It’s strange looking at the exterior of the former Milkbar, because the image of the project I have in my...
2000s
Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
Wolfe Tone Park, Jervis Street, Dublin 1+
Sitting between Wolfe Tone Street and Jervis Street, Wolfe Tone Park is on the site of the graveyard that was...
Paving, Sackville Place, Dublin 1+
Sackville Place was the site of two of the four bomb attacks that took place in Dublin between late 1972...
Bridge, St. Enda’s Park, Rathfarnham, Dublin 14+
St. Enda’s Park in Rathfarnham is best known as the pastoral setting for St. Enda’s School, which was run by Padraig...
Ghost sign, 10-12 Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
Though it’s been five years since Aon MacDonagh Boland moved out of Lansdowne Road (relocating to James Joyce Street) and...
Signage, Bon, 34-5 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2+
In photographs, the most distinctive thing about Bon’s facade is the grid of red brick with recessed black mortar joints,...
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...
Utility Building, Clontarf, Dublin 3+
Sitting on the seafront by a major junction in Clontarf, the utility building is a curious, closed object. It was...
Canopy, Olympia Theatre, 72 Dame Street, Dublin 2+
The original 1890s canopy at the Olympia Theatre was hit by a reversing truck on 18th November 2004. It was...
Shopfront, 2 Lower Fownes Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2+
Temple Bar isn’t kind to glass shopfronts. Though Regent Barbers (a father-and-son business) have been in Temple Bar since the...