Volume LIII Number 1 Spring 2000. €7.50
www.coolfinbooks.ie
Dublin City Coat of Arms by City Archivist 4
A Recollection of the 1936 Pearse Street Fire by James Scrannel 6
Crumlin the way it was by Billy French 7
Thoughts on a Great Character by Brendan McWilliams 17
The Dublin Theatre During the Years Leading up to the Opening of the Abbey Theatre by Christopher Fitz-Simon 19
Freedom of the City of Dublin by City Archivist 33
Colmanstown Castle and Church Sites by Brian McCabe 38
Surgeon James Patten (c. 1748-1797) - The Dublin Man Who Saved Explorer, Captain James Cook by Kieran McGovern 46
Prince Napoléon’s Visit to Dublin and Kerry in August 1865 by Dónall Ó Luanaigh 71
A German Dulcimer Player in Eighteenth-Century Dublin by Seán Donnelly 77
Book Review 87