s criminals were taken to be hanged. Within these pages you will find tales of high-profile executions and lesser-known ones such as the hanging of the brothel-keeper Darky Kelly and the barbaric execution of Mary Fairfield the last person to be hanged there [1784]. Also included are Dan ''The Liberator,'' who fought a battle with his love rival at Harcourt Fields, the champion archer Celia Betham, and Bridget Hitler, sister-in-law of Adolf. Tales of rioting on the Green, a race in the Iveagh Gardens between a man and a horse called Rover and a host of characters and incidents that you won''t find in any guidebook.
