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OFFICE OF THE STATE PATHOLOGIST ON GRIFFITH AVENUE SWORDS ROAD

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ORIGINALLY WHITEHALL GARDA STATION

Whitehall Garda Station was built in 1935 and served the community for 77 years and is located at 252 Griffith Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin 9, Ireland. On 30 April 2012 Whitehall Garda Station became one of the 31 Garda stations to close around Ireland, due to cut-backs.

Planning permission was granted to refurbish the vacant building to accommodate Dublin City Morgue (previously located adjacent to the Fire Brigade Training Centre in Marino) and to provide a state-of-the-art office for the State Pathologist on the same site. The redevelopment, which cost €2.4m completed in July 2016. The building retains its character and massing, along with most of its original features and details, which are of high quality throughout. It occupies a prominent corner position at the junction of Griffith Avenue and Drumcondra Road Upper and contributes strongly to the surrounding architectural character as a public building in an otherwise residential suburb. It relates to other similarly styled buildings in the Drumcondra area, such as No. 45 Home Farm Road, Drumcondra Library and the adjoining house at No. 239 Griffith Avenue.

LOWER DRUMCONDRA ROAD

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NOT A BAD AREA TO LIVE IN

Many years ago I lived on Carlingford Road off Lower Drumcondra Road and it was a great experience. The area is well services and while the city centre may be nearby there is no real necessity to leave the Drumcondra area. The only downside, as far as I was concerned, was that the area was over-loaded with fanf whenever there was a match or event in Croke Park … my front porch was frequently used as a toilet.

Drumcondra House was purchased by Rev. John Hand and in 1842 All Hallows College was established.[19] Daniel O’Connell played a part in the purchase of Drumcondra House for All Hallows, from Dublin Corporation. Designed by the architect Sir Edward Lovett Pearce and was built in 1726 for Sir Marmaduke Coghill, from the nearby Belvedere House. The Coghills rented out the house for a time. All Hallows was sold to Dublin City University by the Vincentian Order in 2016.

One of the main sights of Dublin is Croke Park, where Ireland’s national games of Gaelic football and hurling may be seen. It has a capacity of 82,300 people, it is one of the largest sports stadiums in Europe. ‘Croker’ (as it is colloquially known) is the headquarters of the Gaelic Athletic Association and also houses the official GAA Museum (on St Josephs Avenue, which is off Clonliffe Road). The stadium hosts the finals of the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship and All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship. The stadium is a 20-minute walk from Dublin city centre or a 5-minute bus ride.

Fagan’s Public House, Drumcondra Road Lower, where Bertie Ahern took U.S. President Bill Clinton in September 1998. Kennedys Pub on Lower Drumcondra Road is one of the oldest pubs in Drumcondra, predating Fagans by a number of years. Formerly called McPhillips, it has been named Kennedys since 1961.

Tolka Park, the home of League of Ireland side Shelbourne since 1989, is situated on Richmond Road. The site has been used as a soccer pitch since the 1920s, initially by Drumcondra Football Club (Drums) and from 1972 by Home Farm Football Club.

The National Council for the Blind of Ireland (NCBI) at Whitworth Road was previously Drumcondra Hospital and is located adjoining the cemetery of St. George’s, whose former parish church is located at Temple Street.

DID IRELAND’S FIRST TELEPHONE OPERATOR LIVE HERE

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HOLLYBANK ROAD IN DRUMCONDRA

Every street and building in Dublin has an associated story, sometimes many, if you look hard enough. Of course the stories may not be true or are only slightly true.

Even though I lived, for about five years, on Carlingford Road which runs parallel to Hollybank Road I found it difficult to say anything about the street until I remembered that my grand-aunt once told me that the first telephone operator in Ireland had lived on Hollybank road. I decided to check it out, as she never made mistakes.

Ireland’s first telephone exchange opened on Dame Street in 1880 and 22-year-old Kate Isabel Hampton from 19 Hollybank Road found employment at the Dame Street exchange in the early days but I could not establish if she was the first operator or even the first female operator … but why let such details ruin a good story.

CLONTURK PARK

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THIS IS AN AREA THAT I HAVE NOT VISITED BEFORE

Clonturk is an area on the Northside of Dublin, in Ireland. It is located in the south of the suburb of Drumcondra, just north of the River Tolka, but previously, Clonturk had been an alternative name for Drumcondra and the wider area. Clonturk lies within the Dublin 9 postal district. The name Clonturk translates from the Irish as “Pasture of the boars”. There is some evidence that the name originally was Ceann Torc or the “Headland of the boars”, but had changed to Clonturk by the middle of the 16th century, perhaps under the influence of the more famous neighbouring placename Clontarf.

The name ‘Clonturk’ mainly survives today through the existence of Clonturk House on Ormond Road. Clonturk House was built in 1830 by the then City Architect, as a gentleman’s residence and was extensively renovated in 1880 and given its Georgian frontage. For a number of years until 1960 Clonturk House was run by the Presbyterian Church which gave accommodation to girls attending school in Dublin both as fee-paying and on a subsidised basis. Until 2009 it was a home for blind men, run by the Rosminians order. The balustrade which now forms its boundary came from the original Carlisle Bridge and was moved there when this structure was replaced by the present O’Connell Bridge.

A number of neighbouring streets bear the name Clonturk, including Clonturk Park, Clonturk Gardens, and Clonturk Avenue, probably as a result of their proximity to Clonturk House. There is also Clonturk Community College, further north on the Swords Road at Whitehall.

THE TREE LINED SECTION OF LOWER DRUMCONDRA ROAD

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I USED AN OLD CANON 5D MkIII

Not long ago my local dealer phoned to advise that he had been contacted by a person who had, a never used, Canon 5D MkIII which he wanted to trade in against some portable hard-drives. He thought that I might be interested and was willing to allow me borrow it for a few days … he was aware that I had some Canon lenses that were underused. As soon as I got the camera I decided to purchase provide that I could get a geotagging unit for it. The dealer obtained the required unit within a day.

Today I took the opportunity to try use a Voigtlander manual 40mm pancake lens with the Canon 5D so I walked from Bolton Street to Clontarf via Drumcondra and Fairview and a few places that I have never been to before.

Drumcondra is a residential area and inner suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It is administered by Dublin City Council. The River Tolka and the Royal Canal flow through the area.

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