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Bluebell. Dublin. Republic of Ireland. 07/04/2015
Young people in the Grand Canal during a warm patch in the Irish summer, despite persistent health warnings and recent reports of a flesh-eating bug in the River Liffey and the Royal and Grand Canals of Dublin.
From the book The Republic (Allen Lane, 2016) Seamus Murphy's personal and immediate look at his native Ireland on the eve of the 100th anniversary of its revolutionary Easter Rising, which paved the way for independence for the south of the island, the Republic of Ireland.