Rowdy Rhymes and Rec-im-itations

For about 300 years Dubliners have been creating ballads, 'rec-im-itations' and parodies – commenting in verse form – with a mischievous disregard for both the laws of libel and the canons of poetry – on everything from social events, public affairs, the city's monuments and institutions, politics, murder cases and sporting events, to their fellow citizens and street characters.Many of the ballads, in addition to showing the Dubliner's instinct for the value of words and wit, also provide an eas