Dublin, Eire

Holiday Memories Dublin 1958

For a 9 year old boy from Edinburgh the travel arrangements for our family holiday to Dublin in 1958 were quite an adventure.
Embarkation on the steamer at the Broomielaw in Glasgow and our billet turned out to be in the hold along with up to a 100 or so others. In view of this the tension between my parents on... [more]

Dublin

Any McGees out there?

Now O'Connell Street

The street was officially renamed O'Connell Street in 1924 after Daniel O'Connell as Ireland moved forward as a free state! Nelsons Pilar seen in the distance (middle) was destroyed in the early morning on the 8th of March 1966 by unknown persons (yet many have claimed to have done it). It has now been replaced by a strange "Giant Pin" or... [more]

Now the top pedestrianised shopping street in Ireland!

This is now famously the most exclusive shopping street in Dublin & Ireland too. The 7th most expensive rental prices in Europe with some retail outlets actually beating the world records making them more expensive than Paris or New York! This is the most popular place for Buskers from all over the world to display or perform their acts.

Dublin Photographic Memories

This 204ft (63m) high obelisk on the south side of the main road was designed by Robert Smirke and believed to be the highest in the world at the time. The obelisk was begun in 1817 and completed in 1861. The bas relief in bronze is made from captured French cannons.

Dublin Photographic Memories

The imposing Chapel Royal at Dublin Castle. It was completed in 1814 by Francis Johnson, and is situated in the Lower Yard, on the site of an earlier, smaller, chapel. In the background is the Record Tower, which dates from 1258. The one hundred heads on the exterior are carved by Edward Smyth. It is now known as... [more]

Dublin Photographic Memories

The church was built in 1686 on the site of an 11th century church. The original church was probably built by the Danes, and St Michan is likely to have been a Danish saint. The organ, which dates from 1724, is said to have been played by Handel. On the panel directly beneath the organ can be seen... [more]