The attitude of Dubliners to the Poolbeg chimneys has always puzzled me. The 1970s industrial behemoths are regarded with a fiercely defensive, romantic attachment, and immortalised on “mugs, T-shirts, key rings, calendars, cartoons, postcards, wood carvings, book covers, silk scarves, posters, paintings,” as a letter writer to this newspaper recently pointed out. It is, she said, testament “to their enduring importance to Dublin Bay and in our hearts”.

Source: The Irish Times April 17, 2021 00:18 UTC