Friday Night Picture Quiz - North County Dublin

Wishbone Ash

A little lockdown fun diversion on a Friday night. Let's see who is observant while out cycling.

Ten images from around north County Dublin. Identify the locations:

1.



2.



3.



4.



5.



6.



7.



8.



9.



10.

magicbastarder

4 - in front of ardgillan house
6 - bottom of the hill from argillan, dropping to the coast
7 - monument in the middle of skerries
10 - spittal hill (heading for the swans)?

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

4 - in front of ardgillan house
6 - bottom of the hill from argillan, dropping to the coast
10 - spittal hill (heading for the swans)?

Jesus - that was quick - correct on all 3.

crosstownk

I'm a southsider but is 7 the monument in Skerries?

Wishbone Ash

crosstownk wrote: »

I'm a southsider but is 7 the monument in Skerries?

Spot on - The Hamilton Monument.

Wishbone Ash

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, & 9 remain.

koutoubia

I have a few......
in no particular order.....
8)is at Man 'O' War
9) is Fingal cemetery at the end of Flemingon Lane

Wishbone Ash

koutoubia wrote: »

I have a few......
in no particular order.....
8)is at Man 'O' War
9) is Fingal cemetery at the end of Flemingon Lane

Spot on. I thought 8 would be more difficult - a legacy of when that was the old coach road from Dublin to Drogheda.

Wishbone Ash

1, 2, 3, 5, remain.

koutoubia

Is 1) the road that leads from Rogerstown to Ballealy?

Wishbone Ash

koutoubia wrote: »

Is 1) the road that leads from Rogerstown to Ballealy?

Afraid not - that bridge at Ballealy is much higher/wider.

koutoubia

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

old coach road from Dublin to Drogheda.

Quick History Lesson:
The Man'O'War was actually a toll station for the main Dublin - Drogheda highway.The pub was the Inn and just down the road on the Dublin side there is a stone garage that is now part of a house. This garage was the stables.
On the Drogheda side on the opposite side of the road the is a big high stone wall with stone buildings inside. This was the overnight lodgings .

Wishbone Ash

koutoubia wrote: »

...On the Drogheda side on the opposite side of the road the is a big high stone wall with stone buildings inside. This was the overnight lodgings .

Yes, the old coach house. It's almost invisible now being covered in ivy. There's some scaffolding on it so it looks like something is going to be done. (There's another one of those milestones in Balrothery).

koutoubia

Its been builders office/ yard for a good few years. They started to renovate it but FCC came down and told them whatever they remove they had to replace with exactly the same.I remember the roof was in bitsand theyhad taken the roof tiles off to fix the roof. FCC told themeach and every roof tile had to go back on regardless of its state.

magicbastarder

i've never been there, so stab in the dark on #3 - skerries mills?

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

i've never been there, so stab in the dark on #3 - skerries mills?

Spot on! Note the mill stone beside my bike.

Wishbone Ash

1, 2 & 5 remain.

Wud yis be wanting clues?

RobertFoster

#1 is at Gormanston Camp https://goo.gl/maps/aCgBgYFsgMJYs4Uw9

Wishbone Ash

RobertFoster wrote: »

#1 is at Gormanston Camp https://goo.gl/maps/aCgBgYFsgMJYs4Uw9

No. (What kept you? I thought you'd be all over this!)

(Has Gormanston moved to County Dublin? )

crosstownk

RobertFoster wrote: »

#1 is at Gormanston Camp https://goo.gl/maps/aCgBgYFsgMJYs4Uw9

That's in Meath.

Wishbone Ash

RobertFoster wrote: »

#1 is at Gormanston Camp https://goo.gl/maps/aCgBgYFsgMJYs4Uw9

In fairness, I should have said that you're close (the bridge in question doesn't appear on Google Street View).

RobertFoster

I don't think I've been east of the M1 since March, I'm not sure I remember what the place looks like

Is it the bridge near Skerries Point Shopping Centre?

magicbastarder

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Spot on! Note the mill stone beside my bike.

that's what led to my guess.

