帕尔1980年至1982年生活在爱尔兰西部。他拍摄了农村生活的传统方面，如马市和舞蹈，但也看到了爱尔兰新财富的苗头：平房在各个地方突然出现，取代了更多的传统住宅。在随后的爱尔兰之行中，他探索了都柏林周围的新庄园，以及**家直通式麦当劳的出现。帕尔还考察了北部地区，记录了在“贝尔法斯特协议”之后，“北爱尔兰问题”如何成为新的旅游热潮的焦点。本书最后一章描绘了一个当代的都柏林，在这里，创业公司正在蓬勃发展，码头区正在被贵族化，在这里，财富和现代的标志（如星巴克）随处可见。爱尔兰现在还投票允许堕胎和同性恋婚礼，这些发展在40年前是不可想象的。本书的引言由**记者Fintan O Toole撰写。

Martin Parr has been taking photographs in Ireland for 40 years. His work covers many of the most significant moments in Ireland s recent history, encompassing the Pope s visit in 1979, when a third of the country s population attended Mass in Knock and Phoenix Park in Dublin, as well as gay weddings and start-up companies in 2019. It is difficult to think of a country that has changed so dramatically in this relatively short space of time.

Parr lived in the West of Ireland between 1980-82. He photographed traditional aspects of rural life, such as horse fairs and dances, but also looked at the first hint of Ireland s new wealth in the shape of the bungalows that were springing up everywhere, replacing more traditional dwellings. During subsequent trips to Ireland he explored the new estates around Dublin and the introduction of the first drive-

through McDonald s. Parr also looked at the North and documented how, after the Good Friday agreement, the Troubles became the focus of a new tourist boom. The final chapter of this book portrays a contemporary Dublin where start-

up companies are thriving, the docks area is being gentrified and where icons of wealth and modernity such as the flat white can be everywhere. Ireland has also now voted to allow both abortion and gay weddings, developments that would have been unthinkable 40 years ago. The book includes an introduction by the acclaimed journalist Fintan O Toole.