'Ghost signs'

LadyW · 28-04-2010 4:26pm

Just wanted to say what a great thread this is, thank you to all who posted photos.

Hermy · 28-04-2010 8:00pm

Three on Eastwall Road...

ESB Training Centre

Cahill Typesetters Printers, now based in Clonshaugh

Tucks Fastners

And two on Watling Street...

The Central Skin & Hide Co Ltd

And the Rupert Guinness Theatre - not sure if this theatre is still on the go or not.

DubMedic · 28-04-2010 8:49pm

Murray's Undertakers.

Opposite Herbert Place, Grand Canal.

DubMedic · 28-04-2010 8:55pm

Bolands Flourmills, near the newly built Grand Canal Theatre.

GerardKeating · 30-04-2010 12:29am

DubMedic wrote: »

Bolands Flourmills, near the newly built Grand Canal Theatre.

that was featured all the way back of post #15

DubMedic · 30-04-2010 1:44am

GerardKeating wrote: »

that was featured all the way back of post #15

The building was, but the photo I posted is my own.

DubMedic · 05-05-2010 5:43pm

I have more which I'll post up later.
Just looking back on some of the posts here, it was a brilliant idea by makikomi to start this.

Little Alex · 09-05-2010 6:13pm

I don't think these have been included yet...

Curragh Carpet Time on Wexford St.:

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PAN TV on Lower Camden St. Thanks to Mrs. Alex for spotting this one:

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I've a couple more in mind that I'll snap when I get around to it...

Dublin_Gunner · 10-05-2010 2:26pm

Probably been mentioned, but there's still a 'Switzers' sign above the side entrance of Brown Thomas..

**edit Red Sleeping Beauty posted it on page 4. And no 'thanks'???? Shocking TBH

Masada · 13-05-2010 10:19pm

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Probably been mentioned, but there's still a 'Switzers' sign above the side entrance of Brown Thomas..

**edit Red Sleeping Beauty posted it on page 4. And no 'thanks'???? Shocking TBH

Gyalist · 16-05-2010 2:06pm

Little Alex wrote: »

Was out for a walk today with Mrs. Alex and came across a few more.

District of Rathmines boundary post at Suburban Autos on Harold's Cross Road:

There's another of those Rathmines boundary markers on Morehampton Road opposite Wellington Place.

Guitareaxe · 17-05-2010 5:06pm

East wall is a goldmine of ghost signs.

Hermy · 17-05-2010 8:26pm

Just spotted this one the other day in Essex Street East...

Hermy · 19-05-2010 10:25pm

Does this count as a 'ghost sign'?

And I forgot about this one from Essex Street the other day...

Anyone know who Dollard are/ were?

spurious · 19-05-2010 11:11pm

Hermy wrote: »

Anyone know who Dollard are/ were?

Printers.

Hermy · 19-05-2010 11:36pm

spurious wrote: »

Printers.

Ah, I thought it might be them. Thanks spurious.

punchdrunk · 24-05-2010 12:08am

at the door into the Camera exchange on South great Georges st there's
"Ganters & Sons Ltd" in mosaic,I think it might be hidden by a doormat though?
they were watchmakers

just at the corner of capel st and little strand st (i think?)

there's a great sign for "music maker" from the 80's I guess,looks cool
it's wooden and starting to really fall apart though,so it won't be there much longer i'd say

Sparky84 · 31-05-2010 8:47pm

Was St Catherines in Inchicore ???

Dord · 31-05-2010 9:12pm

punchdrunk wrote: »

just at the corner of capel st and little strand st (i think?)

there's a great sign for "music maker" from the 80's I guess,looks cool
it's wooden and starting to really fall apart though,so it won't be there much longer i'd say

I see this almost every day. The store only closed in the late 90's.
I'll try take a picture next time.

lord lucan · 31-05-2010 11:09pm

punchdrunk wrote: »

just at the corner of capel st and little strand st (i think?)

there's a great sign for "music maker" from the 80's I guess,looks cool
it's wooden and starting to really fall apart though,so it won't be there much longer i'd say

I think that's Mary's Abbey. I remember that place from years ago,sold every type of musical instrument imaginable.

Gavin "shels" · 01-06-2010 3:50am

Sparky84 wrote: »

Was St Catherines in Inchicore ???

Might have missed where this question came from, but there's a good few St.Catherines in Dublin 8, Meath St/Thomas St., etc...

GerardKeating · 01-06-2010 8:09am

WindSock wrote: »

The Irish Yeast co on Pearse St

They interviewed a guy on the Joe Duffy Show yesterday, whom still works in this store. He has worked they for 70 years....

01-06-2010 5:56pm

Sparky84 wrote: »

Was St Catherines in Inchicore ???

Do you mean St. Catherine's Bakery? It is Beside the old G F Handels Bar on the corner of Thomas Street and Thomas Court.

CiaranIRL · 01-06-2010 10:37pm

This is a brilliant thread! How do I save a thread to return to or do I have to keep looking for it?

lord lucan · 01-06-2010 10:47pm

CiaranIRL wrote: »

This is a brilliant thread! How do I save a thread to return to or do I have to keep looking for it?

This thread is stickied so it'll always be at the top of the page in the first 2 or 3 threads in the Dublin City Forum.:)

CiaranIRL · 01-06-2010 10:51pm

Thank you! Can I 'bookmark' other threads tho' ?

lord lucan · 01-06-2010 11:21pm

CiaranIRL wrote: »

Thank you! Can I 'bookmark' other threads tho' ?

