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Herbert Place, Dublin 2

The story of Herbert Place beside Dublin’s Grand Canal, where Georgian houses sheltered writers, scientists and soldiers. Its remarkable residents included Elizabeth Bowen, Edward Carson, Flann O’Brien and Agnes Mary Clerke, whose name lives on in a lunar crater.

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