'Ghost signs'

Jellybaby1 · 18-09-2015 4:09pm

That would be a good thing, as long as they can spell.

gaiscioch · 19-09-2015 4:17pm

'Anderson Furniture' on Usher's Quay over the nicest and most distinctive post office frontage left in Ireland:

gaiscioch · 19-09-2015 4:39pm

Also, as for "ghost signs" a more enduring example of a business advertising itself on its business premises is the carved figures advertising Sunlight soap at the corner of Parliament Street, and designed in 1902 as the Dublin office for Lever Brothers. There's an interesting history here about its background (see the close-up photos on that link to the photo below - very interesting designs):

spurious · 10-06-2016 6:49pm

Resurrecting the ghosts...

Some building work being done at 133 North Strand Road today uncovered this - John Keenan - J.J. Keenan's - used to be a grocer and greengrocer according to a 1969 Thom's.

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imme · 13-06-2016 8:20pm

spurious wrote: »

Resurrecting the ghosts...

Some building work being done at 133 North Strand Road today uncovered this - John Keenan - J.J. Keenan's - used to be a grocer and greengrocer according to a 1969 Thom's.

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Nice one Spurious, saw this recently and was wondering about it.
There looks to be another ghost sign to the left of the Keenan sign, a metal one. Is it a man with a carpet, was there a carpet\furniture shop there up to lately.

spurious · 17-06-2016 8:27pm

imme wrote: »

There looks to be another ghost sign to the left of the Keenan sign, a metal one. Is it a man with a carpet, was there a carpet\furniture shop there up to lately.

There have been a few failed businesses in there, including a sort of junk shop a couple of years ago. It looks like he's making it residential now, so it will be another North Strand Road residence that bus passengers can look in and see the packed in bunkbeds. Seems every building now is becoming an Air BnB 'jam as many as you can into a room' place.

Looks like the Fruit and Veg shop about a hundred yards further to town will be becoming a chipper soon. Pity - she used to do fancy stuff like figs and fennel.

neris · 23-11-2018 1:48pm

Pub on Parnell street spotted while sitting in traffic. Looks long gone

ANXIOUS · 26-11-2018 8:48pm

neris wrote: »

Pub on Parnell street spotted while sitting in traffic. Looks long gone

It's actually not gone as long as it looks, maybe 8yrs.

A crazy spot.

Rashers · 29-11-2018 2:59am

ANXIOUS wrote: »

It's actually not gone as long as it looks, maybe 8yrs.

A crazy spot.

Still there. Don't know how to attach photo as I used to.

The Enbalmer · 13-02-2019 3:58pm

This place was open very briefly around 1990 in Hawkins St.
Although the premises never opened again the sign was there literally until last week.

The Enbalmer · 13-02-2019 4:02pm

ANXIOUS wrote: »

It's actually not gone as long as it looks, maybe 8yrs.

A crazy spot.

Quiet an unfortunate tale attached to that place.

The original owner,Maggie had been in a nursing home for many years and when she eventually died the bill for her care came to over 500k.
Her son, John has been ordered to put the pub on the market to pay the bills but there's a bit of legal wrangling going on at the moment so it still belongs to him at least for the moment.

LionelNashe · 13-02-2019 5:49pm

The Enbalmer wrote: »

Quiet an unfortunate tale attached to that place.

The original owner,Maggie had been in a nursing home for many years and when she eventually died the bill for her care came to over 500k.
Her son, John has been ordered to put the pub on the market to pay the bills but there's a bit of legal wrangling going on at the moment so it still belongs to him at least for the moment.

I often wondered about that place. I go by on the Luas quite often, and it's frequently repainted to cover the graffiti, but then graffiti appears again a while later.

Hotblack Desiato · 13-02-2019 6:03pm

The Metro Burger sign has been saved! \o/

https://www.thejournal.ie/metro-burger-sign-hawkins-street-4477415-Feb2019/

I read somewhere a few years back that it used to be a notorious rent boy pickup place back in the day

The Enbalmer · 13-02-2019 6:15pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

The Metro Burger sign has been saved! \o/

https://www.thejournal.ie/metro-burger-sign-hawkins-street-4477415-Feb2019/

I read somewhere a few years back that it used to be a notorious rent boy pickup place back in the day

Actually true. It was open 24 hours and near enough to the public toilets on Burgh Quay.

Some of those rent boys were heroin addicts as were a fair few of the Cafes "regular" late night custom.

spurious · 16-03-2019 11:01am

Saw this this morning. Store Street, just under the railway bridge.

I believe it would have been for McGowan Brothers, Metal Merchants, who had a yard to the right of the sign.

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retalivity · 21-03-2019 9:23pm

Paddy Whelan's has been visible for a while, the cork st post office is new though - probably not that old

Sabre0001 · 19-07-2019 9:20am

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

The Metro Burger sign has been saved! \o/

https://www.thejournal.ie/metro-burger-sign-hawkins-street-4477415-Feb2019/

I read somewhere a few years back that it used to be a notorious rent boy pickup place back in the day

It has found a new home in the beer garden of Lucky's (on Meath St.): https://www.thejournal.ie/metro-burger-sign-hawkins-street-dublin-ghost-signs-4729824-Jul2019/?utm_source=twitter_short

Hotblack Desiato · 19-07-2019 9:50am

I know only one side is going to be visible where it is at the moment, but they put the back panel in the wrong way round :rolleyes:

AndrewJRenko · 19-07-2019 10:20am

retalivity wrote: »

Paddy Whelan's has been visible for a while

That's where I bought my first bike with my confo money - yellow Dawes Chevron 5-speed - loved it.

