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Help me find this Nazi-in-Dublin thing on Google Earth!

AARRRGH · 2005-12-09 18:36:06

During the Nazi period the Germans owned a house in the Terenure/Rathfarnham area. It is in the shape of a swastica. It still exists. People never believe me when I tell them this. Can you help me prove I'm not insane? :) Maybe you live in the Terenure/Rathfarnham area. Kind of non-interesting thing I found on Google…

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09-12-2005 7:36pm

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During the Nazi period the Germans owned a house in the Terenure/Rathfarnham area. It is in the shape of a swastica. It still exists.

People never believe me when I tell them this.

Can you help me prove I'm not insane? Maybe you live in the Terenure/Rathfarnham area.

Kind of non-interesting thing I found on Google Earth. The picture of Booterstown in Co. Dublin (beside Blackrock) was taken when the circus was there (look near the sea, between the parks.)

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#2 09-12-2005 7:38pm
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Have you seen the house before?

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#3 09-12-2005 7:40pm
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Thought it was in Tempelogue myself...

My geography is poor and Tempelogue may well be beside Rathfarnham/Terenure in which case I am of no assistance whatsoever.

There was definitely a discussion about it fairly recently though.

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#4 09-12-2005 7:41pm
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senordingdong wrote:

Have you seen the house before?

I drove past it with my ex-girlfriends father. He is seriously knowledgeable regarding Irish history (he's obsessed with it.) He told me from the air you can see it is shaped like a swastica.

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#5 09-12-2005 7:42pm
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Its in templeogue. Its unmapped on Google Earth which pisses me off

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#6 09-12-2005 7:42pm
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grimloch wrote:

Thought it was in Tempelogue myself...

My geography is poor and Tempelogue may well be beside Rathfarnham/Terenure in which case I am of no assistance whatsoever.

There was definitely a discussion about it fairly recently though.

Lovely, will do a search, thanks.

Tempelogue/Terenure/Rathfarnham are all close to each other.

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#7 09-12-2005 7:43pm
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got this from somewhere else:
"On templeouge road dublin 6w there is a house that is in the shape of a swastika when viewed from above. I think it was built for a German diplomat back in the 30's".

Hmm, after further reading, looks like a Mythbuster here:
http://www.archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?t=480

I asked on another non-architecture board of mine to see if anyone from the area knew of it and this is what i got.

"Well the house is NOT shaped like a swastika. There is a house near by that looks like a small castle and it is normally confused with the one that is being talked about.

The one you are looking for is a small house that had a swastika painted onto the roof. It is right on the corner of Hyde Park and Fortfield Road.

The swastika is long since gone.. Here is a link to the mapflow site that shows the house right in the center of the picture.
http://interactive2.iol.ie/MAPS/iolm...ageformat=jpeg

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#8 09-12-2005 7:47pm
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It was the Residence of Dr Edward Hemple. The non-nazi german diplomat to Ireland . He was pro Irish neutraility and cultivated good realtion with DeVelera .

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#9 09-12-2005 8:11pm
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It's not on Google Earth. It's a house between Terenure College and Templeogue Village on the Templeogue Road. If you're coming from Terenure (heading Tallaght bound) it's on the right hand side before the lights. It's a white house. I've never seen it from above but have heard the Nazi story many times. Just waiting for ****ing Google to add some satellite imagery for that area, my house in Knocklyon is also unmapped.

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#10 09-12-2005 8:22pm
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I live about 100m away from the house. It's on the border of Terenure and Templeogue. It doesn't actually look like a swastica any more because of extensions that have been builit on to it, I believe. I'll try get a grid reference for it on google earth.

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#11 09-12-2005 8:25pm
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www.myhome.ie has an aerial view on their search/map for areas not covered by google earth.
You seem to lose the option after first go, so have a second street map open.

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#12 09-12-2005 8:34pm
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Thanks all for your help. Much appreciated!

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#13 09-12-2005 8:35pm
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Here you go.

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#14 09-12-2005 8:48pm
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If you're going to do it, do it right.

US Naval Base, Coronado, near San Diego, CA.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3642/353/400/sd_nazi.jpg

NTM

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#15 09-12-2005 8:52pm
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Manic Moran wrote:

If you're going to do it, do it right.

US Naval Base, Coronado, near San Diego, CA.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3642/353/400/sd_nazi.jpg

NTM

Lol!

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#16 09-12-2005 9:00pm
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Manic Moran wrote:

If you're going to do it, do it right.

US Naval Base, Coronado, near San Diego, CA.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3642/353/400/sd_nazi.jpg

NTM

"Nazi Gaff!"

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#17 09-12-2005 9:32pm
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Manic Moran wrote:

If you're going to do it, do it right.

US Naval Base, Coronado, near San Diego, CA.

http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3642/353/400/sd_nazi.jpg

NTM

ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://localhost:10141/blogger/3642/353/400/sd_nazi.jpg

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#18 09-12-2005 10:01pm
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Yeah it is a big white house between terenure and tempelogue. If you go to terenure college and start walking towards templogue village it will be on the right-hand side half-way down the road. It doesnt really look like the shape of a swaztika from the outside unless you look closely.

Im told the reason it was built like this is that a german lived there in the 30's and wanted his house shaped like that as if the germans went to war with ireland they would not bomb him.

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#19 09-12-2005 10:05pm
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biko wrote:

ERROR
The requested URL could not be retrieved
While trying to retrieve the URL: http://localhost:10141/blogger/3642/353/400/sd_nazi.jpg

Copy the link and paste it into a new browser window. Photoblogger prevents direct linking.

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#20 28-07-2006 3:27pm
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Sorry to drag this old thread back up...

But look steve you're famous!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/28/google_earth_swastika/

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#21 28-07-2006 3:28pm
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We have a google earth forum now, don't we?

Edit: Everyone calm down, I found it.

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#22 28-07-2006 3:47pm
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I don't see anything like a swastika. I checked on www.sdcc.ie follow the planning application maps link. Maybe it's unrecognisable now due to extensions that a previous poster mentioned.

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#23 28-07-2006 4:13pm
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hello register readers!

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#24 28-07-2006 4:19pm
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joe_chicken wrote:

Sorry to drag this old thread back up...

But look steve you're famous!

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/07/28/google_earth_swastika/

Ha! nice find.

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#25 28-07-2006 4:41pm
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I still can't see my house on it
I can get near it but then they seemed to have stopped the detail! Damn it I just wanna see my roof and feel all cool.

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#26 28-07-2006 6:50pm
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Slurms wrote:

I still can't see my house on it
I can get near it but then they seemed to have stopped the detail! Damn it I just wanna see my roof and feel all cool.

It's because of all the hardcore porn you keep on the roof.

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#27 28-07-2006 8:31pm
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monkeyfudge wrote:

It's because of all the hardcore porn you keep on the roof.

You mean they can see that? :eek:

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#28 30-07-2006 7:50pm
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As far as i know is beside temeplogue college, an area which is blurred.

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#29 30-07-2006 8:59pm
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Yara Hollow Theatre wrote:

As far as i know is beside temeplogue college, an area which is blurred.

Have a look here > http://www.sdublincoco.ie/sdcc_PMo/default.asp

I can't see any Swastika - but I can see my house which is blurred on Google Earth:D

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#30 30-07-2006 11:47pm
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http://www.archiseek.com/content/showpost.php?p=3205&postcount=8

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#31 30-07-2006 11:58pm
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Yara Hollow Theatre wrote:

http://www.archiseek.com/content/showpost.php?p=3205&postcount=8

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=50516064&postcount=7

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