Strumpet City

Strumpet City is an Irish 1969 novel by James Plunkett, adapted into an acclaimed RTÉ miniseries in 1980. Set 1903-14, it details the struggles of Dublin workers against employers.

Tropes in Strumpet City include:
 * Embarrassing First Name: Rashers Tierney
 * Homeless Pigeon Person: Rashers and his dog.
 * Hooker with a Heart of Gold: Lily Maxwell
 * In Dublin's Fair City
 * Old Retainer: Miss Gilchrist. Not that she gets rewarded for it.
 * Public Domain Character: Jim Larkin, and a brief appearance by King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra
 * The Alcoholic: Fr. Giffley
 * The Disease That Shall Not Be Named: Lily Maxwell's syphilis.
 * The Edwardian Era
 * The Irish Question: Gets little mention
 * World War One