Radio broadcast: Dublin Zoo celebrates being open for 190 years. Historian and Author Catherine De Courcy discusses the history of the zoo.
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“In 2009 the celebrated author Catherine de Courcy wrote a fairly weighty (356) history of the Dublin Zoo, a book I reviewed in a Zoo Grapevine of the same year. At the time, therefore, the zoo was only three years into its 2006 masterplan. …
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When I was writing Montségur: a novel, I was given a lot of information by people I met along the way. …
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Read More“I read it in one sitting, so pleased was I by the inexorable forward movement of the plot and by the clever framing of the narrative….”
Read MoreThe Irish Independent includes Catherine’s Dubin Zoo Elephants in their list of best books for Christmas. Read John Spain’s full review.
Read More“…This book will prove extremely helpful to those interested in animal studies and the history of zoos in particular as it provides access to material which has not previously been published….”
Read MoreGrainne Cunningham reviews Catherine’s book Dublin Zoo - An Illustrated History. Read the full review from September 2009.
Read MoreIt's an iconic image known to movie fans across the globe, and the lion that roars at the start of all Metro Goldwyn Meyer (MGM) films is probably from Dublin….Paul Melia reviews Catherine’s book for the Irish Independent, October 27 2012
Read MoreThe Zoo began as a place of genteel recreation, with many titled members, and once nearly shut forever, writes CATHERINE DE COURCY in the Irish Times 26 September 2009. Read the full article.
Read MoreWhat happened to the zoo in the Famine years? … Read Noeleen Dowlings review of Dublin Zoo: An Illustrated History for the Irish Times
Read More“This story is told bravely and simply. De Courcy took years to overcome her distress, the ‘myriad little boxing matches going on underneath my skin’”. Read the review by Angela Long for the Irish Times
Read More“Catherine de Courcy’s book tells the story of what happens in her life when she said “Yes” to an adventure that was triggered by the shattering experience of her husband John’s suicide.” Tony Bates is a clinical psychologist and founder director of Headstrong – The National Centre for Youth Mental Heal. Read his full review.
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