James Flanagan Author

James Flanagan (Author)
Brothers Jim and Frank Flanagan grew up beside the Phoenix Park in Dublin. They have worked as lamplighters in the Park throughout their lives, carrying on a family tradition since Victorian times.

Donal Fallon (Author)
Donal Fallon is the presenter of the Three Castles Burning podcast, which explores the social history of the Irish capital. As a broadcaster he is a regular contributor to Newstalk and RTE television (including Brainstorm, The Way We Were and The Liffey)

Formerly Historian in Residence to Dublin City Council, his publications include 14 Henrietta Street: From Tenement to Suburbia (Dublin, 2021) and Three Castles Burning: A History of Dublin in Twelve Streets (Dublin, 2022), winner of the Easons Readers Favourite Book of 2022.