The writer observed a century ago Ireland’s inclination to trash its heritage. Now some anxiety the setting of his greatest short story will descend victim to cultural vandalismDubliners know the Georgian townhouse on the Liffey quays by a macabre-sounding nickname: the House of the Dead.In fact it is or was thought to be – immortal,left forever as the setting of James Joyce’s The Dead, a masterpiece considered one of the greatest short stories in the English language.
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Source: theguardian.com