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Dublin 15 Historic Pictures Thread

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    #122
    Nolimits
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    Thebotski wrote: »
    So was my mam.. There's a twitter page called PhotosOfDublin & the guy that runs it is from Blanchardstown he's gonna see if he can find some & post them up, would be nice to see them back in the old days

    Does her maiden name begin with V? We might be cousins


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    #123
    Thebotski
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    Nolimits wrote: »
    Does her maiden name begin with V? We might be cousins

    What a small world! Yeah that's right, they moved to St.Brigids park after there :)


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    #124
    Nolimits
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    Thebotski wrote: »
    What a small world! Yeah that's right, they moved to St.Brigids park after there :)

    They did, I have some fairly early memories of going up to that house when I was a child.


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    #125
    chucknorris
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    A very small world, because I'm the one who is looking for your photos :D


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    #126
    Nolimits
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    A very small world, because I'm the one who is looking for your photos :D

    You're running that account on twitter? Have to say, love your work. Keep it up.


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    #127
    miamee
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    Nolimits wrote: »
    You're running that account on twitter? Have to say, love your work. Keep it up.

    Me too :D


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    #128
    amdublin
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    Gaspode wrote: »
    No info on these photos, just came across them on a site


    Blanchardstown Brass Band in 1946, looks like they're marching in Pheonix Park?
    I think this band is still on the go.
    blanchardstown-brass-band-1936.jpg

    I know this is not your pic or info about pic gaspode but I'm not sure if this is 1946.

    reason being we originally thought that was my granda in the middle - tall guy in light coloured suit (timeframe matched and instrument etc) but on closer inspection and based on clothing styles on men and women (cloche hats) we think this is earlier - more 1920/30's.

    chuck norris this might be your pic? And you might correct me or agree? (You might have a source for the 1946 date)

    Great pic all the same :-)


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    #129
    chucknorris
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    amdublin wrote: »
    I know this is not your pic or info about pic gaspode but I'm not sure if this is 1946.

    reason being we originally thought that was my granda in the middle - tall guy in light coloured suit (timeframe matched and instrument etc) but on closer inspection and based on clothing styles on men and women (cloche hats) we think this is earlier - more 1920/30's.

    chuck norris this might be your pic? And you might correct me or agree? (You might have a source for the 1946 date)

    Great pic all the same :-)

    Hi

    Indeed I want to tweet it, but I need to nail the details on it. It's an excellent photo.

    By the way, there has to be some gems sitting in old cottages or private collections from original blanchies of the Blanchardstown area - it's a shame there is not allot more.

    Some of the oldies of the village are brilliant, but i know there has to be more of them, if people would just check their grand parents collections.


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    #130
    Guinness69
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    I know Jimmy Godley well was talking to him at a funeral in Feb this year. He's keeping well

    I was in the Blanch Brass band. The band had a shack on the mill Rd behind the vineyard pub O Dwyers .

    Part of the film "The Purple Taxi" with fred astaire was shot in Dun Laoghaire with the Blanch Brass Band playing in the band stand . They are one of the oldest brass band in the world if not the oldest .google the history of the Blanchardstown Brass band. I cant post links here


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    #131
    SnakePlissken
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    Long time Blanchardstown resident here, hoping one of you good folks has soon info on an old abandoned stone bridge. As part of my runs each week over the past couple months, I've taken in the dirt trail which runs alongside the Tolka next to Connolly. There's a historic bridge flanked on both sides by the remnants of an asphalt roadway. I'm just curious to know where this bridge served and when it was last used. I'll take some pics the next time I'm there but it's in this location... though due to tree coverage it's concealed.

    https://www.google.ie/maps/search/dublin+15/@53.3857856,-6.3668092,279m/data=!3m1!1e3


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    #132
    beauf
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    No idea

    This any help?

    http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,708478,738631,6,9


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    #133
    Gaspode
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    There was an old lane around there leading out from Abbotstown which crossed the tolka, so it's possibly that.
    Have a look at this map: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,708503,738681,6,9 and apply the Historic 25' overlay to see the old map. Adjust the overlay amount to compare the old and new maps.

