THIS IS COWTOWN BY JOSEPH O'CONNOR PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART ON MANOR STREET

THIS IS COWTOWN BY JOSEPH O'CONNOR

FIRST DAFFODILS OF THE YEAR - HAPPY NEW YEAR 2021 SEAN HEUSTON BRIDGE - PEDESTRIANS AND TRAMS ONLY EGGING PASSING TRAMS AND PEDESTRIANS THE HEART OF STONEYBATTER - PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART PLUS A REPURPOSED PHONE KIOSK YELLOW BUG - VW BEETLE PARKED ON MANOR STREET IN STONEYBATTER THIS IS COWTOWN BY JOSEPH O'CONNOR PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART ON MANOR STREET PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART - KIRWAN STREET DUBLIN 7 THE VIKING AREA OF STONEYBATTER - BEN EDAIR ROAD - HALLIDAY ROAD - HAROLD ROAD HALLIDAY ROAD AND THE STREETS OFF HALLIDAY ROAD PRUSSIA STREET MANOR STREET IN STONEYBATTER LOWER GRANGEGORMAN ON CAMPUS TABLE TENNIS TU BUILT ENVIRONMENT VIEWS OF CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL IN DUBLIN WOMEN'S CHRISTMAS - 6 JANUARY 2021 VICTORIAN UNDERGROUND TOILET BLOCK SOON TO BE A RESTAURANT - STILL DERELICT 6 JANUARY 2021 RADKUTSCHE MUSKETIERS HEAVY DUTY TRIKE NOW USED BY AN POST HAROLDS CROSS ROAD LOST CRANE - POSTER BY ARTOF ASBESTOS SACRED HEART CHURCH - ARBOUR HILL 1916 MEMORIAL AT ARBOUR HILL PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART AT VICTORIA QUAY BACK LANE HOSTEL NOW MORE THAN 100 YEARS IN OPERATION CHANCERY STREET - FEATURING TRAM TRACKS BRONZE COW BY JACKIE McKENNA BACK LANE NEAR CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL - ONCE THE HOME OF THE BACK LANE PARLIAMENT JOHN DILLON STREET DUBLIN 8 AREA OF DUBLIN CITY HANOVER LANE AND NEARBY - I WAS SURPRISED TO DISCOVER THAT IT IS OFF FRANCIS STREET THE BARLEY MOW PUB IS NOW A DERELICT BUILDING ON FRANCIS STREET WHICH WAS A GOOD LOCATION FOR STREET ART CLANBRASSIS STREET UPPER A COMPLEX OF OLD LANES NORTH ANNES STREET - CUCKOO LANE - GEORGE'S HILL ORMOND SQUARE AND ORMOND PLACE JUST EAT HAS BEEN REPLACED BY NOW TV AS MAIN SPONSOR - DUBLINBIKES DOCKING STATION WESTERN WAY BUGINGHAM PALACE - ALL BUGS WELCOME CABRA LUAS TRAM STOP MOUNT BERNARD PUBLIC PARK IN CABRA ULSTER STREET SAINT COLUMBA CRAWFORD AVENUE IS A VERY WIDE STREET MY LEAST FAVOURITE BUS STOP EVER HOLLYBANK ROAD - THIS IS THE TYPE OF LENS FLARE PROBLEM THAT I HAVE WITH THE iPHONE 12 PRO MAX LOWER DRUMCONDRA ROAD THE SONY A1 CAMERA WAS LAUNCHED 26 JANUARY 2021 ST MARY'S PLACE NORTH - STREET MARKINGS INDICATING A SCHOOL ZONE PARADISE PLACE OFF NORTH ST. MARY'S PLACE CONNAUGHT STREET PHIBSBOROUGH SHANDON GARDENS SHANDON PARK IN PHIBSBOROUGH LINDSAY ROAD IN GLASNEVIN GARTAN AVENUE - GLASNEVIN NORTH LEINSTER STREET PHIBSBOROUGH ROAD SHANDON ROAD - JANUARY 2021 McGEOUGHS - THE BOHEMIAN IN PHIBSBOROUGH DOYLE'S CORNER PUB IN PHIBSBOROUGH PHIBSBOROUGH SHOPPING CENTRE MAY BE REDEVELOPED AS A CO-LIVING COMPLEX 2ND LOCK ON THE ROYAL CANAL AS SEEN FROM BINNS BRIDGE DRUMCONDRA MEMORIAL ON DORSET STREET - PEADAR KEARNEY MALDRON HOTEL PARNELL SQUARE LANEWAY IN PHIBSBOROUGH CONNECTING CONNAUGHT STREET TO SHANDON CRESCENT
Artists Wanted for Dún Laoghaire Street Art Project
General News
Wednesday, January 6, 2021
DLR COUNTY
We’re looking for artists to get involved in the Dún Laoghaire Street Art Project.
The first project of its kind in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown, it aims to create an open-air art gallery in Dún Laoghaire town, using its walls and doorways as a canvas to showcase the best of urban street art. Initially conceived of as a way to brighten up urban areas and encourage footfall, the Project can perhaps take on a new life in the context of COVID-19. When it comes to fruition in summer 2021, we hope that it might reflect a move towards brighter days, and with it bring an optimism that has been difficult for many to maintain over the last year.
We are now inviting interested artists to submit their proposals for consideration. All the details are here – please note that the closing date for receipt of proposals is 5pm on Wednesday, February 24th, 2021.
Expressions of interest are also sought from parties interested in managing the Dún Laoghaire Street Art Project.
Further information is available from the Economic Development Unit at [email protected].
THIS IS COWTOWN BY JOSEPH O'CONNOR [PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART ON MANOR STREET PHOTOGRAPHED JANUARY 2021]

The last time I photographed this was with an iPhone XR and I was not happy with the results as there was a lot of annoying lens flare. This time I used an iPhone 12 Pro Max and the result was much better.

I first heard the expression "cowtown" four or five years ago but I did not, at the time, appreciate its relationship with the area and it was only when I came across the Cowtown Cafe on Manor Street that the penny dropped.

Back in the 1950s the Dublin Cattle Market, located on Prussia Street in Stoneybatter (nicknamed 'Cowtown'), was the largest weekly livestock sale in Europe. Some people have found memories of the cattle sales and associate activities.

My recollection is totally different, because of British cheap food policy prime cattle were shipped live to the UK where the profits were made by wealthy dealers and the treatment of livestock was terrible. Also as a result of the markets the area was plagued with rats ... I know because I had friends who lived in the area.


THIS IS COWTOWN BY JOSEPH O
THIS IS COWTOWN BY JOSEPH O
THIS IS COWTOWN BY JOSEPH O
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