19-07-2019 10:25am

Mary Street.

eviltimeban · 19-07-2019 10:28am

You'll find a good few photos here:

http://www.fantasyjackpalance.com/fjp/photos/city/index15.html

Gavin "shels" · 22-07-2019 10:00am

retalivity wrote: »

Paddy Whelan's has been visible for a while, the cork st post office is new though - probably not that old

If memory serves me right, the Post Office closed before Paddy Whelans. They relocated the Post Office down to Centra in McGovern's Corner up the road. The apartments opened up in 2003, Centra must have followed soon after.

Culchie_85 · 08-11-2019 2:53pm

I'm glad I found this thread, I do a lot of walking around Dublin (and other cities) and my IG account is very geared towards this:

@rareoldsigns

miamee · 08-11-2019 3:05pm

I went and had a look at lunch time, here it is, Loftus Lounge and Sonny Kings old signs on what was The Bernard Shaw. I've no idea how old those signs are (or are not

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Culchie_85 · 08-11-2019 4:06pm

vektarman · 20-07-2020 7:24pm

Dolphin Hotel, Essex Street, closed as a hotel in the 1970's

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Nice to see some ghost signs of Frawleys still around.

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AndrewJRenko · 20-07-2020 8:42pm

vektarman wrote: »

Dolphin Hotel, Essex Street, closed as a hotel in the 1970's

And became Dolphin House family courts in later years?

imme · 21-07-2020 6:17pm

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

And became Dolphin House family courts in later years?

Yes, is now the family law courts

vandriver · 21-07-2020 7:07pm

A sign for the Turk's Head is hardly a ghost sign.

22-07-2020 7:02pm

I'm sure this has already been posted (edit. Just saw it posted above!) but it's one I like as I used to live beside it.

Nuzum Brothers were a French Hugenot family of coal merchants, who had a business on South Brunswick Street (now Pearse Street) in 1869

As far as I can see, the name has gone out of circulation altogether, in ireland.

L1011 · 22-07-2020 8:48pm

A Tyrant Named Miltiades! wrote: »

As far as I can see, the name has gone out of circulation altogether, in ireland.

Frequently see these vans around

https://enuzum.ie/

May not be in the family anymore, though.

Also, it was Great Brunswick Street, in case you're trying to look up other stuff. One of the easier renames as the numbering is still the same.

Speedsie · 22-07-2020 8:58pm

L1011 wrote: »

Frequently see these vans around

https://enuzum.ie/

May not be in the family anymore, though.

Also, it was Great Brunswick Street, in case you're trying to look up other stuff. One of the easier renames as the numbering is still the same.

Also this guy in Cork.... https://twitter.com/danielnuzum

Seem to be a few about still.

Edit: is it ok to post a Twitter account? Seems to be public enough.

L1011 · 22-07-2020 9:09pm

Its searchable and public.

22-07-2020 9:52pm

L1011 wrote: »

Frequently see these vans around

https://enuzum.ie/

May not be in the family anymore, though.

Also, it was Great Brunswick Street, in case you're trying to look up other stuff. One of the easier renames as the numbering is still the same.

Isn't that interesting, 150 years later and the family business is still in hydrocarbons! Just tar instead of coal.

I notice that in Speedsie's link, the guy is an Anglican theologian, so they've even kept faithful to the Hugenot link. Very good.

spurious · 24-07-2020 10:14pm

Out of the city centre, in Raheny. What used to be McGreevy's (sweet shop and newsagent) and MacMahon's (groceries).

GerardKeating · 25-07-2020 2:34pm

spurious wrote: »

Out of the city centre, in Raheny. What used to be McGreevy's (sweet shop and newsagent) and MacMahon's (groceries).

Where in Raheny ?

tricky D · 25-07-2020 3:25pm

St Assams Park. That's McHughs off licence to the right.

vektarman · 05-10-2020 8:38pm

Uncovered on Harold's Cross Road.

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o1s1n · 05-10-2020 8:41pm

Wow! The depth in that lettering is amazing.

tampopo · 13-11-2020 8:36pm

https://twitter.com/tampopo2236/status/1315701528922132480?s=20

crosstownk · 13-11-2020 10:40pm

Not sure if this was posted previously but it's on Eden House on Eden Quay.

More info.

Hotblack Desiato · 14-11-2020 12:50pm

tampopo wrote: »

I remember O'Neills well, one of those old fashioned hardware shops with a funny smell that sold just about anything

tampopo · 14-11-2020 1:09pm

Hotblack Desiato wrote: »

I remember O'Neills well, one of those old fashioned hardware shops with a funny smell that sold just about anything

Ah, I see.
It's covered up again now.

Hotblack Desiato · 14-11-2020 3:23pm

covering over a lovely mosaic sign with plastic junk should be a crime.

Muahahaha · 14-11-2020 5:49pm

The Supervalue on Aston Quay has a family name inscripted in it above the front door, anyone know what it was back in the day (pre Branson of course;=)

miamee · 18-11-2020 11:58am

The name McBirneys is still on the mosaic floor tiles at the door if you remember to look next time you are there.

Muahahaha · 19-11-2020 3:23pm

Can anyone remember what McBirneys was like, was it mainly a clothes store or a haberdashery also

L1011 · 19-11-2020 3:31pm

Full department store. Clothes, drapery, homewares, furniture definitely. Not sure if they had the jewellery, makeup, electronics bits that Clerys had/Arnotts have though.

Closed under the ownership of the cluster**** that was PMPA Insurance, meaning it may have been viable for a while longer with a sensible owner!

spurious · 20-11-2020 9:07am

It had a big staircase. I'm sure someone must have either saved it or at the very least photographed it. Rummaging through old photo sites....

L1011 · 20-11-2020 6:07pm

The staircase was ripped out under PMPA ownership rather than a later incarnation so it being saved is unlikely. There has to be pics somewhere though.

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