‘As happy as seven kings’: Cycling in Nineteenth-Century Ireland

In November 1897 the editor of the Irish Wheelman, J.C. Percy, surveying recent developments in the cycling trade in Ireland, declared that ‘Cycling has now found its level, which happily is a very high one. It is no longer a fad or a fancy, but an established factor in modern everyday life... The army of ... Read more

Subscribe to History Ireland in print or digital here


View Subscription Options

Already a subscriber? Sign in