forgotten petrol stations

stehyl15

Hi guys does any one know of any long closed down garages in dublin. Pics would greatly apreciatated

fatbhoy

There used to be a Shell station on the corner of Adelaide Road and Harcourt Street, where Starbucks is now. I've no pictures of it though.

Pablo Sanchez

Woodbine service station, the Maxol beside the Montrose hotel.

mikemac1

There was a petrol station on Ballyfermot Rd just after Sarsfield Rd.

Land cleared to build apartments but it never happened.

Just wasteground now, sometimes used for knacker drinking and starting small fires!

stehyl15

Does anyone remember the Shell garage in dun laoghaire where Easons is now

Pablo Sanchez

stehyl15 wrote: »

Does anyone remember the Shell garage in dun laoghaire where Easons is now

Yes, one of the few occasions where something decent was actually built on a former station site!

A few more:

The Texaco on the N11 almost opposite Oatlands school, again was levelled to build apartments but now trades as a car sales garage.

The Texaco on the Churchtown road, across from the Bottle Tower pub.

stehyl15

Then there was the texaco in cabinteely closed about 10 years ago where that urbun place is now

vickers209

Here's a list of closed stations. Some of them were probably duplicated on the site and were just put in there.

http://www.pumps.ie/findClosedStations.php

fatbhoy

Why is this tread in the Rip Off Ireland section?

Davy

Moved to Dublin city

Mr Simpson

There was a petrol station in Clontarf thats gone a long time. It was beside Clontarf Garda Station. Its the food room now

admiralofthefleet

there used to be the 'yellow garage' in terenure where gerry caffrey is now

donvito99

What used this be?

yoyo

This was a petrol station on Nutgrove avenue iirc, I think a Texaco. Gone years now, just down the road this was also a Texaco I think, closed in the last few years

Nick

Speedsie

donvito99 wrote: »

What used this be?

Archer's Garage, it was a Ford dealership back in the day.

There was a Shell on Wilton Place.

L1011

One on Tara Street from memory, and the one beside the Skylon.

The main reason a lot are still empty is there's a very long time required after closing before the site can be redeveloped, a lot were sold in the boom and it was over before the time elapsed. Some that were closed ended up reopening as those dodgy as hell stations that suddenly closed again when a major fuel laundry was found, so that'll have reset the counter and they'll likely be derelict for another decade+

bobin fudge

on dorset street opposite the flats, just a carpark now as a redevelopment fell through
petrol station on the north circular towards phoenix park
petrol station on blackall place/manor street -now appartments and bike shop
petrol station riund the corner from kevin street police station - donnellys?

miller50841

yoyo wrote: »

This was a petrol station on Nutgrove avenue iirc, I think a Texaco. Gone years now, just down the road this was also a Texaco I think, closed in the last few years

Nick

The 1st one was a ESSO for years.

Also there was a Shell on Braemor Road/Churchtown now a car sales and car wash was left lying for a good many years.
Most stations as said above were closed for development(apartments) and Nama owns most now.

Pablo Sanchez

The old Shell garage across from the Mosque in Clonskeagh, now being operated as a very successful (by all accounts) hand car wash.

yoyo

miller50841 wrote: »

The 1st one was a ESSO for years.

Also there was a Shell on Braemor Road/Churchtown now a car sales and car wash was left lying for a good many years.
Most stations as said above were closed for development(apartments) and Nama owns most now.

Esso it was! Knew Texaco didn't sound right, it must be gone many years now, remember it as a kid

Nick

miller50841

yoyo wrote: »

Esso it was! Knew Texaco didn't sound right, it must be gone many years now, remember it as a kid

Nick

I miss them sort of station because they were dead easy to get in and out of and the canopy covered the whole court so stayed dry in are usual wet weather. Not like most that re opened with only small canopies.

I should know of more use to pay them all a visit over the years and worked in the Texaco at the bottle tower. I would have loved to opened that again if I had of had the money. It was a great lay out and only problem I had was there was only the brush wash.

Grid.

Used to be one years ago in Glasthule village......think it's a car dealership now.

miller50841

Grid. wrote: »

Used to be one years ago in Glasthule village......think it's a car dealership now.

You are right there but the car's seem to be gone off it the last while so I think the recession has taken another victim.

Hilly Bill

Shell garage in Kilbarrack at Des Mahonys. Texaco on the coast road .

Bandara

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Shell garage in Kilbarrack at Des Mahonys. Texaco on the coast road .

The Texaco may just be reopening as a maxol very soon !

neris

Howth sutton peninsula used to be 4 stations. Shell & esso in sutton, texaco & statoil in howth. Now theres none. The shell is now 2 houses & offices, the esso a 2nd hand car shop. texaco a derelict market site & statoil a nama owned garden shop & dog grooming parlour. Seems most of the stations in this city were destined to be apartment blocks.

There was a Station in portmarnock think used to be jet & joe fallon motors now a funneral home

MagicMarker

There used to be one of the Crumlin road next to a massive snooker club, both gone now and still nothing new built there.

admiralofthefleet

texaco at blackrock clinic

windsor in raheny used to have pumps

there was one on parnell road in harolds cross/crumlin that has since reopened

Red Kev

There was one on Upper Rathmines Road, sort of triangular site at the junction of York Rd (?). Site is derelict now. saw some lads in there a year or so ago taking samples off the ground for tests for pollution.

Hilly Bill

Hammertime wrote: »

The Texaco may just be reopening as a maxol very soon !

Is it not gone altogether?

Mr Simpson

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Is it not gone altogether?

