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Historic Dublin Pictures & Videos Thread

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    #392
    Wishbone Ash
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    (To me that appears to be Henry Street looking towards O'Connell Street.)

    "and she can pull the car out of the driveway herself" :D :rolleyes:

    (What was she driving - a Hunter?)


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    #393
    Rashers
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    (To me that appears to be Henry Street looking towards O'Connell Street.)

    On mature reflection I believe you are right. :P

    I can see Arnotts and the old Elbow Inn (how many remember that drinking establishment that was on the corner of Henry St/Liffey St?)

    But I wouldn't trust yer woman to drive me to Wickla! :eek:


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    #394
    Rashers
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    Eccles Street. Don't know the year but someone might get an idea from the car and the VW van. I'm guessing about 1952 or so.

    EcclesStreet1.jpg


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    #395
    Wishbone Ash
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    For those who don't know, the Mater Private Hospital now occupies that site.

    Molly Bloom's fictional address was no. 7 which presumably is the one I have highlighted.

    I think the nearest car is an Austin A40(?) which came out in the late 1940s.

    EcclesStreet.jpg


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    #396
    Wishbone Ash
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    ......and the same doorway in 1979.

    EcclesStreetNo7Doorway.jpg


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    #397
    Rashers
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    Anyone know, did I read or hear that hall door (the original wooden door) was bought by a hotel?


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    #398
    Wishbone Ash
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    Rashers wrote: »
    Anyone know, did I read or hear that hall door (the original wooden door) was bought by a hotel?
    It's in the Duke (?) or one of those pubs off Grafton Street.


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    #399
    Rashers
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    It's in the Duke (?) or one of those pubs off Grafton Street.

    Ta... wasn't sure if I was imagining it or not. :o


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    Wishbone Ash
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    It's in the Duke (?) or one of those pubs off Grafton Street.
    Correction - it's in The Bailey.

    (I'm always confusing those pubs :)).


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    #401
    Dyr
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    Theres a picture of that doorway in a book of photography based around Ulysses, damned if i can remember the name. Some great shots of run down dublin in it though


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    #402
    Rashers
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    Pearse Street 1900

    pearse-street-1900.jpg


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    #403
    Wishbone Ash
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    Rashers wrote: »
    Pearse Street 1900

    pearse-street-1900.jpg
    Presumably, that building didn't last much longer than 1900 as the Police Station (now Garda Station) must have replaced it prior to independence.


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    #404
    Rashers
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Presumably, that building didn't last much longer than 1900 as the Police Station (now Garda Station) must have replaced it prior to independence.

    I read of police being based there during the 1913 Lockout and again of at least one policeman having been shot through one of the windows during the Rising in 1916, so the building above must have been seeing it's last days when that picture was taken.

    Dubs had christened that monument in the road too, but the name they used escapes me at the moment.:)


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    #405
    spurious
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    I think they called the Crampton Memorial the Cauliflower.
    Here's an interesting one of Westmoreland St about 1950s.

    66949.jpg


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    #406
    Rashers
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    spurious wrote: »
    I think they called the Crampton Memorial the Cauliflower.
    Here's an interesting one of Westmoreland St about 1950s.

    Ahh the Cauliflower... how could it have slipped my mind. Thank you.

    And thank you for the great photo of Westmoreland St. I love a photo that's so full of life like that one is. You can see so much in it... from the Tomb of The Unknown Gurrier on the bridge to the brave souls cycling in the middle of the road, almost claiming their rightful place by ignoring the newer forms of transport.

    I'm going to enjoy looking into this photo. Thank you.


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    #407
    Degsy
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    Just found this on youtube,featuring the great Ronny Drew it also has some interesting photos of old Dublin.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9T7OaDDR7i8


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    #408
    Wishbone Ash
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    1959 - PTAA rally making it's way from O'Connell Street to Croke Park to celebrate it's diamond jubilee.

    PTAA.jpg


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    #409
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Rashers wrote: »
    Ahh the Cauliflower... how could it have slipped my mind. Thank you.


    It was also called 'The water baby'.


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    #410
    Wishbone Ash
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    Here's an unusual pic for you and it was taken in Dublin in 1988. I'll be impressed if anyone can explain. :)

    Funeral.jpg


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    #411
    Rashers
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    Here's an unusual pic for you and it was taken in Dublin in 1988. I'll be impressed if anyone can explain. :)

    A scene from/for a movie?


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    #412
    Wishbone Ash
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    Rashers wrote: »
    A scene from/for a movie?
    No!

    It never occurred to me that anyone would think it fictional. It's a real funeral.


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    #413
    arybvtcw0eolkf
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    It never occurred to me that anyone would think it fictional. It's a real funeral.


    Right, time for some CSI work me thinks...

    Well, the coffin isn't drapped in a tri-colour & since the war in N.I. is in full swing and we'd a strong republican population in Dublin I'm saying its not an IRA funeral, that of a former 'old' IRA member or indeed any Irish political death.

    I'm kinda stumped because I was in Lebanon with UNIFIL in '88.


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    #414
    Dyr
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    it looks like they're headed for a cliff :D


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    #415
    Bertie Bassett
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    I have a feeling I saw that picture before in one of those picture books of Dublin and if I remember correctly it was taken on Lambay Island. Was it the funeral of the owner of Lambay Island?


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    #416
    Ste.phen
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    Bertie Bassett wrote: »
    I have a feeling I saw that picture before in one of those picture books of Dublin and if I remember correctly it was taken on Lambay Island. Was it the funeral of the owner of Lambay Island?

    Doubt it, the current owner is #
    James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (b. 1938)

    Not that it may not have been taken there, but it wasn't the owner's funeral anwyays


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    Bertie Bassett
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    Ste.phen wrote: »
    Doubt it, the current owner is #
    James Cecil Baring, 6th Baron Revelstoke (b. 1938)

    I thought it may have been one of the previous owners, but I googled Revelstoke/Lambay and the dates don't tally, but I still think it is Lambay Island.


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    #418
    Wishbone Ash
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    Bertie Bassett wrote: »
    I have a feeling I saw that picture before in one of those picture books of Dublin and if I remember correctly it was taken on Lambay Island. Was it the funeral of the owner of Lambay Island?
    Wow - impressive! :)

    Yes. it was the funeral of a Mrs Flynn (I think) on Lambay Island. I'm not sure of the circumstances but presumably she may have been an employee there.

    The Massey Fergusson 135 was probably used as it may have been the only transport vehicle on the island. The funeral service may have been in Rush and the burial on Lambay.

    An acquaintance of mine makes deliveries there - I'll ask him if I see him around.


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    Sweet Afton
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    Wishbone Ash wrote: »
    1959 - PTAA rally making it's way from O'Connell Street to Croke Park to celebrate it's diamond jubilee.

    Would the begrudgers get such a big turnout today one wonders. Anyway thank youse all for a wonderful collection of images.

    BTW it's "its" which is the possessive pronoun. A useful mnemonic is "It's an apostrophe."


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    #420
    Rashers
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    Going back a bit here. Anyone recognise where and when this is, and what's going on?

    wot.jpg


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    #421
    Ste.phen
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    Looks like the bridge at Tara St, but no idea what the context is.
    Could it be during WW2?


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