The original 1890s canopy at the Olympia Theatre was hit by a reversing truck on 18th November 2004. It was...
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Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
Mosaics, Dublin Corporation flats, Lower Kevin Street and North William Street+
These flat blocks by Dublin Corporation (now Dublin City Council) were a standard design which can be seen all around...
Door, 9 Ranelagh Village, Dublin 6+
It’s a busy part of Ranelagh’s pavement, just beside the Luas station, and it’s pinched further with the Ranelagh Cycles’...
Signage, Edmund Ross Studios, 59 Grafton Street, Dublin 2+
Grafton Street’s ground floor retail units may be some of the most popular in the city, but there are hundreds...
Fanlight, 18 Hume Street, Dublin 2+
Hume Street branches off the west side of St. Stephen’s Green, much quieter than its busy neighbour. Above the unmarked...
Tiles, Beechwood Avenue Lower, Dublin 6+
Most of the houses on Beechwood Avenue Lower have tiled paths leading up to the front door. Not sure if...
Dublin City coat of arms, City Hall, Dame Street+
Dublin’s coat-of-arms, from the entrance to City Hall (Thomas Cooley, 1769-79) on Dame Street. The origin of the symbols on...
Door hinges, Upper Lad Lane, Dublin 2+
Huge, tentacular hinges on a mews access door on Upper Lad Lane. They’re ridiculous and must make opening the door...
Exposed pipes, Iveagh Buildings, Dublin 8+
The Iveagh Trust Tenements (1894-1904 by Joseph & Smithem with R.J. Stirling) were part of an interesting series of projects...
Undercroft of Wilton Park House, Dublin 2+
Geometric pattern on the undercroft of Wilton Park House, just off the canal near Baggot Street. The building was completed...