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L “ Crispin and‘ Crispianus; ‘the-'Vin'tner's‘ acted‘ Bacclms " '
" and his'!story; the ’Carp"enteis that of,Joseplr, and ‘
PICTURE op DUB'LllN.” 53
castia sjiearj ‘to sliew "that thus ‘far extended the'fran-
chises. of :the‘ so1'1thi'side‘of the? river ‘and harbour of ‘
Dublirf.i"'Froii1 thence; tl fey"cross‘ed‘the ‘strand to the
Blacki-i’ock,"“a'nd i so? Westwaird to the east‘ side of Mer-‘
rionb-.=‘Fro1i1 thence through‘Simons ‘court to Miltown
andvDonnybrook-roads, and from thence to Stephen's-
gree11'till they came to I the )f,(:orne'1"l”l1o11sej of ’ Kevin's-‘
port," frorii" whence they ' ‘procueeded-’ throu'gh Bride-
street,“Bhll1alley; Patricl:-streeteandthe Coombe, to
Cro’oked-stall‘? " From’ Crooked-stlefftliey advanced by
the water-cbixrse, ‘tothe west,end‘of’iDolphin’sAbarn,
and ‘r from thence "lijr Cut-throat-lane‘ to‘ Bow-bridge,‘
where they passed under the middle‘ arch to the H03-
pital-fields over the old Deer-park wall. They now
rode eastward throug‘h’St0neybatter and Grange-Gob
man-lane into Finglass-road," and from thence t‘owDer‘um--
condra..‘j.fAfter xthis they‘ proceeded through Bally-
bough.-laneandd‘bridge tote Clontarf, and ended‘ their
progress" at-a little lirooka l1undred‘and‘ tlxir'ty.percl1es e
northward of .'the mill of‘-'Ral1"enV‘nyl.‘ .‘ f 1 , , M I M
Another ‘ancient custom ‘amongst the’ citizens‘ of
Dulilin was the repres'entation of. plays hnd interludes
upon certain occasions by the corporations, i0f ,“’l1lCl.l
there were twenty; the great festivals, they 31s'u'-
ally ‘invited"th'e ‘Lo‘rd< Deputyand other persons of
ranl:’to' anJ“ezitertainment,‘g which always con1menced
with'stage-plays; and ended withsa splendid,ban"quet.
’Wefare told that Thomas Fitz-Gerald,‘ Earl of Kil-
dar'e,-w.vas'Qin‘vited every- day at Christmas= to a
new play; the stage,‘ ‘being erecte’d<‘in Hoggn, ' now '
(College)”g;+reen'. ’ Tl1’e Taylors acted thevpart 05 Adam-
and Eve‘; the Shoemakers representedfthe story of
Ma1;y’;,iVulcan andwhat related totliim was acted by’
tl1ellSri1iths";’-lzrndzthe comedy of Ceres; the‘ goddess of
C0m,"?b'y tl1e’Blakers;i I:The priors of ‘St’. John“ of J c-"
‘rusalezixtsand;“All-Hellows:ca1ised at the same‘ time
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