Literary parade of Irish writers

SIGHTSEEING, DUBLIN Created : Oct 6, 2015, 10.06 AM IST

Anita Rao Kashi

Anita Rao Kashi is a freelance travel and food writer based in Bangalore. After nearly 12 years with The Times of India in Bangalore,she went freelance in Jan 2006 to write about travel and food. Her stories have appeared in such publications as Lonely Planet Magazine India, National Geographic Magazine India, Economic Times, Jetwings, Femina, Tiger Tales, Silkwinds, Bangalore Mirror, The Star of Malaysia etc. Apart from writing for various national and international magazines, newspapers and websites, as well blogging on travel and food, she has worked on travel and food guides.

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At the far end of the lawns of St Patrick’s Cathedral stands a long brick wall with arches called the Literary Parade of Irish writers. Walking past the wall is to get an instant and short history of Ireland’s most famous writers. Each of arches hides an alcove into which is inserted an oval bronze plaque with the sculpted head of the writer, a short biography and the three most important works of the writer. Featured here are Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, George Bernard Shaw, Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde and William Butler Yeats among others.
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