COMMUNITY
Nowadays, fish and chip shops in Dublin are bustling hubs of culinary delight, offering a taste of comfort and tradition to locals and visitors alike. Cervi began serving fish and
chips with his wife from a stall on Pearse Street.
The name of Cervi would eventually adorn a shop there, advertising their much-beloved food, and where the familiar phrase ‘one and
one’ would originate.
FISH & CHIPS
By 1911, the Italian community in Ireland numbered less than 400 immigrants. In Dublin’s ‘Little Italy’, class divisions were formed between groups from the Lucca region, consisting of plasterers and woodworkers, and the Val di Comino region, described as cafe owners and ice cream vendors.
Giuseppe Cervi, a resident of Ship Street, was among the latter. He is credited with opening Dublin’s first fish and chip shop, or ‘chipper’.
SCÉALAÍOCHT
Gormlaith – an Irish wife to a Viking king of Dublin, is a legendary figure spun through the history and folklore of Ireland. Her lineage is traced back to the mighty Murchad mac Finn, the crowned King of Leinster.
She pledged herself to Olaf Cuarán until his death in 981 and later married Brian Boru, the high king of Ireland following his defeat of her son. A pragmatist to the end.
OBAIR PHLÁSTAIR
Stucco, the exquisite art of plasterwork, played a significant role in the history of Italy’s influence on Ireland. The ‘Irlandiani,’ Ireland’s Italian community, may have been small in
numbers, but their impact was undeniable. Among them were those skilled in the art of stucco, lending their expertise to transform grand mansions.
MISNEACH
The struggle for universal female suffrage – full voting rights for women – was taken up with characteristic zeal and bravery by many Irish women.
In the first decade of the 20th century prominent feminist and polemicist Hanna Sheehy-Skeffington was at its forefront. She and her kind blazed a trail still visible today.