Ireland

BOW LANE WEST FROM JAMES’S STREET TO BOW BRIDGE

November 12, 2022 by infomatique

PHOTOGRAPHED IN NOVEMBER 2022

While photographing along the street I noticed a building named Tathony House and thinking that it was an unusual name I decided to check online only to discover that the building was in the news as about 100 tenants living in 35 apartments were served with eviction notices as recently as October 29 2022 as the landlord was planning to sell the building. The residents must vacate the property by the start of June 2023.

Bow Lane West runs from Bow Bridge to James’s Street along the southern side of St Patrick’s University Hospital. Bow Bridge crosses the River Camac.

Bow Lane West first appears on maps of Dublin with John Rocque’s map of 1756. Neither Bow Lane West nor Bow Bridge appear on early maps of Dublin as they lay outside the city gates. In 1862, the area was predominately tenements.

There is a small pedestrian lane that connect James’s Street on the south to Bow Lane West on the north. It was previously known as Murdering Lane or The Murd’ring Lane, and first appeared on maps in 1603, until it was renamed ‘Cromwell’s Quarters’ around 1892 when Alderman McSwiney called for the lane to be renamed in order to “preserve historical continuity”. The Cromwell in question was not Oliver Cromwell but his son Henry, who became Lord Deputy of Ireland in 1657. It is currently an unmarked pedestrian stepped alley. The lane is also locally referred to as “The Forty Steps”, even though there are only 39.

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CEANNT FORT IS WITHOUT DOUBT AN ATTRACTIVE PLACE TO LIVE

November 11, 2022 by infomatique

MOUNT BROWNE IN KILMAINHAM

Ceannt Fort had a big party on September 10th to mark its 100th anniversary but unfortunately I had to wait until the 10th. November to photograph the area.

A path leads down from the cluster of terraced homes perched high above Mount Brown, and passes through a wrought iron archway leading out onto the main road, a well-used connection between Thomas Street and Kilmainham.

This street is located near St. James’ Hospital. It is now named after Eamonn Ceannt who was one of the volunteers who occupied the local workhouse which was associated with the South Dublin Union.

The South Dublin Union which was 50 acre site where St James Hospital now stands.

In 1916 the South Dublin Union was a complex of workhouses and hospitals for the ‘destitute, infirmed and insane’ and had over three thousand inmates. Back then the vast majority of Dublin’s working class could expect to end their days destitute so it was a vital public service.

Today I used my new Sony FX30 with a Sony FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM lens. The FE 24-70mm F2.8 GM that is now available is a second-generation lens which includes several significant updates as well as a host of additional refinements to the original from six years ago. I have the original and I used it today with my new Sony FX30. And while the FX30 is being marketed as a video-centric I have used it mainly for stills which was not my original intention but I intend to address this starting in January 2023. In case you are considering the FX30 be aware that it is close to impossible RAW and HEIF/HEIC files.