BOLTON STREET AREA OF DUBLIN
I chose the area around Bolton Street and Henrietta Place as my initial proving ground. This Dublin Northside district is an ideal test location because it…
ELLIOTS BAKERY
The Story Behind the "Graffiti" Logo. The bold, messy, graffiti-like script of "ELLIOT'S" scrawled across the black shopfront is actually a special design…
MOVEMBER COTTAGE UPPER GRANGEGORMAN
This particular cottage, a lovely example of Dublin's red-brick architecture, has been taken over by a spectacularly ambitious climbing plant. This is no…
BROADSTONE 17 NOVEMBER 2025
Broadstone is perhaps most famously associated with the former Broadstone Station, which has a rich history as a major railway terminus and subsequently as a…
UNIVERSITY CAMPUS GRANGEGORMAN
Today I walked from Broadstone through part of the Technological University (TU) Dublin Grangegorman Campus and then via Lower Grangegorman and Upper…
GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS
In Ireland, the Christmas season is the most significant retail event of the year. While Americans have Thanksgiving to bridge the gap, Irish shoppers are often…
NORTH CITY CENTRE NOVEMBER 2025
The area of North Central Dublin near the Old Markets, specifically the area encompassing Green Street to Chancery Street, is a designated focus for significant…
STALLION BY DAPHNE WRIGHT
Wright is known for her multi-narrative installations, often utilising surprisingly fragile media such as plaster, tinfoil, or unfired clay. Here, she presents…
ST MARY'S ABBEY
The site of St. Mary’s Abbey is a palimpsest, a landscape where successive layers of history—Hiberno-Norse, Anglo-Norman, Reformed, and modern—overlap. The…
