There’s something about O’Donovan’s shopfront that makes it seem like it’s in miniature. It’s not, really, and the three-storey building...
Shopfront
Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
Tiny shopfront, The Coombe, Dublin 8+
The Snug (which is on the Coombe just where it intersects with Francis Street) is one of those sites that...
Shopfronts, 183-187 Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
Numbers 183 to 187 Pearse Street look like part of a paper-doll townscape – a little uniform set piece popped...
Alex’s, George’s Street Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
In strictly good-taste design terms, a good shopfront is going to be one that works with the building as a...
Butcher’s shop, 105 Patrick Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
It’s always a tiny bit worrying to see a butcher’s with a designed shopfront. The butcher’s window is usually a...
Shopfront, 390 South Circular Road, Dolphin’s Barn, Dublin 8+
A.C. Boles Chemist occupies the northern corner of the junction between South Circular Road and Dolphin’s Barn. On the upper...
Pharmacy, George’s Street Upper, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
O’Mahony & Ennis Pharmacy, sitting at the junction with Marine Road, has a symmetrical shopfront with a recessed entrance. The...
Shopfront, 4 South Leinster Street, Dublin 2+
The Science Gallery opened MAKESHOP on South Leinster Street this month – a pop-up shop and workshop space, open until...
Signage, 54 George’s Street Lower, Dun Laoghaire+
Corr’s looks like it stood still while Dun Laoghaire passed through decades of change. The signboard is concave, with horizontal...
Former shopfront, 3a George’s Street Lower, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin+
The front of 3a George’s Street Lower suggests that it used to be a shop. It now appears to be...