Fascinating insights into the Dublin of 1913

**A Capital in Conflict:**

**Dublin City and The 1913 Lockout**

**Edited by Francis Devine**

**Dublin City Council, €25.15**

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On Sunday, August 31, 1913, a man with a false beard, disguised as a clergyman and wearing the frock coat of Count Markievicz, stepped onto a balcony of the William Martin Murphy-owned Imperial Hotel on O'Connell Street to shout to the crowd below, "I'm Larkin". His presence resulted in the mayhem of a police ...