The site is still empty. The shop is still there, but the pumps and canopy are gone

Victor

There used to be one where this office building is on mount Street Crescent http://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.336642,-6.243287&spn=0.001637,0.005284&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.336597,-6.243648&panoid=U-_QQKxWqnexAAj-DuSstA&cbp=12,112.79,,0,-11.47

Sandford Road, Ranelagh - long closed, but the canopy survived for a long time http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Sandford+Road,+Dublin&hl=en&ll=53.322735,-6.248689&spn=0.006498,0.021136&sll=53.336597,-6.243646&sspn=0.001637,0.005284&oq=sandford+Road&hnear=Sandford+Rd,+Dublin,+County+Dublin&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.322917,-6.249048&panoid=q7XZLr1ST5Z47cALvjyfgw&cbp=12,64.55,,0,-1.28

Sandford Road, Ranelagh - long closed, I can imagine fire officers going white every time they go past. http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Sandford+Road,+Dublin&hl=en&ll=53.320321,-6.244665&spn=0.00037,0.002642&sll=53.336597,-6.243646&sspn=0.001637,0.005284&oq=sandford+Road&hnear=Sandford+Rd,+Dublin,+County+Dublin&t=m&z=19&layer=c&cbll=53.320321,-6.244665&panoid=LjUQDVQhWJlR-2TfKpddqQ&cbp=11,204.52,,0,6.21

donvito99 wrote: »

https://us.v-cdn.net/6034073/uploads/attachments/169996/252445.jpg

What used this be?

Speedsie wrote: »

Archer's Garage, it was a Ford dealership back in the day.

Demolished illegally over a weekend about 10-15 years ago, but they were made to rebuild it.

There was a Shell on Wilton Place.

It's a shame the façade isn't in better condition.http://maps.google.ie/?ll=53.332522,-6.251999&spn=0.006497,0.021136&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.332522,-6.251999&panoid=SXzJ-oD2Yq7WLECLBYMcsA&cbp=12,347.91,,0,0.73

Dravokivich

Esso in Clondalkin here

Another by Ballsbridge here. Unsure who ran that'un.

The Maverick

Dravokivich wrote: »

Another by Ballsbridge here. Unsure who ran that'un.

About 18 months ago, there was a fair bit of work going on at that station. At the time I thought it looked like they were digging out the underground tanks and replacing them so they could reopen. After reading this thread, it's seems more likely they were just digging out the old storage tanks completely. Doesn't seem to have been any work done since either way, though I haven't been there in a good while.

Robbo

The Maverick wrote: »

About 18 months ago, there was a fair bit of work going on at that station. At the time I thought it looked like they were digging out the underground tanks and replacing them so they could reopen. After reading this thread, it's seems more likely they were just digging out the old storage tanks completely. Doesn't seem to have been any work done since either way, though I haven't been there in a good while.

Went past it on the weekend and it's open, selling diesel only it appears.

Prior to that, Christmas trees were being sold there last November.

neris

Hilly Bill wrote: »

Is it not gone altogether?

I think they dug the tanks up from there a while back after they took the canopy down. Would think it will cost them to install new tanks. (the maxol in baldoyle is reopening after an upgrade)

Ben D Bus

This little terrace on Emmet Road, Inchicore used to be a filling station

http://maps.google.com/maps?q=Emmet+Road,+Dublin,+Ireland&hl=en&ll=53.340611,-6.308491&spn=0.000026,0.019205&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=50.291089,78.662109&oq=emmet+road&hnear=Emmet+Rd,+Dublin,+County+Dublin,+Ireland&t=m&z=16&layer=c&cbll=53.34062,-6.308321&panoid=A-c1pOKSc3nM35jVXGKh_Q&cbp=12,211.78,,0,0

stehyl15

I remember there was a garage on monkstown farm once upon a time

ollaetta

Two off the top of my head, one obvious the second less so:

Parnell Road between Harolds Cross and Sallys Bridges. http://goo.gl/maps/zW5l6

Orwell Road, Rathgar where the entrance to Superquinn is. http://goo.gl/maps/j409I

L1011

ollaetta wrote: »

Two off the top of my head, one obvious the second less so:

Parnell Road between Harolds Cross and Sallys Bridges. http://goo.gl/maps/zW5l6

Orwell Road, Rathgar where the entrance to Superquinn is. http://goo.gl/maps/j409I

That first one is reopened as a GreatGas for some time now.

Been a fair few re-openings of ones where the developers hadn't got around to removing the tanks.

stehyl15

Heres a list of all petrol station which reopened that i could think of.
Applegreen Mount Merrion former shell
Texaco Tara Towers former Shell
Applegreen Ballinteer former Shell
Maxol Grand Canal Dock former Texaco
D4 Fuels Ballsbridge former Statoil
Top Amien street former Top too i think
Also quite a lot of the former Shell/statoil chains were shut when Topaz bought them.

Pablo Sanchez

stehyl15 wrote: »

Heres a list of all petrol station which reopened that i could think of.
Applegreen Mount Merrion former shell
Texaco Tara Towers former Shell
Applegreen Ballinteer former Shell
Maxol Grand Canal Dock former Texaco
D4 Fuels Ballsbridge former Statoil
Top Amien street former Top too i think
Also quite a lot of the former Shell/statoil chains were shut when Topaz bought them.

Jet Greystones, former Shell

stehyl15

Does any one remember statoil deangrange

delta_bravo

Another here near Templeogue. Was a Burmah up until about 12 years ago and was closed down. There have been constant planning for apartments and redevelopment but has faced a lot of opposition to it from locals. The canopy and forecourt are now gone. There are 2 cottages derilict beside it also as part of the garage