Interesting book and good value discussing various Irish movies made in Dublin. Each title gets a two-page article and there are other general articles included in the book. Some minor issues: the book resembles those free guides from the National Concert Hall or Dublin Theatre Festival and the paper is similar so it appears cheap. Also, they only discuss movies made from the late 1950s onwards. Surely they could have started in the silent era (with Irish destiny) which used Grafton Street as a location EIGHTY years before Once. Also, the films selected aren't the best. 32A and Snakes and ladders? Why didn't they pick international titles such as Great train robbery with its impressive final scene filmed in TCD's front square. Or that scene filmed at the back of the Dáil for the Fu Manchu movie with Christopher Lee? All in all though, this book is worth a read.
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