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Are you from Blanchardstown

mysons

Or like myself just a blow in.
My wife is from the Clonsilla Rd and our two sons have lived in Blanch all their lives,Her father came from Clonsilla and went to school in the old school building up at St Mochta's.
We meet in the Greyhound and danced in The End, had a ball and just love coming home to Blanch when we are away.
So are you just a Blow in or are you from the area.

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mysons

LadyW wrote: »

I think that record shop was called Sounds Cool, used to looove going there!

Thanks for that could not remember the name.
We seen the girl that owened it a while ago out at the Fairyhouse market.

LadyW

Oh yes, Blanch was in Co. Dublin back then... Anyone know what year it became D15??

thomasj

Willies pet shop anybody? Beside the old credit union in clonsilla opposite peregrins

Is it still there?

mysons

The garda station was the building beside Ryans garage.
The Greyhound was open and is now closed oh and had a Disco bar in the 80s and a Disco ball as well.
The only thing up at the Town centre was the eircom building.
The Vineyard became the Blanchardstown House and then became the Vineyard again.
The chemist across the road from the Vineyard was Doyle's shop it had a Thatched roof.
There was no Waterville as all the land belong to the Hospital,Where there is a park now in Waterville there was a Hospital unit and that was only about Ten years ago.

mysons

LadyW wrote: »

Oh yes, Blanch was in Co. Dublin back then... Anyone know what year it became D15??

When did that happen ?

mysons

There was no 8 at the start of the phone numbers only 2.

Nevyn

Parts are still Co Dublin, the Hartstown house and the Shops are Co Dublin.

icywind1980

Born in good old NJ, USA. Moved here about 4 months ago.

Nolimits

Born and reared in Blanchardstown, my dad (mid sixties) was also born in Blanchardstown, (near the shanty) as was his mother. That's as far back as we know for sure, but my dad thinks one of his Grandparents (cant remember which one) was also from Blanch.

Nolimits

thomasj wrote: »

Willies pet shop anybody? Beside the old credit union in clonsilla opposite peregrins

Is it still there?

I think it is, I know the woman who lives in that house, I remember their dog always scaring me when I went in for bird seed

nachoman

24 years, so I guess i'm a blow in

A V A

god i love hearing all these storys about blanch

:P

im only young aswel and i can remember champion sports being in the roselawn shopping centre , aswell as the video store beside the newsagents and when tesco was quinsworth ,also tuthills toy shop

then the fun factory that was above the old extra vision beside abrekehbabrah,
when the guarda station was beside ryans garage
and where the new guarda station is now , thats where the old fun fair use to go !!
cant remember what the name of the shop was were near buy is now, on the closilla road opposite the credit union ,

also remember the shop that was a cottage with a straw roof ,accros the way from sams barbers , i use to get my premier league stickers in there :P
also the when the blanchardstown house was there but now the vinyard

up at the corduff shops , there was a snooker hall with a supermarket below it but i dont know what that is now
the snugburough road/light nightclub (shoit hole) :P/ westend village /west end retail park, and spar and that was just one big plot of land wit a random hourse , same with where the centre was , jus the old eircom building !!

god i have a gd memory haha

oblivious

thomasj wrote: »

Willies pet shop anybody? Beside the old credit union in clonsilla opposite peregrins

Ah i remember that

oblivious

thomasj wrote: »

I can't say I remember! Where was it!

It was a summer protect held around Blanchardstown for kids in the mid 80's

LadyW

Thaedydal wrote: »

Parts are still Co Dublin, the Hartstown house and the Shops are Co Dublin.

I don't think so Thaedydal, I live near the Hartstown House and my address is Dublin 15

Nevyn

Parts of Hartstown is in D15 parts of it are Co Dublin.

thomasj

I remember living in blakestown, half of the post I got was dublin15 the other half was co Dublin it still happens!

LadyW

Thaedydal wrote: »

Parts of Hartstown is in D15 parts of it are Co Dublin.

