The Garlic Pempernal
Tucked away in Beggar's Bush barracks hides one of Dublin's most charming of hidden gems, The National Print Museum, which collects, preserves and exhibits the rich history of print and printing in Ireland. The endless printing artifacts, moulds and old presses are truly amazing but it's the 'chapel' of retired printers who meet up in the Old Garrison Chapel to help out, educate and demonstrate the old printing crafts which really gives the museum its unique charm. We met one of the volunteers Vincent Caprani so he could tell us some tales from the Industry
More about Vincent Caprani
Vincent Caprani is a retired Dublin printer and trade unionist of Italian extraction. To many Dubliners he is known simply as ‘Capper’. As if working under a pseudonym writing 3 gothic historic novels as Charlotee Massey, 2 books of doggerel and 2 Dublin guides and a novel under his own name and spending his working life as a printer wasn’t enough, Vincent’s connection with Irish literature goes deeper than most with a cameo role based on his grandfather in James Joyce’s Ulysses. http://podcasts.ie/featured-writers/…
