Dublin 15 Historic Pictures Thread

Nolimits · 30-04-2010 11:43pm

I think my dad would love this thread, he was originally born in a cottage just behind The Shanty pub in Mulhuddart before moving up to Bridgits park when he was a young lad. If there are people on here that remember alot of this stuff you probably either knew my family or are my family.

Gaspode · 01-05-2010 11:34am

Dont suppose you or your dad have any old photos from that area you'd like to share?

Nolimits · 01-05-2010 12:24pm

Gaspode wrote: »

Dont suppose you or your dad have any old photos from that area you'd like to share?

I doubt it, he's not really that kinda person and I don't live with him anymore.

January · 01-05-2010 11:39pm

Nolimits wrote: »

I think my dad would love this thread, he was originally born in a cottage just behind The Shanty pub in Mulhuddart before moving up to Bridgits park when he was a young lad. If there are people on here that remember alot of this stuff you probably either knew my family or are my family.

Those cottages on the way up to the graveyard is it?

Nolimits · 02-05-2010 10:18am

adrieanne__x wrote: »

Those cottages on the way up to the graveyard is it?

They are on the way up to the graveyard but I dont think they are the ones your thinking of. There were two cottages just behind The Shanty/ Guilios facing the backs of The Shanty/Guilios. He was born in one of those. They were only knocked down a few years ago to make way for some flats.

January · 02-05-2010 7:46pm

I know the ones that used to be there where the fishing tackle shop was. They new apartments are there now yeah.

JesusJuice · 06-05-2010 4:04pm

Nolimits wrote: »

They are on the way up to the graveyard but I dont think they are the ones your thinking of. There were two cottages just behind The Shanty/ Guilios facing the backs of The Shanty/Guilios. He was born in one of those. They were only knocked down a few years ago to make way for some flats.

One of those cottages was the Carr's place, am i wrong?

Nolimits · 07-05-2010 6:38pm

JesusJuice wrote: »

One of those cottages was the Carr's place, am i wrong?

I honestly couldn't tell you.

wildlifeboy · 11-05-2010 3:25pm

it sure was, I am a friend of Alan Carr been in the house a few times. his uncle is the milkman Mr ayres or Ayresbo as we call him

sw15 · 12-05-2010 11:31pm

Hi just to let you know that about a year ago a new heritage group for D15 was set up (South West Fingal Heritage) to try and gather photos, research and generally try to preserve some heritage before the housing estates and developments take over! If you're interested you can get details in Blanchardstown library.

(You mightnt know this but Fingal actually means land of the foreigner! Very appropriate given the new demographics ... which will be facinating for anyone looking at the census records in 50 years!).

January · 13-05-2010 12:04am

Might be a bit of a weird question for this thread but weren't Fingal supposed to become a county of their own a couple of years ago? Or was that just a weird dream I had???

Gaspode · 13-05-2010 7:32am

It did for a while alright - there used to be a sign on the Navan Road at the Halfway House saying 'Welcome to County Fingal'
They disappeared a few years ago, not sure why.

Darach1 · 16-05-2010 10:30pm

Gaspode wrote: »

An aerial view of Blanchardstown, but unfortunately I cant find a date for it. Anyone care to try identify some of the landmarks?

This aerial photograph shows the area occupied by my grandfather's farm. The family house was at the double bridge on the Ashtown side of the Navan Road, and his public house was what is now the Bell, previously Davy & Phelan's. Is it possible to obtain a higher quality version of this photograph? I can post a photgraph of the pub when it was Corcoran's. when I figure out how to do this on the website.

Nolimits · 31-05-2010 6:11pm

JesusJuice wrote: »

One of those cottages was the Carr's place, am i wrong?

I was with him today and thought of this thread, yeah one of them belonged to a family called Carr

py2006 · 24-06-2010 1:54pm

Gaspode wrote: »

An aerial view of Blanchardstown, but unfortunately I cant find a date for it. Anyone care to try identify some of the landmarks?

I am finding it hard to get my barings on this pic! Is that Blanchardstown Church towards the top left?

It seems to be a different angle or is that because the roads are different! Is the road that starts from the bottom left the road coming from Castleknock? The turn left into Blanch village seems a bit more angular in them days?

LadyW · 24-06-2010 4:46pm

Showing my age here but I think I can spot the old Crest Factory near the "main road" running through the right hand side of the picture.

Pat Dunne · 30-06-2010 2:39pm

LadyW wrote: »

Showing my age here but I think I can spot the old Crest Factory near the "main road" running through the right hand side of the picture.

You're spot on, the Crest factory at the bend in the Navan road I say the photo was taken in the 1930's, as the roads appear to be pre-tarmacadam.

Amazing to see the fields to the left of the second bridge which is where Roselawn is now.

LadyW · 30-06-2010 2:45pm

1930's? Wow, I had no idea the Crest factory was that old. Any idea what year it closed down?

sw15 · 03-07-2010 12:23pm

Local author Jim Lacey (Candle in the Window) will be showing old photos of Dublin 15 at part of Heritage week in Blanchardstown Library on Wed 25 August 2010 at 7pm - so mark your diary!

Pat Dunne · 09-07-2010 5:58pm

LadyW wrote: »

1930's? Wow, I had no idea the Crest factory was that old. Any idea what year it closed down?

I'm no expert but judging but the type of stone work used in the building and the way the place is laid out I'd say the place could well go back to the 1830's.

lmmoonbeam1976 · 23-09-2010 11:16am

Enii wrote: »

Did this have hidious knitted cardigans and white underpants in the window display?

Or am I remembering horrible window displays that never existed?

Yes thats the one -- and if you did venture into it -- it smelled old

skregs · 30-09-2010 11:45pm

Blue line is the canal
Orange Circle is Castleknock Train Station
Green Circle is the 12th Lock
You can see the church in Blanch village in the red circle
Pink X is more or less where the hospital/waterville is
White bit is where the centre is now (more or less)

suey71 · 09-11-2010 11:47pm

I was taking a look at the Blanchardstown Area Partnership site tonight and I came accross some old photos that I haven't seen before.

www.bap.ie

On the right hand side of the Homepage in orange halfway down, there is a Then and Now calender.

They seemed to have changed the site layout today. Just click on Bap News and the calender should come up.

Gaspode · 21-11-2010 11:41pm

Not sure where I got these, been in the pc a while.

Shows Dublin west in the 19th Century, many of the place names recognisable today.

1837
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1848, hasn't changed much in the few years since the previous map.

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January · 22-11-2010 2:01pm

Love the spellings, Malhuddart and Courtduff etc wonder when they were changed or if it was a mistake?

suey71 · 22-11-2010 2:02pm

Great find.

Interesting to note that there is a chapel where the old presbytary is on the Porterstown rd. I read that this old house was where the very first St.Mochtas school was back in the Penal times.

Btw. the house still there. Its the beautiful old Georgian house just after the scouts den.

I could spend all day looking at that map.

BostonB · 22-11-2010 5:03pm

Cool map.

ciaran76 · 22-11-2010 6:21pm

Just above Westmanstown there is a place called "Pass if you can" ????

Zaph · 22-11-2010 10:05pm

I think it's a shame that Upper Gunicks no longer exists.

Interesting that there was a second Huntstown at one time.

Gaspode · 22-11-2010 10:11pm

ciaran76 wrote: »

Just above Westmanstown there is a place called "Pass if you can" ????

Still there!

Check Google maps 53.385069,-6.458502

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