That's a bit bizarre, isn't it? :eek:

thomasj

LadyW wrote: »

That's a bit bizarre, isn't it? :eek:

I didn't think there was a county Dublin anymore. In fact if you look at google maps you'll see clonee is on the Meath-fingal border

Kur4mA

I consider myself from Blanch as I've been here for 22 years or so but I was born in Tallaght and then spent a few years floating between Coolock and Inchicore before we got settled in Hartstown, Clonsilla.

After moving out on my own I moved to Ongar and a year ago moved once more to Waterville. I remember the Fun Factory above Xtra-Vision in Blanch village, I remember when Hartstown Community School was a building site and the craic I had on it with my mates. I remember when the Blanch Centre was just a huge site too. I also rememebr the thatch roof shop in Clonsilla and the old Garda station.

It's insane how quickly Blanch has evolved and I hope it continues. I don't ever want to move too far from home tbh.

Nevyn

LadyW wrote: »

That's a bit bizarre, isn't it? :eek:

You should see what parts are Clonsilla, the land parcels are far from regular shaped.

mysons

Nolimits wrote: »

Born and reared in Blanchardstown, my dad (mid sixties) was also born in Blanchardstown, (near the shanty) as was his mother. That's as far back as we know for sure, but my dad thinks one of his Grandparents (cant remember which one) was also from Blanch.

Try the 1901 1911 census for the family name,we did and found out my wifes family name is in it and the address in Clonsilla.

spooky donkey

ah just another blow in from the south side. but im here years now.

Bookkeeper09

A V A wrote: »

cant remember what the name of the shop was were near buy is now, on the closilla road opposite the credit union ,

Brophys

LadyW

I think I spent all of my pocket money in Brophys when I was a kid.
The 10p Lucky Bags were brilliant !

RoryMurphyJnr

Blanch Lad through and through
Lived there from 1971 (Coolmine Close) until I moved to Bray 6 years ago
Went to Xaviers and Coolmine
I remember Bowlers field and the big house they had, all gone now
Remember when Eddie Nuzum was in the fields before the Centra and Off Licence on the Clonsilla Rd
Remember before Eddie Nuzum when it was called the Tinkers Field
Remember Malones shop/coal dealers beside the railway line that you could get about 1000 1/2 penny sweets for 50p
Remember when the 39b was the express bus to the city centre
and so on

R

LadyW

BlanchLibrary posted this at the beginning of August (hope he/she doesn't mind me re-posting it here.) I thought it might be worth another mention as we all seem to be enjoying a trip down memory lane !

Old Photographs of the Dublin 15 area : a Talk by Jim Lacey Wednesday 25th August at 7pm:

glossy

not from this side, im from the Whest!! but travelled diff countries and been living in Clonsilla nearly 7 years,,

Just want to say love reading about how Bllanch area past - present

thanks LadyW will deff look at the old pics

thomasj

It feels like the closing down of the greyhound has knocked the soul out of blanch, the village doesn't feel the same without it!

I remember doyles well! (opposite sams) the old lady in there was the nicest. I remember when mace was called today tonight! I don't remember what it was before then! I think the property place next door was always there!

With regards to buses (remember the big green ones!) the 39b was the best as it skipped
and flew
passed the esso garage on the navan road. I used to hate the 39A as it didn't go my way and the 39 always took forever to get back to blakestown. I
always remembered them always changing the 39
route. One day you'd be standing on one side of the
road going to town, the next week you'd be on the
other!

Remember when people in corduff had the 38C a bus route as good as the 39! It just disappeared one day! The 38a went to ladyswell and the 70 went through mulhuddart village and the nipper that was the 220!

mysons

Does anyone remember the snow we got in "I think it was"81 Cars,Buses,Trucks abandoned everywhere,roads like ice rings.
The drifts that big we could jump out my mothers bedroom window(ok so not that big).
My brother in law lived in Godamendy and we walked up to his house a couple of days later and was that snow deep but it was great fun.