I suppose it's sort of heartening that it takes about twenty years now to
make a legend. I was there -- in the reverberating dawn of the Winding
Stair. Now the Worthies of Irish Poetry would not of course have
contributed in any way to the renaming?
All the best,
Mairead
On Tue, 15 Jun 1999, Richard Caddel wrote:
> At the back of the new Radio Times, amongst the ads for hearing aids
> and sensible shoes, is a pic of Ardal O'Hanlon sitting in the window
> of the "Windy Stair Bookshop" overlooking the Liffey in Dublin. Uh.
> Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't this the legendary "Winding Stair
> Bookshop", whereat I first met Scully, Walsh, Mills, Mays and others
> donkeys' years ago, and whereat these and other Worthies of Irish
> Poetry have given key performances over the years? Has a subtle
> renaming taken place?
>
> RC
>
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