Strumpet City

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Strumpet City is an Irish 1969 novel by James Plunkett, adapted into an acclaimed RTÉ miniseries in 1980. Set 1903-14, it details the struggles of Dublin workers against employers.

Tropes used in Strumpet City include:

• Embarrassing First Name: Rashers Tierney
• Homeless Pigeon Person: Rashers and his dog.
• Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Lily Maxwell
• In Dublin's Fair City
• Old Retainer: Miss Gilchrist. Not that she gets rewarded for it.
• Public Domain Character: Jim Larkin, and a brief appearance by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
• The Alcoholic: Fr. Giffley
• The Disease That Shall Not Be Named: Lily Maxwell's syphilis.
• The Edwardian Era
• The Irish Question: Gets little mention
• World War I