Ireland has finally opened its secret room of 12,000 books banned for nearly a century, revealing the government’s historical censorship of literature deemed indecent or obscene.
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Censored books spanning 1926-96 contained themes ‘likely to corrupt or deprave’, or references to contraception or violenceFor almost a century, an Irish government building in the heart of Dublin has hosted a secret sanctum: the banned books room.The department of justice, on St Stephen’s Green, did not grant public access, because the shelves contained 12,000 books deemed indecent or obscene. Continue reading...
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