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Mon 04 Apr 2010Under the skin of Dublin's ancient markets
The capital’s market traders, celebrated in artist Joe Lee’s new film, have proved themselves a resilient breed over the course of a 900-year history, writes JOHN FLEMING
IN THE OPENING image of a 50-minute film about the 900-year tradition of Dublin’s markets and street traders, ripped plastic struggles to free itself from a broken pallet. The camera then roams around the bustling fruit-and-vegetable world of Mary’s Lane, the horse trading at Smithfield, the raw, haggling sprawl of Moore Street, the gutted space that used to be the fish market.
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