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KING RICHARD II WAS HEREWATERFORD CITY 2016 VISIT
I photographed this back in May 2016 and did not notice the blue plaque as I was using a 90mm and was at a distance and I was trying to photograph something else and failed.
KING BILLY'S WHITE HORSE
The myth is that William, who was dressed in gleaming armour, was riding a white horse while his banner bore the words 'God and the Protestant religion'. According to historic records the horse that featured in the Battle Of The Boyne was brown.
When I was young I remember my Grandmother saying as we passed a large house "protestants live in that house" when I asked her how she knew she replied that they have King Billy's horse above the door. I was a bit surprised by Grandmothers's comment as her sister happened to be a Protestant.
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THE CLOCK PUB ON THOMAS STREETCEASES TRADING TOMORROW 19 FEBRUARY
St. The Street is on one way street but there is no sign of a bicycle lane despite the fact that there is a DublinBikes Docking Station at one end of the street Park sits alongside St. Audoen's Church at Cornmarket in Dublin city centre. The park features Dublin’s original stone walls and the last surviving entrance to the old city (St. Audoen’s Gate).
NA FIANNA EIREANN MEMORIAL AT ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN FEBRUARY 2018
In August 1966 a memorial to Fianna Eireann was unveiled in St. Stephen’s Green by former Fianna QMG and Commandant of the Dublin Brigade Garry Holohan. It is inscribed as follows: "To honour all those who served with Fianna Eireann 1909-1916, and through the War of Independence".
LADY GRATTAN MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN AT ST. STEPHEN'S GREEN FEBRUARY 2018
The original installation included two horse troughs [one of which had been replace by a modern copy in 1992. When I last photographed I complained that the horse troughs were missing but I was wrong because I had not noticed that the troughs were relocated further down the street. It should be mentioned that some now claim that the troughs may not have not have been part of the original installation.
BELFIELD CAMPUSPHOTOGRAPHED USING A SONY FX30 CAMERA
Belfield is a small enclave, not quite a suburb, in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is synonymous with the main campus of University College Dublin.
FRANCIS STREET NO SIGN OF A BICYCLE LANE
St. The Street is on one way street but there is no sign of a bicycle lane despite the fact that there is a DublinBikes Docking Station at one end of the street Park sits alongside St. Audoen's Church at Cornmarket in Dublin city centre. The park features Dublin’s original stone walls and the last surviving entrance to the old city (St. Audoen’s Gate).
HOW IS IT GOING IN THE NEWMARKET AREA OF DUBLINI WILL LET YOU DECIDE
To some extent I have lost track of progress in the Newmarket Area of Dublin so I decided to visit a few days ago and take a few photographs using my iPhone 12 Pro Max. I will revisit the general aree using a better camera within a few weeks.
ST AUDOEN'S CHURCH AND ADJACENT PUBLIC PARKCORNMARKET DUBLIN
St. Audeon’s Park sits alongside St. Audoen's Church at Cornmarket in Dublin city centre. The park features Dublin’s original stone walls and the last surviving entrance to the old city (St. Audoen’s Gate).
THIS CHURCH IS UNIQUE AS IT WAS NAMED AFTER A PUBADAM AND EVE TAVERN
One thing that struck me as odd is that one section of the churched is fenced off ... is it to protect the organ? The organ was built by T.W. Magahy in 1936 using pipework from the old Telford organ there. It was rebuilt in 1996 by Trevor Crowe Ltd. There are around 3,000 pipes in the organ, seventy of which are gilded and incorporated in the casework. It is claimed to be the largest pipe organ in a Catholic church in Dublin and is very highly regarded. Eoin Tierney M.A., B.A. (Mus) was the first organ scholar of Adam and Eve’s Church.
WOOD QUAY CIVIC OFFICESPHOTOGRAPHED IN FEBRUARY 2023
The Wood Quay site was allocated as a proposed headquarters of Dublin City Council in the 1940s but construction did not begin until the early 1980s due to the discovery of the remains of the Viking city.
THE WOOD QUAY WOODEN SCULPTURE BY MICHAEL WARREN
The Wooden Sculpture 'Wood Quay' by Michael Warren outside the offices of Dublin City Council is meant to invoke the prow of a Viking longship.