Wishbone Ash

RobertFoster wrote: »

..Is it the bridge near Skerries Point Shopping Centre?

No, your previous suggestion was much closer.

RobertFoster

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

No, your previous suggestion was much closer.

Balbriggan FC?

Mullaghteelin

No1 looks like Bremore in Balbriggan

Mullaghteelin

RobertFoster wrote: »

Balbriggan FC?

"Bell's Lane" is what we used to call it locally.

ian_rush

5 Rush Sailing Club

Wishbone Ash

RobertFoster wrote: »

Balbriggan FC?

Mullaghteelin wrote: »

No1 looks like Bremore in Balbriggan

Yes - Bell's Lane - near O'Dwyers GAA Club pitches in Balbriggan.

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.6190688,-6.1899039,425m/data=!3m1!1e3

Wishbone Ash

ian_rush wrote: »

5 Rush Sailing Club

Now that's impressive - probably the most obscure pic of the 10.

Wishbone Ash

Just one to go!

magicbastarder

oh - that's in newbridge demesne, is it? near the donabate end?

RobertFoster

Lissenhall Medieval Bridge

KevRossi

Lissenhall Bridge, along the old N1 just north of Swords

KevRossi

Beaten by a minute. Supposedly the oldest standing bridge in Co Dublin, you can go underneath it and see the old stonework. I think there's two more bridges built on top of it.

Wishbone Ash

RobertFoster wrote: »

Lissenhall Medieval Bridge

Well done. The beautiful Lissenhall Bridge- once one of the busiest bridges in the country when it was the main Dublin Belfast road. I'm not sure when it was replaced by the current bridge but I think it was around 1983.

ian_rush

RobertFoster wrote: »

Lissenhall Medieval Bridge

That was the first thing I thought but convinced myself it was bigger, common problem :-)

Wishbone Ash

Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4711762,-6.2123272,233m/data=!3m1!1e3

ian_rush

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Well done. The beautiful Lissenhall Bridge- once one of the busiest bridges in the country when it was the main Dublin Belfast road. I'm not sure when it was replaced by the current bridge but I think it was around 1983.

It was definitely bypassed in the late eighties, but was more accessible. I remember stopping there to refill bidons as a kid, probably not a great idea in hindsight.

Wishbone Ash

ian_rush wrote: »

It was definitely bypassed in the late eighties, but was more accessible. I remember stopping there to refill bidons as a kid, probably not a great idea in hindsight.

The dual carriageway opened in 1983 but I've been informed that the new bridge was opened several years before the dual carriageway officially opened - possibly in the late 1970's.

magicbastarder

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Google Maps:

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.4711762,-6.2123272,233m/data=!3m1!1e3

in the field immediately to the northwest, there's some very obvious crop marks.

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

in the field immediately to the northwest, there's some very obvious crop marks.

They just look like the standard row crop tram lines to me (for spraying cereals).

magicbastarder

i was mainly referring to the not quite round one near the bottom left of the field. the darker green marking.

Wishbone Ash

magicbastarder wrote: »

i was mainly referring to the not quite round one near the bottom left of the field. the darker green marking.

Oops apologies - yes, I see what you mean now!

Wishbone Ash

Incidentally, that area would have been part of the end of the Metro North line. The land and farmyard two fields up from there was purchased for the terminus structures/car parking etc. Will we ever see it?

magicbastarder

from years of watching time team - that can be caused by trenches being dug, down into the subsoil, which fills back up again with more fertile soil, so the crops grow greener and stronger.

anyway, a monument challenge around NCD along these lines may be in order, after restrictions lift.

magicbastarder

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Incidentally, that area would have been part of the end of the Metro North line. The land and farmyard two fields up from there was purchased for the terminus structures/car parking etc. Will we ever see it?

apparently the latest update from the government, even during covid, was that the intention was to proceed. it'll be going past my house if it does.