More Pricks Than Kicks: The Dublin of Samuel Beckett

Today marks the 120th birthday of Samuel Beckett. Inspired both by this milestone anniversary and by the wonderful new exhibition of the work of photographer John Minihan in the National Gallery of Ireland, this episode explores sites that are important to the story of Beckett and Dublin. Some, like Trinity College Dublin, will be familiar. Others, like the family business on Clare Street where he wrote some of his collection More Pricks Than Kicks are unmarked today. Our journey brings us to places as diverse as Elvery's sport shop and Kennedy's pub, as we get to walk in Beckett's footsteps across a city he did love, despite the challenges it put before him.

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More Pricks Than Kicks: The Dublin of Samuel Beckett is an episode from Three Castles Burning by Donal Fallon.

This episode is 31:04 long.

This episode was published on Apr 13, 2026.

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