Person: Las Fallon

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Book review: Up in flames — a labour of love to history

'The Great Liberties Whiskey Fire' is a short but interesting read and must encourage others with a particular interest in an almost forgotten event to put pen to paper

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Uncovered fire station log book sheds new light on events of Easter Week 1916

Since 1898, Dublin Fire Brigade ran the ambulance service and the emergence of the log book of the brigade’s headquarters in Tara Street from 1916 bears witness to the efforts to deal with the battle waging on the streets and the people affected, writes Las Fallon

Tue, 26 Apr, 2016

Deadly drink fanned the flames of 1875

The Dublin fire of 1875 killed 13 people. However, not one person died from burns or smoke inhalation but instead from drinking contaminated whiskey writes Robert Hume

Tue, 04 Nov, 2014