Dublin, Phoenix Park 1897
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A view along Chesterfield Avenue, the main drive through Phoenix Park . The park is the largest urban park in Europe, five times the size of London's Hyde Park. The land it encloses was turned into a deer park by the Duke of Ormonde in 1662 and later landscaped and opened to the public by Lord Chesterfield in the 1740s.

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A Selection of Memories from Dublin

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My memory refers to Paddy Mc Closkey who died on 21st December last at the Mater Hospital, Dublin. My quest is to find the grave of his mother- I am assuming she has departed this life- so as Paddy can be buried with her. Paddy was born in 1936 at Ballymaconnelly, Co Antrim to Cissie Mc Closkey. That is all the information I have. Paddy was a tenant of mine; a quiet, honourable and honest gentleman. ...see more
Happy holidays spent in Tram Terrace, Dalkey with the Ryan family 1946-1968. Saving for home and marriage interrupted travel but our holidays resumed in 1970 and we still try to get over every year. Dalkey has changed but thanks to the childhood friends I still have in Dalkey, Sallynoggin and Ballybrack there are still memories to be made. Does anyone know how I can get in touch with Timmy Ryan? His granddad, Joe, from ...see more
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 the voyage over the Irish Sea was palpable but Dad, being the stoical, ex-Military type he was, ...see more
Nice place. I went there in 1989.