ANOTHER BLOG POSTBY WILLIAM MURPHY

HOLE IN THE WALL ROAD 2016 IS 18Km FROM THE HOLE IN THE WALL PUB

2021-12-10T17:49:05+00:00

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I do not know why the road is so named ... does anyone know. Anyway the distance between both is about 18Km. I believe that there is also a hole in the wall road in Maynooth.

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byWilliam Murphy

Categories: Streets Of Dublin

The apartment blocks that were in an unfinished state back in 2016 have since been completed and I hope to visit the area again soon after Christmas [2021] in order to photograph any changes in the area.

I do not know why the road is so named ... does anyone know. Anyway the distance between both is about 18Km. I believe that there is also a hole in the wall road in Maynooth.

The Hole in the Wall Pub is named after a tradition which existed here for around 100 years, which is the practice of serving drinks through a hole in the wall. British soldiers who were forbidden to leave the Phoenix Park could still get their beer through the Hole in the Wall.

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