ABOUT THE ARTIST AND THE LOCATION
I know nothing about this street artist but I do see many examples of his work in my local area and in many cases they are awkward to photograph.
This example of his work is located on a laneway named Ormond Market which connects Ormond Place to Ormond Quay.
A few years ago I made the following comment: "Ormond Place, which I though was named Ormond Lane, is a laneway connecting Ormond Square to Arran Street and, via a narrow alleyway, to Ormond Quay." However, there is a street sign on the wall showing the lane to be Ormond Market which is somewhat confusing.
As part of the development of the north side of the river Liffey in Dublin in the 1600s, Lord Mayor, Sir Humphrey Jervis constructed the broad quays by reclaiming land which had been the estuary of the River Bradogue or Pill. Stone recovered from nearby St Mary’s Abbey were used to build the broad wall of the Quay which was named Ormonde Quay after the viceroy (Craig M.,1980).
Behind Ormonde Quay, he laid out Ormond Market shifting the main focus of the city from the south side of the river to the north. The market was set out with a rotunda to one end and a series of small streets and lanes running from it with some seventy stalls. Wilsons map (1798) shows the location of the market, off Ormond Quay and adjacent to the Four Courts, with its framing thoroughfares – Pill Lane (Chancery Street) (1673) Charles Street (1708) and Arran Street (1709)
This example of his work is located on a laneway named Ormond Market which connects Ormond Place to Ormond Quay.
A few years ago I made the following comment: "Ormond Place, which I though was named Ormond Lane, is a laneway connecting Ormond Square to Arran Street and, via a narrow alleyway, to Ormond Quay." However, there is a street sign on the wall showing the lane to be Ormond Market which is somewhat confusing.
As part of the development of the north side of the river Liffey in Dublin in the 1600s, Lord Mayor, Sir Humphrey Jervis constructed the broad quays by reclaiming land which had been the estuary of the River Bradogue or Pill. Stone recovered from nearby St Mary’s Abbey were used to build the broad wall of the Quay which was named Ormonde Quay after the viceroy (Craig M.,1980).
Behind Ormonde Quay, he laid out Ormond Market shifting the main focus of the city from the south side of the river to the north. The market was set out with a rotunda to one end and a series of small streets and lanes running from it with some seventy stalls. Wilsons map (1798) shows the location of the market, off Ormond Quay and adjacent to the Four Courts, with its framing thoroughfares – Pill Lane (Chancery Street) (1673) Charles Street (1708) and Arran Street (1709)
ABOUT THE ARTIST AND THE LOCATION