It seems like the only real way to see the Milltown transformer station is from above. Unless you’re with the...
Drumcondra Library, Millmount Avenue, Dublin 9+
The public library in Drumcondra is a freestanding building, surrounded by a lawn and facing onto the southern end of...
The Freemasons’ Hall, 17 Molesworth Street, Dublin 2+
Though the Grand Lodge of Ireland dates from 1725 or earlier, work on their present building in Dublin began in 1866....
Model, Thomas Read, 4 Parliament Street+
One of the nicest things about running a blog is that, sometimes, people get in touch about interesting things you wouldn’t...
Shopfront, 91 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin+
Just a short distance from Knox Memorial Hall, the shopfront at number 91 is smart and symmetrical. Two panes to either...
Corner, 45a Home Farm Road, Dublin 9+
It’s not that you’d want every corner to stand out, but in the context of Home Farm Road and the...
Former Classic Cinema, Rathfarnham Road+
The (first) former Classic Cinema in Terenure isn’t terribly attractive when you take it as a whole, but it’s memorable...
Dome, Church of Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners, Lower Rathmines Road, Dublin 6+
On the stretch of Lower Rathmines Road that contains most of the urban village, there are two tall landmarks: the...
Bananas, Little Britain Street, Dublin 7+
On Little Britain Street (yes), there’s one of those gorgeous moments where a business had a unique opportunity and ran...
Inhabited bridge, Cumberland Street South, Dublin 2+
Though Pearse Station occupies a big section through several blocks, most of it’s not immediately apparent from outside. It’s most...
Miniature arches, Dame Street, Dublin 2+
Between The Oak and Thomas Read on Dame Street, there’s a door to the upper levels. These are usually pretty...
Signs, 9 Lower Camden Street, Dublin 2+
In the middle of the shopfront jumble of Lower Camden Street, Bolton & Co. has two totally separate but equally...
Sign, Pearse Street, Dublin 2+
The Lido doesn’t exactly have a phenomenal shopfront. It’s nice and consistent, with the same blue lettering and heavy vertical...
Friezes, Sunlight Chambers, Essex Quay, Dublin 2+
There’s a lot going on with Sunlight Chambers. Situated on the corner of Parliament Street and Essex Quay and ,...
Archways, Rathmines Road Lower, Dublin 6+
There’s occasionally a little bit of missing the forest for the trees when noticing things in passing. I often walk...
The Lilliput Press, 62-3 Sitric Road, Dublin 7+
The Lilliput Press occupies a particularly nice site on Sitric Road: an end-of-terrace house that’s amplified by the step in...