Celtic Tiger A novel by Evin Daly Editor: Dennis Liptrot © 1999-2009 Registered with the Library of Congress (ref 1-172339481)
[email protected] Evin Daly Celtic Tiger (ii) Is é oileán na hÉireann go hiomlán, maille lena oiléan agus a fharraigí teorann, na críocha náisiúnta. The national territory consists of the whole island of Ireland, its islands and the territorial seas. Enacted by the People 1st July, 1937 In operation as from 29th December, 1937 Constitution of Ireland Evin Daly Celtic Tiger Page 1 The sun rose gently over the oily calm waters of Dublin Bay. Though it was mid-summer, the promise of a warm day was spoiled by a chill in the breeze. The River Liffey, the tidal artery that splits the ancient city in half, was swollen; its banks brimming to the top of its granite walls, the result of the combination of a high and Spring tide. The river’s dark waters gurgled as they mixed with the briny expanse of Dublin harbor, temporarily shielded from the open waters of the Irish Sea by the expansive stone arms of the protective Bull Walls. The morning light reflected in an orange glow off the eastern facing windows of the city buildings. The city was quiet, its inhabitants still in their slumber on this Sunday morning. Church bells pealed intermittently through the silence, their chimes marking the passage of time — it was too early for the first mass bell in this predominantly Catholic country. Dublin is a city in the throes of change; from a remote city situated on the fringe of continental Europe, into a truly European capital.