I am not a fan of the wooden sculpture located outside Dublin City Civic Offices at Wood Quay but now that it has been painted black it looks much better when seen from the North side of the river.
Michael Warren (born 1950 in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish sculptor who produces site-specific public art.
I am not a fan of the wooden sculpture located outside Dublin City Civic Offices at Wood Quay but now that it has been painted black it looks much better when seen from the North side of the river.
Michael Warren (born 1950 in Gorey, County Wexford, Ireland) is an Irish sculptor who produces site-specific public art.
LONELY BRONZE COW AT WOOD QUAYEXILED FROM WOLFE TONE PARK
This bronze sculpture of a cow was relocated to Wood Quay while Wolfe Tone Park was being redeveloped and while this may be a more pleasant location I would prefer to have it at Wolfe Tone Park as it was very popular with local children and at its current location no one appears to notice it
Ag Crú na Gréine “Enjoying the Sun” (2003) by Jackie McKenna
Ag Crú na Gréine “Enjoying the Sun” (2003) by Jackie McKenna
NEW LANDSCAPING UNDERWAY AT RYDERS ROW IN DUBLIN
Windy Arbour (Na Glasáin) is a small suburban village in the Dundrum area of Dublin, Ireland. Situated between Dundrum and Milltown, along the banks of the Slang River (also known as the Dundrum or Slann River).
LUAS TRAM STOPWINDY ARBOUR FEBRUARY 2023
Windy Arbour (Na Glasáin) is a small suburban village in the Dundrum area of Dublin, Ireland. Situated between Dundrum and Milltown, along the banks of the Slang River (also known as the Dundrum or Slann River).
WATER FEATURESIVEAGH GARDENS IN DUBLIN
The Iveagh Gardens are among the finest and least known of Dublin's parks and gardens. Designed in 1863 they include a rustic grotto, cascade, fountains, maze, rosarium, archery grounds, and woodlands.
THE KISS SCULPTURE BY ROWAN GILLESPIE
Rowan Fergus Meredith Gillespie (born 1953) is an Irish bronze casting sculptor of international renown. Born in Dublin to Irish parents, Gillespie spent his formative years in Cyprus.
HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS MEMORIALIN THE FORM OF AN OGHAM GARDEN
This caught me by surprise today even though I visit the gardens on a regular basis I was unaware of this Human Rights Memorial.
KIND WORDS NEVER DIEBY NAVINE G. DOSSOS
IMMA invited the artist Navine G. Dossos to realise an ambitious new commission for IMMA’s iconic courtyard, titled Kind Words Can Never Die, the work explores new psychological states that have emerged in response to a greater awareness of global and local climate change.
SOUTH WILLIAM STREET PHOTOGRAPHED IN FEBRUARY 2023
South William Street, runs from the junction with Exchequer Street, Wicklow Street, and St. Andrew's Street on its northeastern end to the junction of Johnson Place and Stephen Street on its southwestern end.
TRIBUTE TO LUKE KELLYLIFE SIZE BRONZE BY JOHN COLL
Luke Kelly's legacy and contributions to Irish music and culture have been described as "iconic" and have been captured in a number of documentaries and anthologies.
The influence of his Scottish grandmother was influential in Kelly's help in preserving important traditional Scottish songs such as "Mormond Braes", the Canadian folk song "Peggy Gordon", Robert Burns' "Parcel of Rogues", "Tibbie Dunbar", Hamish Henderson's "Freedom Come-All-Ye", and Thurso Berwick's "Scottish Breakaway".
The influence of his Scottish grandmother was influential in Kelly's help in preserving important traditional Scottish songs such as "Mormond Braes", the Canadian folk song "Peggy Gordon", Robert Burns' "Parcel of Rogues", "Tibbie Dunbar", Hamish Henderson's "Freedom Come-All-Ye", and Thurso Berwick's "Scottish Breakaway".
BERNARD VENET217.5º ARC x 12 CORTEN STEEL SCULPTURE
Weathering steel, best-known under the trademark COR-TEN steel and sometimes written without the hyphen as "Corten steel", is a group of steel alloys which were developed to eliminate the need for painting, and form a stable rust-like appearance if exposed to the weather for several years. Corten steel made its first impressive appearance on the world stage in the 1960s when the Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen used it to create a four-building complex for the John Deere headquarters in Moline, Illinois.
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