Dublin 15 Historic Pictures Thread

daymobrew · 07-01-2026 06:56PM

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I assumed it was a temp bridge during construction and I'm sure it could have been raised so it wasn't a problem for canoeists (or the Liffey Descent race).

JupiterKid · 07-01-2026 09:12PM

Site of the Blanchardstown shopping centre, 1990

You can see the telephone exchange built in the 1970s and also the N3 Blanch bypass DC under construction.

JupiterKid · 07-01-2026 09:13PM

Aerial photo of Blanchardstown village, 1980

JupiterKid · 07-01-2026 09:19PM

Children at the old Clonsilla national school, mid 1960s. The school closed shortly thereafter and was replaced by a new school nearby.

Flinty997 · 07-01-2026 09:55PM

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Ah the old Davy and Phelans

mackerski · 08-01-2026 12:37PM

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Yes, I recall it as being extremely temporary-looking at the time, and very low to the water. But sure, having a proper one a little higher would be great. I'm not sure whether the parkland that exists today on the south bank was there back then, though.

JupiterKid · 11-01-2026 03:40AM

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Here's an even closer up zoom of the Blanch 1966 spy satellite photo of Clonsilla Road - ground resolution is 70cm!

The building on the upper RHS is that old farmhouse surrounded by trees where Roselawn Road now meets Clonsilla Road. The three houses near the centre are, I suspect, the first part of Broadway estate which occupies the two fields behind those then newly-built semi-detached houses.

I have seen an a old 1:1000 OSI map dated 1969 that shows Broadway as complete and also part of Woodview Grove around the little green on the other side of Clonsilla Road, but not the houses either side of each. If I can dig that old map out, I'll post it up here.

Brock Turnpike · 11-01-2026 06:32PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124137060#Comment_124137060

That's a great picture, thanks for posting. I'd say you're right that Broadway is the two fields behind them, but the two houses are probably on Clonsilla Road? Or maybe they are Broadway Grove?

holly_johnson · 14-01-2026 09:45AM

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My house is in that picture! What a lovely time it was to live in Blanch. Playing in the farm fields every day, trying not to get caught by the farmer! My older brother was in the first intake into Coolmine secondary school and he used to hop over our back wall and walk through the fields to school.

Larbre34 · 15-01-2026 02:49PM

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If it wasn't for the period cars I would have guessed this was from the 1660's

JupiterKid · 26-01-2026 02:20AM

Aerial photo of N3 Blanchardstown bypass shortly prior to opening to traffic, November 1991

the Royal Canal and Dubin to Sligo railway line runs under the large mounded roundabout in the image foreground.

This later became Junction 6 with the canal in an aqueduct over the M50 when it was extended north to the M1 in 1996.

JupiterKid · 26-01-2026 02:27AM

Blanchardstown village post office, 1975

This was located very close to where Abrekebabra stands today,

JupiterKid · 01-02-2026 03:51AM

Aerial photo from the Irish Aer Corps taken in May 1968 of Blanchardstown starting to develop.

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JupiterKid · 06-02-2026 09:14PM

Old Blanchardstown railway station, 1930s

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This was demolished in the late 1980s to make way for the M50/N3 Junction 6 which stands at this location today.

JupiterKid · 06-02-2026 09:16PM

Turf piled high along Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park, early 1940s

JupiterKid · 06-02-2026 09:19PM

Beginning of the construction of Deerpark estate, Castleknock, October 1969

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JupiterKid · 07-02-2026 02:20AM

Brady's garage on the Navan Road, 1973

Dr_Colossus · 07-02-2026 12:58PM

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Wow, that's an incredulous amount of turf. Having spent many a day on the bog in the west and now cycling Chesterfield Avenue never knew of the turf mounds so looked for some context and found the below.

"During the Emergency, The Turf Board, now Bord na Mona, was established to organise the cutting of turf on the midland bogs and transport it to the cities and towns. Between 1942-47, over a half million tons of hand-cut turf was transported to Dublin by canal, by train and by army lorries to be stored in high mounds of up to thirty feet, on the Fifteen Acres and along Chesterfield Avenue in the Phoenix Park, also known as the “Long Straight” from Grand Prix racing days and later, by another name, “the new bog road.”"

https://reynoldshistorycastleknockblog.wordpress.com/2019/05/30/turf-piles-and-allotments-in-the-phoenix-park-wwii-local-history-castleknock/

Hurrache · 07-02-2026 08:16PM

Brilliant, I was wondering what the context was for that photo.

gipi · 07-02-2026 09:09PM

My mother grew up in the Phoenix Park, and remembers the turf hills along the main road.

If they did that nowadays, the turf would disappear overnight!

JupiterKid · 22-03-2026 01:45AM

Aerial photo of Blanchardstown area, April 1975

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You can clearly see Corduff under construction to the North of Blanch village.

Blanchardstown Road South is already under construction and Briarwood Lawns estate off Blakestown Road near Mulhuddart has also begun. The telephone exchange that now stands beside the Blanchardstown centre is the newly-built bright spot near the very centre of the image.

JupiterKid · 22-03-2026 01:47AM

Aerial photo of Woodvale estate off Blakestown Road under construction, July 1976

You can also see the roads for Sheepmoor estate being excavated out.

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Brock Turnpike · 24-03-2026 10:29PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/124331369#Comment_124331369

Cheers for posting that. Estate where I grew up and my mother just recently moved out of!

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