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THE EDEN RESTAURANT WAS STILL OPERATIONAL BACK THEN

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MEETING HOUSE SQUARE 1 FEBRUARY 2012

MEETING HOUSE SQUARE 2012

This series of photographs are dated 01 February 2012 and the Eden Restaurant was operational back then and much to my surprise the immediate area did not look any better back then than it does now in January 2024

A few weeks ago I commented as follows: It is claimed that because the square is enclosed it attracts anti-social activity but I have never noticed that as being a major issue but I only visit during the day. In my opinion the unoccupied building at the Sycamore Street entrance is the major problem as it impacts in a major way on the look and feel of the square. The now shuttered ground floor building that I am referring to was once the Eden Restaurant which I visited a few times. I believe that it closed five or six years ago.

THE BLEEDING HORSE PUBLIC HOUSE

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CAMDEN STREET 5 MAY 2023

The Bleeding Horse is a historically significant public house located in Upper Camden Street, Dublin, Ireland. It dates at least back to the 17th century, and was located on St. Kevin’s Port (now Camden St.) at the junction of two important highways leading out of the city.

On one side was Charlotte St., leading to Ranelagh and Donnybrook; on the other side was Old Camden St., which joined Richmond St. and led to Rathmines and Cullenswood. Both of these old streets disappeared during the renovations in the 1990s. The present building dates from 1871; the interior was renovated in 1992.

There are (at least) two explanations for the name. One is that when a horse got the “staggers” it was bled by a farrier at the inn. Another is that the name of the pub comes from an incident during the Battle of Rathmines in 1649, when a wounded horse fled from the battle.

The Bleeding Horse has been mentioned in several classic novels, most notably the Cock and Anchor (1845) by Sheridan Le Fanu and Ulysses by James Joyce. Literary patrons included James Clarence Mangan and Oliver St. John Gogarty.
For several years during the 1960s the name of the pub was changed to “The Falcon”, but the original name was replaced in the 1970s.

THE BLEEDING HOURSE
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