Dancing On The Waves Romania's Orphans And The Grand Canal

The Grand Canal is a remarkable treasure, an 86-mile secret passageway from Ringsend in the heart of Dublin to the River Shannon. In July 2003 John Mulligan set out to walk it despite a dodgy knee, wrong shoes, and a lack of fitness. Initially he encountered urban lowlife, pollution, and a hemmed-in feeling, but on leaving the city behind he emerged into a world of hedgerows, wildflowers, birds, and gems of architecture and engineering. So this lively description of the Grand Canal Way is peppered with history, architecture, nature, and random encounters. But a chance meeting with a Romanian youth at Portobello Bridge on his first morning turned this walk into something more, a parallel reflection on his voluntary work trying to solve Romania's Holocaust, the notorious state orphanage system and all it's classic horrors.Mulligan, John is the author of 'Dancing On The Waves Romania's Orphans And The Grand Canal' with ISBN 9781903464731 and ISBN 1903464730.