Why does this Street off GraftonSt always smell like Sheep!??

BaRcOe · 11-11-2008 08:43PM #1

Ok you know the street off Grafton street at Brown Thomas( Chatham St, Harry St, or Wicklow St.)

Why the hell does it smell like sheep? Seriously, Its the city centre??

Is there sheep in one of the buildings, maybe they shave sheep? Maybe the sheep are in the sewers below? Sheep rats?

Dont believe me, go smell for yourself, walk out of AIB on that street!

Corruptedmorals · 11-11-2008 09:16PM

Are you mad, it smells really badly of piss! From the alley beside the ATM. Right opposite the Chanel and Louis Vuitton handbags, I bet Brown Thomas aren't too pleased.

Wishbone Ash · 11-11-2008 09:26PM

It's coming from Glendinning Lane off Wicklow Street - (smells a bit like Jeyes Fluid?)

(There was a thread here before about it).

Gavin "shels" · 11-11-2008 09:57PM

Try walking around Grafton St area around 7am, smells of cheese.:mad:

starn · 11-11-2008 10:01PM

No it smells like piss and has done so for years. I think there was a body found there a few years back. It was there for a while before it was found. The smell of piss was so overpowering it covered the stench of a decaying corpse

Wishbone Ash · 11-11-2008 10:10PM

BaRcOe wrote: »

walk out of Ulster Bank on that street!

AIB?

Here's Glendinning Lane.

starn · 11-11-2008 10:15PM

I swear it must be the grottiest place in Dublin. Why does it ALLWAYS smell of piss. Surly it must get cleaned once in a while

Wishbone Ash · 11-11-2008 10:22PM

starn wrote: »

I swear it must be the grottiest place in Dublin

Nah, there's much worse. Harbour Court for instance.

starn wrote:

Why does it ALLWAYS smell of piss

Presumably because night after night, people are urinating there.

It's also utilised as a rear entrance for several businesses so I suppose that doesn't help and the fact that it is full of rubbish skips.

_blank_ · 11-11-2008 11:25PM

starn wrote: »

I swear it must be the grottiest place in Dublin. Why does it ALLWAYS smell of piss. Surly it must get cleaned once in a while

There's a lane on the North Quays, just east of O'Connell Street.

Scummy place.

Just checked a map there, it would seem to be Harbour Court.

I hate that place, they should burn it down.

FruitLover · 11-11-2008 11:29PM

Hmm. As a born-and-bred Dub, I wasn't aware until now what sheep smelled like.

I now know that they smell like Wicklow St.

Thank you for your educational post.

Wishbone Ash · 11-11-2008 11:49PM

FruitLover wrote: »

Hmm. As a born-and-bred Dub, I wasn't aware until now what sheep smelled like

Presumably the smell is like sheep dip as opposed to sheep.

WindSock · 12-11-2008 09:19AM

It smells like sheep because it's named after countreh.

Word of warning: Keep well away from Cork street :pac:

stovelid · 12-11-2008 10:20AM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

It's coming from Glendinning Lane off Wicklow Street - (smells a bit like Jeyes Fluid?)

Yeah, that's what I would have thought: strong disinfectant or something.

Wasn't a body found there a few years back?

As for pissy alleys, the one that runs behind Aston Quay(?), parallel to Fleet Street was always pretty rank.

lightening · 12-11-2008 11:12AM

I am a born and bred Dub, but I helped out on a sheep farm. Sheepdip smells exactly like Jayes Fluid.

They must wash down the alleyway with Jayes fluid reminding our rural brethren of long days dipping sheep.

zAbbo · 12-11-2008 11:25AM

Des wrote: »

There's a lane on the North Quays, just east of O'Connell Street.

Scummy place.

Just checked a map there, it would seem to be Harbour Court.

I hate that place, they should burn it down.

Yeah Harbour Court, street between Abbey and Eden Quay, a tasty mix of bins, pish, excrement and scum bag all in one.

There's a little back lane beside where I work, Prices Lane joins Fleet Street and the Quays. It's a favourite of bums, junkies and alcoholics as a public toilet.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 12-11-2008 11:49AM

Why does Benburb street smell like fish?.

latenia · 12-11-2008 05:32PM

Des wrote: »

There's a lane on the North Quays, just east of O'Connell Street.

Scummy place.

Just checked a map there, it would seem to be Harbour Court.

I hate that place, they should burn it down.

It's due to be closed up soon enough by putting gates at the ends and making it access only. I don't know how they're going to do the bit that runs toward Marlborough St though.

Victor · 17-11-2008 03:24AM

Mairt wrote: »

Why does Benburb street smell like fish?.

You've been sniffing too closely. :pac:

BendiBus · 17-11-2008 11:00AM

Brown Thomas can't be too pleased. All their fancypants designer boutiques face directly onto the smelliest street in Dublin.

whiskeyman · 17-11-2008 03:05PM

Des wrote: »

There's a lane on the North Quays, just east of O'Connell Street.

Scummy place.

Just checked a map there, it would seem to be Harbour Court.

I hate that place, they should burn it down.

Always a few dodgy characters or goings- on up there.
Was walking by around 6pm one evening a few weeks ago when I could see two junkies having a good bare-knuckle scrap (shirts off) and a good crowd of junkies and scumbags cheering them on.

Wishbone Ash · 17-11-2008 10:44PM

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Nah, there's much worse. Harbour Court for instance

Des wrote: »

There's a lane on the North Quays, just east of O'Connell Street.

Scummy place.

Just checked a map there, it would seem to be Harbour Court.

zAbbo wrote: »

Yeah Harbour Court, street between Abbey and Eden Quay, a tasty mix of bins, pish, excrement and scum bag all in one

whiskeyman wrote: »

Always a few dodgy characters or goings- on up there.
Was walking by around 6pm one evening a few weeks ago when I could see two junkies having a good bare-knuckle scrap (shirts off) and a good crowd of junkies and scumbags cheering them on.

Yes, Harbour Court always seems to have a few undesireables hanging around.

I've pics of nearly every other back alley in town but, despite several attempts, I've never managed to pluck up the courage to pull out a camera with the types that hang around there! :eek:

(I must give it another go soon!)

Why does this Street off GraftonSt always smell like Sheep!??

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