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...
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’...
St. Fintan’s Church, Sutton, Co. Dublin+
I’ve been looking forward to visiting St. Fintan’s since Our Lady Queen of Heaven (Dublin Airport), both by Andy Devane of...
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...
Stillorgan Shopping Centre, Co. Dublin+
Completed in 1967 and designed by John Costello & Associates, the most striking thing about Stillorgan Shopping Centre is the...
Shopfront, Teddys, 1a Windsor Terrace, Dun Laoghaire+
The red, white and blue shopfront at Teddys could be mistaken for ordinary and somewhat old-fashioned, but it’s actually a...
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...
Extension, 1 Castle Street, Dublin 2+
On a prominent corner site near Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin Castle, a fine pub and a good chipper, 1 Castle Street...
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...
Bathing shelters, North Bull Wall, Dublin 3+
Dublin’s harbour walls, the Great South Wall (at Ringsend, 1761-1795) and the Bull Wall (at Clontarf, 1800-1825), were constructed to...
Shopfront, McNallys, 14 Great Denmark Street, Dublin 1+
McNally’s is on the corner of Great Denmark Street and Hill Street in the north inner city. The lemon yellow...