    EDIT: Beauf got there before me!


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    #134
    chucknorris
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    Gaspode wrote: »
    There was an old lane around there leading out from Abbotstown which crossed the tolka, so it's possibly that.
    Have a look at this map: http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,708503,738681,6,9 and apply the Historic 25' overlay to see the old map. Adjust the overlay amount to compare the old and new maps.

    EDIT: Beauf got there before me!

    We used to hang around over in what are the state labs, particularly in the early to mid 90's and before it was largely demolished. I was once frog marched out down that small road and over the bridge by the gotchi (security) of the day.

    I entered the state labs lands from the Corduff side, to rob apples, pears and gooseberries from the old Abbotstown enclosed garden behind the house, but was frog marched out to the entrance that is now on the river road and the M50.

    It was a long way home.

    PS: I can include aerial images of exactly where i was referring to if needed.


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    #135
    SnakePlissken
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    Thanks everyone, didn't think of checking the OSI historic maps, so mystery quickly solved. I'll snap a few pics anyway, it does look eerily out of place seeing this stone bridge amongst the woodland.


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    #136
    beauf
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    I didn't really see what it was from the osi map?


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    #137
    Gaspode
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    Where the little red cross is the bridge.
    You can see the new roads merged with the old map. I assume this is what SnakePlissken is referring to.


    picture.php?albumid=56&pictureid=15332


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    #138
    ThisRegard
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    chucknorris wrote: »
    was once frog marched out down that small road and over the bridge by the gotchi (security) of the day.

    Ha ha. That's what we used to call security at the roadstone quarry we used to cut through to get to an old farm and orchard in Tallaght in the 80s. First time I've seen it used anywhere else in the last decade or two.


    Back on topic, how far can you go down that route towards the M50 ? I've often wondered as I usually pull away from running alongside the Tolka at the entrance to the hospital at the village.


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    #139
    SnakePlissken
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    You can actually continue on right past the M50 underpass and down the River Road, it can be slippery underfoot but very enjoyable track.


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    #140
    conor-mr2
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    Super map thereat the OSI.

    I remember taking that road up to Finglas past Dunsink when the lodge is near Hillbrook.

    Is the graveyard still there? If so how does one get to it?


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    #141
    chucknorris
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    A great shot of Blanchardstown village. I reckon it's 83/84 - originally I thought it was 1990 but the bypass is not even under construction and i played on that road as it was being built as a 10 year old in 1990 :)

    blanch.jpg


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    #142
    Murt10
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    The road to the hospital seems much bigger in the picture than it is now


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    #143
    chucknorris
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    Murt10 wrote: »
    The road to the hospital seems much bigger in the picture than it is now

    That bend in the road is no more.


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    #144
    oblivious
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    The beech trees are still beside the Church and playing grounds, early 80's would be right


    Anyone know when St. Brigid’s new school was built, that would give us a bang on date


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    #145
    Zaph
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    Threads merged


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    #146
    mackerski
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    oblivious wrote: »
    The beech trees are still beside the Church and playing grounds, early 80's would be right


    Anyone know when St. Brigid’s new school was built, that would give us a bang on date

    Not sure about the school, but Superquinn is already there, which means it can be no earlier than the early 80s. And Deanstown shopping centre (Abrakebabra etc.) isn't yet in place, which would have appeared around what, mid-80s?


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    #147
    beauf
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    Church extension is there, and the old Davy and Phelans house.


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    #148
    mackerski
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    beauf wrote: »
    Church extension is there, and the old Davy and Phelans house.

    That extension might even have been there by the late 70s as far as I remember.


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    #149
    beauf
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    No earlier certainly


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    #150
    Finglas Incubus
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    oblivious wrote: »
    Anyone know when St. Brigid’s new school was built, that would give us a bang on date

    I was in Brigids at the the time, if memory serves me, we moved into the new school in 5th class which would suggest a 1984 - 85 construction period. I was delighted to get out of those old decrepit prefabs (even by 80's standards)...


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    #151
    beauf
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    I've just realised that a lot of these places, extensions, I think of as "new" are actually there 20~30yrs.

    Have to get the Werther's on the way home.


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