20/09/2023

THE RED SOCKS NEAR BLACKHORSE GROVE [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY JANETTE MONAHAN] 001
THE RED SOCKS NEAR BLACKHORSE GROVE [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY JANETTE MONAHAN] 002
THE RED SOCKS NEAR BLACKHORSE GROVE [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY JANETTE MONAHAN] 003
THE RED SOCKS NEAR BLACKHORSE GROVE [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY JANETTE MONAHAN] 004

THE RED SOCKS NEAR BLACKHORSE GROVE [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY JANETTE MONAHAN]


Janette is an experienced Animator with a BA In animation and demonstrated history of working in the animation industry. This was described as being located at Blackhorse Road but there is no such rad in Dublin however there is Blackhorse Grove and Blackhorse Avenue and they are some distance apart.

 

15/09/2023

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY TRACEY DALTON [GRIFFITH AVENUE SEPTEMBER 2023] 001
PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY TRACEY DALTON [GRIFFITH AVENUE SEPTEMBER 2023] 002

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART BY TRACEY DALTON [GRIFFITH AVENUE SEPTEMBER 2023]


Today I used a Sony FX30 and as it only has an electronic shutter it is not ideal for stills photography - I have noticed if anything moves within the frame the captured image is close to unusable. I actually like using the FX30 and one advantage is that it attracts much less attention than my Sony A7RIV [with grip].


This artwork depicts the tree-lined roads of the Drumcondra and Marino area which seem to go on forever. They change with the seasons, providing beautiful walks for the local community. Tracey is a design lecturer and researcher in the School of Creative Arts, TU Dublin, with a background in Interior Design practice and 25 years in the design field.


 

14/09/2023

WHAT A HOOT BY ALAN McARTHUR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART MALAHIDE ROAD - GRIFFITH AVENUE] 001
WHAT A HOOT BY ALAN McARTHUR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART MALAHIDE ROAD - GRIFFITH AVENUE] 002
WHAT A HOOT BY ALAN McARTHUR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART MALAHIDE ROAD - GRIFFITH AVENUE] 003
WHAT A HOOT BY ALAN McARTHUR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART MALAHIDE ROAD - GRIFFITH AVENUE] 004
WHAT A HOOT BY ALAN McARTHUR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART MALAHIDE ROAD - GRIFFITH AVENUE] 005
WHAT A HOOT BY ALAN McARTHUR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART MALAHIDE ROAD - GRIFFITH AVENUE] 006

WHAT A HOOT BY ALAN McARTHUR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART MALAHIDE ROAD - GRIFFITH AVENUE]


Alan is graphic designer based in Dublin, graduated from NCAD. Through his day job as a deputy creative director and his  freelance work under the name Dexal Design he has developed his own style of creating artwork through geometric shapes.


The artwork was inspired by the nocturnal long-eared owl, one of the resident owl species to be found in Ireland. The geometric patterns of the design are based on the shape of the owls feathers as they spread their wings as they fly silently at night.


 

10/09/2023

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART IN SWORDS [TWO FOR JOY BY DAVID BYRNE]


This was the only example of Paint-A-Box street art that attracted my attention when I visited Swords last Sunday [9 September 2023]. I believe that there is at least one more example near the Castle.


The design is based on the superstition, of when you see 2 magpies, it brings you joy. David wanted to create something that would maybe spread a little cheer, or lighten someones mood.


Swords has good road links due to its proximity to Dublin city, which is the main focus of the Irish road network. The M1 Dublin–Belfast motorway passes along the eastern edge of the town and is the main route to/from Dublin City, Drogheda, Dundalk, Newry and Belfast. The M50 Dublin semi-orbital motorway passes to the south of the town and provides connections with all of the other main roads out of Dublin (N2, N3, N4, N7, N81 and M11).


The R132 dual-carriageway bypasses the centre of Swords, and runs south to Dublin Airport and north to Balbriggan. The proposed Swords Western Ring Road dual carriageway is due to run from the M1 at Lissenhall, north of Swords, along the western edge of Swords to the M2 motorway at Cherryhound. Other main roads from Swords include the R106 to Malahide and Portmarnock, R108 to Ballyboughal and Naul, R125 to Ashbourne and the M2 motorway, R126 to Donabate and Portrane and R127 to Lusk and Skerries.



 

03/09/2023

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ON GLASNEVIN HILL [IN MEMORY OF THE WASHERWOMEN]  001
PAINT-A-BOX STREET ON GLASNEVIN HILL [IN MEMORY OF THE WASHERWOMEN]  002
PAINT-A-BOX STREET ON GLASNEVIN HILL [IN MEMORY OF THE WASHERWOMEN]  003

PAINT-A-BOX STREET ON GLASNEVIN HILL [IN MEMORY OF THE WASHERWOMEN]


'On Washerwoman Hill' by Anna & Isobel Mahon - St Brigids School, Old Finglas Road/ Glasnevin Hill, Dublin 9.


It took me a few hours to realise what this about.


The Washerwoman Restaurant is on Glasnevin Hill which is/was locally known as Washerwoman's Hill.


It is claimed that the  original Washerwoman's Hill dates back to at least the 1770's when the female occupants of an Alms House on Glasnevin Hill operated  a 'laundry' service.  Clothes and bed linen were washed for the public in the waters of the Nevin stream.


"The Irish Washerwoman" is a traditional jig known to have been played throughout Britain and Ireland and in North America. Although usually considered an Irish tune, some scholars claim that it is English in origin, derived from the seventeenth-century tune "Dargason".


A mainly residential neighbourhood, Glasnevin is located on the Northside of the city of Dublin (about 3 km north of Dublin city centre). It was established on the northern bank of the River Tolka where the stream for which it may be named joins, and now extends north and south of the river. Three watercourses flow into the Tolka in the area. Two streams can be seen near the Catholic "pyramid church", the Claremont Stream or Nevin Stream, flowing south from Poppintree and Jamestown Industrial Estate branches, and what is sometimes called the "Cemetery Drain" coming north from the southern edge of Glasnevin Cemetery. In addition, a major diversion from the Wad River comes from the Ballymun area, joining near the Claremont Stream.


The boundaries of Glasnevin stretch from the Royal Canal to Glasnevin Avenue and from the Finglas Road to the edges of Drumcondra. It spans the postal districts of Dublin 9 and 11,[citation needed] and is bordered to the northwest by Finglas, northeast by Ballymun and Santry, Whitehall to the east, Phibsborough and Drumcondra to the south and Cabra to the southwest.


 

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