A colourful building photographed by William Murphy on Christmas Week 2021
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Aston Quay was originally laid out in the late seventeenth century, on land reclaimed from the River Liffey, and was named after Henry Aston, a Dublin merchant. Both it and Crampton Quay were rebuilt in the late eighteenth century as part of the Wide Street Commission's work to construct a continuous quayside and associated thoroughfare along the south side of the River Liffey.
The name "Monck Place" is likely to catch anyone's attention.
I visited on a very wet windy day, in January 2016, but the windmills were locked-down ... maybe the weather was unsuitable. Back then I used a Sony A7RII and a Sony FE35 35mm F1.4 lens.
I visited on a very wet windy day, in January 2016, but the windmills were locked-down ... maybe the weather was unsuitable. Back then I used a Sony A7RII and a Sony FE35 35mm F1.4 lens.
Google Maps describes this as "1916 Site Of Rotund Rink" but on the copper plaque the date is 1913.
Google Maps describes this as "1916 Site Of Rotund Rink" but on the copper plaque the date is 1913.
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