Dublin

Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides #5

by Terry Deary

Terry Deary reveals the horrible history of the great Irish city, from the blood-dripping battle of Clontarf to the risings and rebellions of the twentieth century. Find out why the mayor of Dublin put his Mum in prison and which Irish King led his men to battle ...from his bath. This title comes complete with a frightful fold-out map.

Genres: History, Nonfiction, Ireland, Childrens, European History, Middle Grade, Travel

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2006

About the author

A former actor, theatre-director and drama teacher, Deary says he began writing when he was 29. Most famously, he is one of the authors of the Horrible Histories series of books popular among children for their disgusting details, gory information and humorous pictures and among adults for getting children interested in history. Books in the series have been widely translated into other languages and imitated.

A cartoon series has been made of the series of books and was shown on CiTV for a period in 2002.

The first series of a live-action comedy sketch show of the same name was shown on CBBC in 2009 and a second series is due.

Terry is also known widely throughout children and adult reading groups alike for his True Stories series (see below for series list).

He received an Honorary Doctorate of Education from the University of Sunderland in 2000. His numerous accolades also include the Blue Peter "Best Nonfiction Author of the Century" Award in the U.K.

-Wikipedia

Reviews

[tripswithbooks · Rating 3 out of 5]

Dublin’de yaşarken şehir hakkında eğlenceli bir dille anlatılan ürkütücü gerçekleri okumak keyifliydi.

While living in Dublin, it was fun to read painful facts about the city, told in funny language.

[Tao Z · Rating 4 out of 5]

1/50

Surely funny and delightful!

[Indah Threez Lestari · Rating 4 out of 5]

116 - 2021

[Helene · Rating 4 out of 5]

Delightful

[Hannah · Rating 3 out of 5]

A fun and entertaining read. A very enjoyable way to learn about this topic.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

And read from the nostalgia list ticked off and my first HH book of 2022!

I quite like these in depth guides into certain places as I feel like you get more of an idea of the history rather than focusing on a period of history. And especially when you have a special interest in a certain place and it history then it becomes something you pay more attention to than just looking at a period of time.

The history of Dublin is interesting not just because of the tensions between the Irish and the English but also because of the tensions between the Irish themselves. And at its epicentre is the city of Dublin, advantageously situated on the River Liffey and on the coasts of the Irish Sea.

Hopefully, Dublin won’t descend into the type of bloodthirsty history that is has had. I don’t think I’d like that too much!

[Tex · Rating 4 out of 5]

“Dublin” is the sixth and final book of the Horrible Histories Gruesome Guides series of individual towns and cities by Terry Deary. While not a long book (96pages) it’s jam packed full of the Irish Republic’s capital city’s horrible highlights from 300AD right through to the 1920’s.

There’s lots more to the history of Dublin than just Guinness and Molly Malone. Here you’ll find out about the blood dripping battle of Clontarf, cruel cathedrals, dastardly Dublin Castle, and the nasty 1916 Rebellion.

While aimed at kids these books are fascinating reading for kids and adults alike. Informative, funny, and easy to read the reader is actually in danger of learning something whilst being entertained.

Horrible Histories Gruesome Guide to Dublin gets 4 Donnybrook dust-ups out of 5!

[Kate Callen · Rating 4 out of 5]

My 8yo, who only knows Dublin from my stories, enjoyed the jokes and cartoons. I enjoyed the reminders and a few tales I hadn't heard before. One or two inclusions were a bit of a stretch, eg Granuaile, who should absolutely be prominent in the Ireland edition, but was not a Dubliner, for all her year in Dublin Castle.

[Steph · Rating 4 out of 5]

3.5 Provided light "research" while exploring Dublin. As with other Horrible Histories, it's interactive, humorous, light, and engaging... and this one has a bonus color map! As a history teacher, I highly recommend it to purchase for kids heading to the city, where they can then take you on a tour to the highlights.

[Helen Blunden · Rating 5 out of 5]

Lots of interesting places to visit next time we go there. Character I wanted to learn more about was female pirate Grace O’Malley 1530-1597 who seemed hard as nails. But then, who wasn’t back in those days?

[Lorenzo · Rating 3 out of 5]

Una serie di aneddoti macabri più o meno interessanti scritti in un formato tra vignette e quiz rivolto ad pubblico principalmente adolescente. Carino per farsi un'idea (molto vaga) della storia di Dublino.

[Aimee · Rating 4 out of 5]

very interesting, and a great addition to horrible hstories.

[Klara B. · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read while being on holidays in Dublin

[Frideswida]

Vv

[Belle · Rating 4 out of 5]

Literally don't remember anything about this book, all I know is that I was obsessed with it when I was younger. Hence, the 4 stars.

[Chandler Dungan · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely love these books. I don't care if they are Meant for children. I have read them from my childhood to the early years of my adulthood. The message that the author conveys is that children can not be sheltered from the dirty and true details of history forever and censoring history does more harm than good. To a history major, this is music to my ears. His books are
Funny, educational and full on entertaining. I recommend these to anyone.

[Catherine Woodman · Rating 3 out of 5]

Horrible Histories is a series of illustrated books published in the UK by Scholastic. They are designed to get children interested in history by concentrating on the trivial, unusual, gory, or unpleasant. They are exceptionally well loved by my history loving children

[Alaina Sloo · Rating 4 out of 5]

Terry Deary's Horrible Histories city guides are a fantastic way to engage kids in historic places. They can be lightly gruesome at times (in keeping with the histories of the places they describe), so they're best for middle school and high school readers.

[Deke · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not nearly as fun as the British Empire version, perhaps because everything happened in the same place, and generally revolves around repeated tails of Viking raids and being hanged by the British. Then again, that's not an inaccurate telling of history, now is it?

[Liselotte · Rating 4 out of 5]

I haven’t read any Horrible Histories in ages, so I read this one in one go. For some weird reason, I never read anything about Irish history, let alone Dublin. I decided to change that by reading this. The book is really short, which is a shame because I feel like there could’ve been told more.

[Iñaki Tofiño · Rating 3 out of 5]

This series is not exactly high history nor serious essay, but it is fun and you always learn something, so it is worth spending a couple of hours with the book.

[Sarah M · Rating 3 out of 5]

2.5/5

[Maz · Rating 4 out of 5]

Funny! It's intendend for children but I enjoyed so much myself! History and tales of nasty people stick in mind longer than traditional history.

[Valerie B. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Horrible Histories never disappoint, if you are 14 or 24.

[Will · Rating 3 out of 5]

Engaging like most of the series. But it is careless in dealing with Ireland, pulling gaffes like calling provinces "counties" and counties "states". That's HORRIBLE!

[Reza Amiri Praramadhan · Rating 4 out of 5]

Dublin, the city of Saint Patrick and Saint Stephen. Like other cities in Europe, Dublin has its own share of weird and gruesome histories. I've never read a book about Dublin before, so I lament the short amount of pages this book has.