Moss Reid's Places

Has Stoneybatter really become the "gay capital" of the Irish universe? Here are two possible answers...

Benburb Street in Stoneybatter continues to have its little stretch of open-air gallery, which is one bright thing amid all that dilapida...

Dublin humour can be playful, cynical, surreal and full of wicked wordplay. It's a bit like the kid at the back of the class who'...

- Child at play, Railway Street, Dublin, 1913 So far I've not woven any of the history of Monto into a Moss Reid story, but it's...

Locksmiths can tell you a thing about the ups and downs of an area, the comings and goings in the neighbourhood, new homeowners, fledglin...

A postscript to the "Complexions" art project on the hoardings along Benburb Street in Stoneybatter... Around last Februar...

"Hurry on down to Bargaintown Where the prices are only famous..." What or where is Bargaintown? Bargaintown is a brand, a...

I think this might be one of the new cameras, though I may well be wrong Much is being made of this morning's launch of an "aut...

This is the twisting tale of two adjacent buildings in Stoneybatter. Both have almost disappeared, physically speaking, yet somehow they ...

The 'Complexions' artwork on Benburb Street How this stretch of Benburb Street looked like before 'Complexions' Be...

Over the years Benburb Street has certainly been through the wars. Literally. If you stroll, jog, cycle or take the tram along its rou...

The real-life diner Wuff made its literary debut in my second 'Moss Reid' novel, Black Marigolds...

The Luas - Dublin's light rail or tram system - is only a decade old, yet it is now deeply embedded in the life of the city centre. It...