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''Strumpet City'' is a 1969 Irish novel by James Plunkett. It was adapted into an acclaimed Creator/{{RTE}} miniseries in 1980, still one of the most highly-regarded serials ever produced by Ireland's national broadcaster. Set between 1903 and '14, it details the struggles of UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}} workers against employers, particularly during the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dublin_lock-out 1913 Strike and Lockout]].

The great Irish short-story writer Frank O'Connor said it wasn't possible to write a true "social novel" in Ireland, but Plunkett [[https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/strumpet-city-the-impossible-irish-novel-1.1343043 proved him wrong with a novel of grand scale]], featuring a wide range of characters of varying social station and political affiliation.
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!!Tropes:
* TheAlcoholic: Fr. Giffley, who is a classic [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whisky_priest whiskey priest]] - with a weakness for alcohol but simultaneously a strong moral sense.
%%* TheDiseaseThatShallNotBeNamed: Lily Maxwell's syphilis.
%%%* TheEdwardianEra
* EmbarrassingFirstName: Rashers Tierney.
** Actually TruthInTelevision: ‘rasher’ is Hiberno-English for a slice of bacon, and "Rashers" was a nickname applied to any male who either loved bacon or was red-haired (because red hair is the colour of bacon.) It has nothing to do with having a rash.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Jim Larkin, and a brief appearance by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra.
%%* HomelessPigeonPerson: Rashers and his dog.
%%* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Lily Maxwell.
%%* OldRetainer: Miss Gilchrist. Not that she gets rewarded for it.
* ShoutOut:
** The title is this to a line from ''The Old Lady Says No'', a 1930s play about Dublin by dramatist Denis Johnston: "Strumpet city in the sunset..."
** Rashers is loosely based on a beloved street figure of Plunkett's day named Hoyer (or Howyer, both after his typical Dublin greeting) who would wander the streets quoting Shakespeare with his dog Rusty. Both died in a housefire shortly before Plunkett started writing.
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