Smell of Manure Spreading

themissymoo · 14-09-2015 8:48pm #1

There's a smell of manure travelling through Dublin. Noticed it in Artane and just off the Malahide Road down near Belmayne, and someone else told me it was on the N32. Anybody know what's going on?

neris · 15-09-2015 7:07am

slurry spreading season probably, theres still alot of used farm land around Belmayne, Clongriffen, Portmarnock & kinsealy thats used to grow veg on

marketty · 15-09-2015 7:16am

DÃ¡il back in session?

Dizzyblonde · 15-09-2015 7:51am

Moved from Dublin County North because the areas referred to in the OP are in the City.

uck51js9zml2yt · 15-09-2015 7:53am

I love that smell when I'm outside city limits this time of year

Penny Tration · 15-09-2015 7:54am

Yeah, it's around Coolock too. Very odd.

WearstheFoxhat · 15-09-2015 8:00am

Chuckled at this, it's the start of the process of how your food ends up on the table

Penny Tration · 15-09-2015 8:03am

WearstheFoxhat wrote: »

Chuckled at this, it's the start of the process of how your food ends up on the table

Yeah, I think we're all aware of how food ends up on our table.

What we're not aware of is any farm in the middle of an urban area like Artane.

scrimshanker · 15-09-2015 8:11am

Baldoyle Industrial Estate has a right stink of it today...

Suzyq · 15-09-2015 10:39am

Gas, there I was checking my shoes to see if I'd walked in dog poo at the bus stop (Clarehall) this morning. Now it makes sense!

whiskeyman · 15-09-2015 10:51am

surely it couldn't be manure?
Is it the wind blowing from a treatment plant or are the sewers in the area experiencing problems?

themissymoo · 15-09-2015 11:23am

Suzyq wrote: »

Gas, there I was checking my shoes to see if I'd walked in dog poo at the bus stop (Clarehall) this morning. Now it makes sense!

I did the exact same thing!

whiskeyman wrote: »

surely it couldn't be manure?
Is it the wind blowing from a treatment plant or are the sewers in the area experiencing problems?

The sewers having a problem would make sense, as it's spread across such a huge distance.

Mantis Toboggan · 15-09-2015 11:42am

themissymoo wrote: »

I did the exact same thing!

The sewers having a problem would make sense, as it's spread across such a huge distance.

Yep, easterly breeze means it's coming from our stink in Ringsend and shangallagh.

Lux23 · 15-09-2015 1:37pm

It's awful, on the bus now and it's turning my stomach.

Dyr · 15-09-2015 4:37pm

At this time of year its usually caused by culchies going into their 1st year of college, takes a while for the bang to wear off them

Birneybau · 15-09-2015 8:34pm

Could have sworn I smelled it in the South Circular/Grand Canal area.

humberklog · 16-09-2015 12:10am

I think it's from all the Red Valerian plants that have been growing. Loads the summer and they really start stinking this time of year. I've them here in Clarehall and it wreaks of them.

Turtle_ · 16-09-2015 8:18am

humberklog wrote: »

I think it's from all the Red Valerian plants that have been growing. Loads the summer and they really start stinking this time of year. I've them here in Clarehall and it wreaks of them.

That makes sense actually, walking from Howth Junction into the Baldoyle Industrial Estate is awful and that whole area is covered in them. It stinks!

imme · 17-09-2015 10:34am

humberklog wrote: »

I think it's from all the Red Valerian plants that have been growing. Loads the summer and they really start stinking this time of year. I've them here in Clarehall and it wreaks of them.

I don't think it's plants, much more widespread and smells more like industrial , effluent or sewerage-like. Was still present last night.

Smell of Manure Spreading

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