Originally built at Barrack/Bloody Bridge in 1812 as the Watling Street Gatehouse, the tower marked the beginning of Military Road. It...
Lisa Cassidy
Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
Nuzum Bros., 201 Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
The former Nuzum Bros. shopfront on Pearse Street is one of many buildings in the same stretch that are in...
Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin 1+
Occupying the northern end of Parnell Square, the Garden of Remembrance is a memorial to those who gave their lives...
Statue, Gray Street and Reginald Street, Dublin 8+
The square of blocks around Gray Street and Reginald Street in the Coombe is a particularly lovely section of low-rise...
Block colour by the South Bull Wall, Dublin Port/Dublin 4+
Stretching out from Ringsend into Dublin Bay, the Great South Wall (or South Bull Wall) offers one of the more...
Church Gardens/Castlewood Place, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Opposite the Swan Centre entrance on Castlewood Avenue, there’s a laneway opening, giving a view up Castlewood Place. It’s a...
‘An Ordinary Place’ at The Everyday Experience+
The Everyday Experience has just opened at IMMA, running in the Project Space (ground floor by the entrance) until 26th...
Painted sign, Mark’s Lane, Dublin 2+
Mark’s Lane runs parallel to Pearse and Townsend Streets, separating the Markievicz flat complex from St. Mark’s Church. The Markievicz...
ESB Headquarters, Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin 2+
It’s difficult to separate a building from a controversial genesis, and maybe rightly so. For the ESB Headquarters on the...
Rails and screens, Church of the Sacred Heart, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7+
The Church of the Sacred Heart was built as a prison chapel for Arbour Hill, which was originally a military...