The former Tropical Fruit Company warehouse is slightly disappointing, compared to the company name – against the odds, ‘Tropical Fruit...
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Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
Housing, Asdill’s Row, Dublin 2+
Asdill’s Row manages to be nearly invisible in Temple Bar, somehow passing as if it’s just the back of a...
Factory, 26 King’s Inns Street, Dublin 1+
From the double-takes by people walking down King’s Inns Street when the doors to Williams and Woods were open, you...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Firhouse, Dublin 24+
There’s an illusory aspect to architecture when you spend a lot of time looking at drawings and photographs of places...
Molyneux House, 67-69 Bride Street, Dublin 8+
Dublin has a weekly bird market, dating back over 460 or perhaps 900 years, depending on the source. We stumbled...
Koningsveld & Zoon, 12 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1+
It’s not in good condition, but the facade of the former Koningsveld & Zoon building is still striking above ground...
Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2+
Fully visible only from the playing field, the Samuel Beckett Theatre is tucked in the corner of the New Square...
Texaco House, 83 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
83 Pembroke Road is now a car showroom for Audi, but it was originally Texaco House, the Irish headquarters for...
Mespil Estate, Sussex Road, Dublin 4+
The Mespil Estate seems like it might convince anyone of the merits of apartment living. It’s quiet and self-contained without...
Wesley College, Ballinteer, Dublin 16+
Wesley College moved from St. Stephen’s Green to Ballinteer in 1969, holding a limited competition for the new school in...