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THE STREET SIGN SAYS NORTH LOTTS REF-225703-1

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A HISTORIC AREA OF DUBLIN

I am a bit confused by the name of this lane/street which is parallel to Middle Abbey Street. It appears to be known as North Lotts but to the best of my knowledge North Lotts is an area. Here is a quote that I came across “The North Lotts district is sometimes humorously called Newfoundland on account of its having being reclaimed from the sea, and there is actually a Newfoundland Street within its limits. – On the exact spot where Newfoundland Street and Nixon Street are now built, Campbell’s Map of Dublin, 1811, marks an “Intended Floating Dock,” never constructed. The Corporation also honoured itself by conferring on the new streets laid out here the names of Mayor Street, Sheriff Street, Guild Street and Commons Street, after the Lord Mayor, the Sheriffs, the Guilds of each trade of which the Corporation was then composed, and the Commons who elected them”.

No.9, the pub, Liffey Street Lower is a late Georgian building that contributes to the historic character of the street. It is notable for the survival of its carved nineteenth-century shopfront. Its corner location, emphasised by the column supporting the corner, makes this a prominent building. Liffey Street Lower was occupied mainly by furniture brokers in the mid-nineteenth century, and today it remains retail focused having many three-storey eighteenth-century houses converted into shops. An early eighteenth-century street, it was mostly rebuilt in the last decades of the nineteenth century.

DUBLIN CITY CENTRE THE DAY AFTER THE RIOT AND LITTLE TO SEE

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24 NOVEMBER 2023

The city was remarkable empty of people and there was not as much to see as I had expected … most of the damage appeared to be on Abbey Street and O’Connell Street. Public transport had not returned to normal and may not do so until Monday and that does have an impacts on my plans for the weekend.

Yesterday three young children were injured in the stabbing incident outside a primary school which sparked violent protests and clashes with police. According to the Guards [police] a five-year-old schoolgirl and a female teacher, believed to be in her 30s, remain in a very serious condition.

I was in the immediate area, near the Parnell Street Tram Stop, when knife attack occurred on Parnell Square East. I did not witness the actual event but I was made aware of it within minutes and immediately decided to return to my apartment for personal safety reasons but my main concern was that the incident had the potential to provoke a violent reaction locally. However, I was surprised by the scale and intensity of the reaction. After returning home I decided to visit the local centra which never closes and was amazed to discover that it was shuttered.

EXPLORING MANOR STREET IN STONEYBATTER

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WITH MY iPHONE 12 PRO MAX

THE KOREAN TABLE RESTAURANT

The northern end of Stoneybatter derives its name of Manor Street, bestowed in 1780, from the Manor of Grangegorman in which it was located. The Manor itself was later transformed into a police barracks. During the reign of Charles II (1660-1680), the Manor was held by Sir Thomas Stanley, a knight of Henry Cromwell and a staunch supporter of the Restoration. The short thoroughfare in Stoneybatter called Stanley Street is named after him.

Stoneybatter, historically known as Bohernaglogh is a neighbourhood of Dublin, Ireland, situated on the Northside of the city between the River Liffey, the North Circular Road, Smithfield Market, and Grangegorman. It is located in the Dublin 7 postal district. Apart from the striking artisan dwellings, the area is also known for the prominent Viking street names. For example, there is Viking Road, Olaf Road, Thor Place, Sitric Road, Norseman Place, Ard Ri Road, Malachi Road, Ostman Place, Sigurd Road and Harold Road. At the time of the Norman invasion, the Vikings, Ostmen or Austmenn (men of the East) as they called themselves, were exiled to the north of the Liffey where they founded the hamlet of Ostmenstown later to become Oxmantown.

THE KOREAN TABLE

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MANOR STREET IN STONEYBATTER

I lived in Korea for a short period of time in the early 1980s and developed an interest in Korean food. However, I never got around to trying the Korean Table restaurant on Manor Street so I paid a visit today just to check it out … I hope to have a meal there this weekend.

Owner’s statement: “Our restaurant didn’t come out overnight. The Korean Table, which started at a food market in Dublin with the mission of making Irish people feel true Korean food, is now offering you the best Korean food at an inexpensive price at a Stoneybatter, which is a little closer to you.”

Korean Table does not accept reservations in order to provide equal dining opportunities to all guests who visit the restaurant.

HENRIETTA LANE HAS BEEN RESURFACED

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TO THE SIDE OF AND BEHIND 4 AND 3 HENRIETTA STREET

I photographed this laneway because a very large of road engineers have been on site for almost a week and they had lots of heavy plant and road surfacing equipment.

Until recently it was a little used [except by a few horse owners] laneway off Henrietta Street and it is named Henrietta Lane. It is of interest because became an entrance to a new 380 bed Student Accommodation Complex on Upper Dominick Street which replaced the Michael H textile factory. The complex owned by UK student accommodation provider Ziggurat is now fully operational. I would describe it as being off Henrietta street and it is L-shaped with a section running parallel to Upper Dominick Street. I have noted that a number of old warehouses and unused plots on the lane are now on the market.

I came across the following, somewhat dated, description: No. 4 and the adjoining site were leased by Nathaniel Clements in 1747 to John Maxwell until his daughter married Owen Wynne of Hazelwood, Co. Sligo, who subsequently built this house. Recently stabilised by Dublin City Council the house is in the early phase of a comprehensive programme of conservation works. The interior retains some good plasterwork including an unusually deep coved plaster ceiling to the rear bowed room. The original open-well staircase was removed c.1830 with the secondary staircase retained along with much original joinery and forms part of what has been described as ‘Dublin’s Street of Palaces’ while the ongoing conservation work will no doubt contribute to the improving fortunes of this remarkable streetscape. Laid out by Luke Gardiner in the 1720s, Henrietta Street is a short cul-de-sac containing the finest early Georgian houses in the city and was named after Henrietta Crofts, the third wife of Charles Paulet, 2nd Duke of Bolton and Lord Lieutenant in 1717-21. The street developed in a piecemeal fashion and set the trends of scale and design in domestic architecture.

Restoration of no 3 began in 2016 and took over 2 years to restore to its former glory. It now operates as an upmarket hotel under the name Henrietta Suites.

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