Author’s Note

I’ve taken as few liberties as possible with Dublin’s geography and sites for Dead in Dublin, but I’d like to confess to the few places where I’ve gone properly awry. I’m sure readers won’t be surprised to hear that there is not, in fact, a driving service garage of any sort on Rathmines Road, much less one called Leprechaun Limos. Most of the other sites, including the magnificent Stella Theatre, are real, and the copper-domed Church of Mary Immaculate really is a stunning landmark used by everyone in the area. On the other hand, the mortuary at St. James’s Hospital has been re-imagined to suit my needs.

Furthermore, with all due apologies to several nineteenth-century architects, I’ve rearranged the interior of St. Andrew’s Church on Suffolk Street to my liking. At the time of writing this, the 150 year old building is under redevelopment and by the time Dead in Dublin is published, it’s expected to hold a modern food hall, so readers of the Dublin Driver Mysteries will be able to stop by and imagine Fionnuala has cooked up a bit of a meal for them.

My most egregious departure from reality lies in Bray, where the site of the Sea & Sky Restaurant is actually a parking lot. The rest of the boardwalk, however, is very real, and a genuinely gorgeous way to spend an afternoon if you’re visiting the Dublin area.

Readers who would like to work their way through Dublin along with Megan can do so at mizkit.com/DublinDriverPhotography, where I’ll be posting a series of exploring-Dublin images to go along with each book in the series. I hope to see you there, and on my newsletter, tinyletter.com/ce_murphy!

 

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