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A MAN AND HIS TWO BUOYS IN A RIB

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DUN LAOGHAIRE HARBOUR WEST PIER

Here in Ireland a buoy is pronounced the same as boy and a RIB is the commonly used acronym for Rigid Inflatable Boat, if it contains an H, it stands for Rigid Hulled Inflatable Boat. Both RIBs and RHIBs are the same thing, they are light-weight, high performance powerboats constructed with a solid hull, and inflatable tubes or ‘sponsons’ around the outer edge.

There are four waterfront yacht clubs located between the East and West Piers. In addition there are two umbrella Clubs, without premises, the Royal Alfred Yacht Club, founded in 1857, and the Dublin Bay Sailing Club, founded in 1884.


Dublin Bay Sailing Club organises races Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays throughout the summer months. The starts and finishes of the yacht racing can be best seen from the vicinity of the Starters Hut on the West Pier.

BISHOP STREET AND TC1

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CHERRYWOOD VILLAGE

Cherrywood is projected to have a future population of 25,000 residents, more than 8,000 new homes, a retail-led Town Centre, six new schools and three major parks, as well as leisure facilities. During the first phase of construction Hines delivered 5.4 kilometers of new roads and 82 acres of parkland.

The place and street names names used have been carefully chosen to reflect the existing place names of the area, historical place names and local historical figures and families who have resided or had an association with the area. There is a legend in the Book of Lismore of seven Bishops who set out from Tully/ Tulagh-na-nEaspag (Hillock of the Bishops) to visit St Brigid in Kildare. The Book of Lismore is one of the most important manuscripts of medieval Ireland having been written over 500 years ago.

Approximately one third of TC1 [Town Center 1] is allocated to residential use in the form of high density apartment development. This shall be located mainly in the quieter Bishops Street side of TC1 closest to Tully Park and shielded from the Wyattville Link Road. TC2 is predominantly (three quarters) residential. The design of this quadrant shall locate the residential use to its north, remote from the Wyattville Link Road, in close proximity to the residential plot north of Bishops Street on the edge of the Town Centre. TC3 has a significant (one quarter) residential allocation. This is to be provided in the form of apartments located mainly towards the southern/ south- western corner of the plot where they can benefit from a favourable southerly aspect and a more suitable environment generally. TC4 provides a significant proportion of the residential quantum within the Town Centre, contributing to approximately half of this quadrants total land use quanta. The residential uses are to be provided centrally within the quadrant extending from Grand Parade to Cherrywood Avenue. The design and layout of the Town Centre, shall be required to demonstrate that residential amenity is protected.

MERCER VALE AND NEARBY

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CASTLE STREET AREA OF CHERRYWOOD VILLAGE

Mercer Vale is named after the Mercer family, who held lands in Cherrywood that were used in 1795 as an encampment for 4,000 men to defend the country from a potential invasion by France into Killiney Bay. The lands were also used as a garrison during the 1798 rebellion. A large burial slab marked Mercer is located in nearby Tully Church.

Mercer Vale, is a new residential scheme located in South Dublin and forms part of the Cherrywood Strategic Development Zone. The scheme consists of a mix of 2 and three storey housing, three storey own door duplex blocks and a 27-unit 4 storey apartment building in the northeast corner of the site.

Fronted onto Castle Street in Cherrywood and with the newly delivered Beckett Park and Tully Park in very close proximity, the variety of house types and varying heights combined with pocket parks and shared surface areas throughout engenders a sense of place for the residents of Mercer Vale within the wider Cherrywood SDZ.

EXPLORING LEHAUNSTOWN LANE

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AND VIEWS FROM THE LANE

I got the tram to Laughanstown (different spelling) I walked along a deserted country lane, access is now limited to walkers and cyclists, until I got to Tully Church and Graveyard (photographs to be published soon). I then crossed over M50 Motorway to Heronsford Lane and explored part of Ticknick Park which I hope to explore in greater detail next month.

There are now three flagship parks at Tully, Beckett, and Ticknick. Facilities include a full-size GAA pitch, grassed sports pitches and all-weather pitch, playgrounds, tennis courts, boules court, multi-sports pavilion, multi-use games area, play and ecological trails.

THE REALLY OLD CROSS AT TULLY

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UP TO 1000 YEARS OLD

Tully church and crosses situated in Laughanstown have always had an association with St Bridget who died in 523 AD. In the field opposite the church is a tall slender cross thought to be of the 12th/13th century. The east face of the cross bears an ecclesiastic figure that to many looks like a bishop but some think it may be a female figure and believe it to be of St Bridget, but due to weathering it is impossible to tell. The west face bears a head/mask, shown right this side is also badly weathered. Access has been greatly improved but I feel that the cross is more exposed to vandalism than it has been in the past but I prefer that it is not fenced-off.

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