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MORE EXAMPLES OF DUBLIN STREET ART

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POINT VILLAGE IN DUBLIN DOCKLANDS 2016

It is fairly obvious that Harrys Bar artwork is commercial the other example was within a nearby construction site that has yet to be fully developed [January 2023] … I think that it is now known as the Waterfront Project.

THE TALKING HEADS ON ABBEY STREET HAVE DISAPPEARED

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THREE PIECE SCULPTURE BY CAROLYN MULHOLLAND

Many years ago I suggested that this public art installation was not in a suitable location and that I was fairly certain that the majority of people walked by without seeing it. Any, a few weeks ago I noticed that the installation had been removed but note that Irish National Plaque was still on the wall.

It took me a long time to find any information relating to these three heads located on Lower Abbey Street. In 2015 or 2016 I discovered that the art installation is known as “Talking Heads” and the artist is Carolyn Mulholland. On the wall beside the Talking Heads is a plaque which states that the unveiling of the national flag took place in the music hall at this location on Lower Abbey street on 15th April 1858.

Many years ago I suggested that this public art installation was not in a suitable location and that I was fairly certain that the majority of people walk by without seeing it.

Born in Lurgan, Co. Armagh in 1944, Carolyn Mulholland studied at the Belfast College of Art.

She has completed major sculptural commissions for institutions across Ireland and Northern Ireland, including St. MacNissi’s Church, Magherahoney, Co. Antrim (1966); the Arts Council of Northern Ireland (1975); the Church of the Resurrection, Cavehill, Belfast (1982); New Ireland Assurance, Dublin (1986); Dublin Sculpture Symposium (1988); Jefferson Smurfit Group, Dublin (1989); and Irish Life, Dublin (1992).

Her 1996 portrait of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty is on display at the Chester Beatty Library, and her portrait of President Mary McAleese for the Office of Public Works was completed in 2003. She has held solo exhibitions at Jorgensen Fine Art, Dublin (1995) and the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs in Brussels (1996). In 2000, she held a shared show with Basil Blackshaw at the Pepper Canister Gallery, Dublin.

Works include a lifesize bronze sculpture for the famine memorial graveyard in Clones, Co. Monaghan (1998); Group, a private commission of three eight-foot-tall bronze figures (2002); and Man with Kite, a large bronze panel for the new Customs House in Dublin (2003). She won the Irish-American Cultural Institute’s O’Malley Award in 1992.

THE CROPPIES’ ACRE MEMORIAL GARDEN FEATURING A NUMBER OF MEMORIALS

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PHOTOGRAPHED NOT LONG AFTER THE PARK RE-OPENED

The Croppies’ Acre, officially the Croppies Acre Memorial Garden, is a public park in Dublin, Ireland. It contains a memorial to the dead of the 1798 Rebellion.

The Croppies Memorial Park, closer the Heuston Railway Station, is a different entity.

Note: The naming is somewhat confusing and differs from account to account.

The site, located on the north bank of the River Liffey to the south of Collins Barracks (formerly the Royal Barracks) is traditionally believed to have been used as a mass grave for Irish rebel casualties of the 1798 Rebellion; they were known as Croppies due to their short-cropped hair. It was also called Croppies’ Hole at the time. Some rebels’ bodies were also exhibited at the Croppies’ Hole, tied to pikes.

The National Graves Association maintains that it was also used after 1798 to bury veterans of the conflict, including Matthew Tone, brother of Wolfe Tone. Bartholomew Teeling was also supposedly buried at Croppies’ Acre after being hanged at Provost Prison, Arbour Hill. However, archaeological investigations have failed to find any human remains and its status as a grave is uncertain.

The precise site of the burials was long disputed, all being known was that the dead had been buried on marshy ground near the Royal Barracks. Other reports mentioned that the corpses of the executed were thrown into the Liffey as a public deterrent; the river being tidal at this point. In addition, the River Liffey was realigned in this area to extend the city’s quays. The supposed “Croppies’ Acre” was for a long time a soldiers’ playing field.

The Memorial Park was designed and laid out in 1998.

It was closed in 2012 by the Office of Public Works due to anti-social behaviour, including drunkenness and the use of hard drugs. Ownership was transferred to Dublin City Council and the Croppies’ Acre was reopened in 2016 and that is when these photographs were taken.

JAMESON CASKMATES THE NEW CONCEPT

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COMMERCIAL STREET ART ON CHANCERY STREET

Back in 2014 I attended the launch and in 2016 I began to notice advertising in the form of Street Art such as that in this photograph taken on Chancery Street.

The Jameson Caskmates release is a unique whiskey that has been made with the help of Cork’s Franciscan Well brewery. Barrels that had been previously used for Jameson whiskey were taken to the Franciscan Well Brewery to use in the ageing of their full-bodied craft stout. Once used for beer maturation they were sent back to the distillery where Jameson whiskey that had already been aged was filled into them for a finishing period.

Background Story: When the Jameson Master Distiller met the Master Brewer from Franciscan Wells for a drink, a plan was hatched to send a few Jameson casks to their brewery down the road for them to age their craft Irish stout. The time came for the casks to return home and our Master Distiller saw an opportunity which piqued his curiosity. He re-filled the stout-seasoned barrels with Jameson Whiskey, and Jameson Caskmates emerged; a whiskey that retains all the triple distilled smoothness of Jameson Original, with a truly unique finish. The subtle suggestion of hops, cocoa and coffee are signposts that it has bumped shoulders with stout; however, Caskmates is undeniably a member of the Jameson family.”

CONNOLLY RAILWAY STATION

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THE BUSIEST IN IRELAND

Connolly Station or Dublin Connolly is one of the busiest railway stations in Dublin and Ireland, and is a focal point in the Irish route network. On the North side of the River Liffey, it provides InterCity, Enterprise and commuter services to the north, north-west, south-east and south-west. The north–south Dublin Area Rapid Transit (DART) and Luas red line light rail services also pass through the station. The station offices are the headquarters of Irish Rail, Iarnród Éireann.

Opened in 1844 as Dublin Station, the ornate facade has a distinctive Italianate tower at its centre. The station was renamed in 1919 after James Connolly, a leader of the 1916 Easter Rising.

Here are some additional facts about Connolly Station:

  • The station has seven platforms.
  • The station is wheelchair accessible.
  • There is a car park at the station.
  • There are a number of shops and cafes at the station.
  • The station is open 24 hours a day.

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