Smock Alley Court is tucked down at Temple Bar’s western edge, between Cow’s Lane and Fishamble Street. It was designed...
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Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
Sign, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2+
Here’s one more detail from the Samuel Beckett Theatre in Trinity. At the peak of the tower’s roof, there’s a...
Ardiff Mahon Printers, Yarnhall Street, Dublin 1+
Yarnhall Street is mostly notable now as one of Dublin’s places named after long-gone industry, though it’s also a shortcut...
Coal hole covers, Ely Place, Dublin 2+
It’s hard to stop noticing coal hole covers once you see them. Made of cast iron, they cover the opening...
Garden, Elm House, Mespil Estate, Dublin 4+
On the Mespil Road/canal side of Mespil Estate, which was featured earlier this week, a small detail caught my eye....
Frame, 27-8 Mountpleasant Avenue Lower, Dublin 6+
On the gable wall of Corrigan’s pub in Rathmines, there’s what looks like a blank pictureframe: a large white rectangle...
Dormer windows, Wynnefield Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Wynnefield Road is kind of a surprise. It’s just off the junction between Rathmines Road and Castlewood Avenue, near the...
Plaque, Serpentine Avenue, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
These two adjoined houses appear to be numbers 23 and 25 on Serpentine Avenue, and between them, there’s a decorative...
Board-marking, Wesley College, Ballinteer, Dublin 16+
These details of board-marking on the main classroom block at Wesley College (Robin Walker of Scott Tallon Walker, 1965-9) caught...
Anti-skateboarding measures, 50-55 Baggot Street, Dublin 2+
The smooth, low granite wall in front of Bank of Ireland on Baggot Street is interrupted by regular strips of...