You can bookmark the thread seperately if you want,bookmark it from this page so you don't have to go through the previous pages.

me_right_one · 03-06-2010 12:18am

Yep. To bookmark, go to "thread tools", at the top of the page there, click on it, and then click on "Subscribe to thread"

CiaranIRL · 04-06-2010 12:10am

Thanks Me Right One

Gavin "shels" · 06-06-2010 2:27am

Anyone know what the green buliding with Grotto House on it is in Inchicore, it's just opposite Mary Immaculate Church on Tyrconnell Rd?

Little Alex · 19-06-2010 9:27pm

Eddie Rocket's on Dame St.:

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According to the letterbox plate the building's name is Seiko House:

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Little Alex · 19-06-2010 11:14pm

The Stella Cinema in Rathmines:

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I got a couple more today aswell and I'll put them up tomorrow after I resize them.

Little Alex · 20-06-2010 5:28pm

Here are some more that I got yesterday:

Renard's, Frederick St. South

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Battersby's Auctions, Harcourt St.

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The Georgian Restaurant, Richmond St. South

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There's a great photo of it up already, I know. Here you can see the very top of the lettering.

Green Machines, Terenure Road East, Terenure

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If you look closely you can see the scars of a "CASTROL" sign.

Terenure Printers, Rathfarnham Road, Terenure

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I also saw an old English-only street name that I never thought of photographing at the time. I'll get it the next time.

Gavin "shels" · 20-06-2010 10:49pm

Andrews Lane Theatre???

Little Alex · 20-06-2010 11:26pm

Gavin shels wrote: »

Andrews Lane Theatre???

I thought it closed about two years ago??? I checked on Google, but there do seem to be event listings for there. From what I can make out it's no longer a theatre, but a nightclub. There is also a website called andrewslane.com which is up for sale and I don't know if it used to belong to the theatre or not. You seem to know so what is the deal with it now?

If it's still open I'll take the photo back down as it would not be a ghost.

Gavin "shels" · 21-06-2010 1:50am

Little Alex wrote: »

I thought it closed about two years ago??? I checked on Google, but there do seem to be event listings for there. From what I can make out it's no longer a theatre, but a nightclub. There is also a website called andrewslane.com which is up for sale and I don't know if it used to belong to the theatre or not. You seem to know so what is the deal with it now?

If it's still open I'll take the photo back down as it would not be a ghost.

Ye it's been a Nightclub for at least 2 years iirc, still going strong aswell.:D

robbie_998 · 23-06-2010 2:14am

Hermy wrote: »

Does this count as a 'ghost sign'?

now turned into a ladbrokes

Dord · 24-06-2010 11:57am

robbie_998 wrote: »

now turned into a ladbrokes

Noticed that recently... and it made me quite sad.

Little Alex · 11-07-2010 8:22pm

Brown's Barn, Naas Road at Citywest:

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26-07-2010 4:01pm

Barley Mow pub on the corner of Francis Street and Marks Alley West. Closed for a good few years now. Was used in the movie Rat. Burned down not long after that or during filming. Can't remember.

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L1011 · 28-07-2010 11:55am

r3nu4l wrote: »

Ah, Molloys, it's been years since I was in that shop. I went to the CBS in Lucan and we were barred from going in there at lunch when I was in the school...

By my time there they let you in, and the repeats were allowed use the 'second queue' for non-schoolkids

31-07-2010 2:45pm

G.F. Handel's bar on the corner of Thomas Court and Thomas Street.

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Little Alex · 02-08-2010 9:45pm

I think that these are a type of ghost sign since they are from pre-Independence days and by rights shouldn't be there any more. I guess that all such signs were replaced by ones showing the names in English and Irish, but these two seem to have survived.

English language only street signs on the corner of Nassau and Grafton St. The one on Nassau St. has been covered over by a new-style sign, but the old one underneath is still visible:

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delta_bravo · 02-08-2010 10:17pm

foreign wrote: »

G.F. Handel's bar on the corner of Thomas Court and Thomas Street.

Thats a bit of an odd one. I wonder who owns it, it looks a fairly nice pub and for the last few years theres a Stella Artois light above the door thats always on so there must be someone paying the ESB bills.

the_syco · 02-08-2010 10:38pm

delta_bravo wrote: »

Thats a bit of an odd one. I wonder who owns it, it looks a fairly nice pub and for the last few years theres a Stella Artois light above the door thats always on so there must be someone paying the ESB bills.

Odd indeed. Bought 5 years ago for €3.5m, but I wonder how much it'd cost now?
http://www.dublinpubs.ie/story.asp?id=37

14/05/2005

Mean Fiddler buyers snap up Thomas Street pub for €3.5m

DENIS DESMOND, the concert promotor who is taking over Vince Power’s Mean Fiddler group, has bought his first pub in Ireland. Desmond and Shane Reihill, a venture capitalist also involved in the bid for Mean Fiddler, last week acquired GF Handel’s pub, on Dublin’s Thomas Street, for an estimated €3.5m.

Handel’s has been closed since the turn of the year after a lease to run the pub expired. It was owned by a group of private investors, which also included Reihill.

arybvtcw0eolkf · 07-08-2010 6:56pm

'Soldiers institute' Parkgate St.

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evercloserunion · 07-08-2010 7:59pm

I haven't read through the 20 pages of posts to check if this has already been mentioned. But there's one on Beaver St (the small street between Foley St and Railway St) for a brush factory, can't remember the name unfortuntely, it's really annoying me now. No pics that I can find either.

Rashers · 10-08-2010 11:46pm

evercloserunion wrote: »

I haven't read through the 20 pages of posts to check if this has already been mentioned. But there's one on Beaver St (the small street between Foley St and Railway St) for a brush factory, can't remember the name unfortuntely, it's really annoying me now. No pics that I can find either.

Varians? (they had their retail outlet in Talbot St)

evercloserunion · 11-08-2010 5:10pm

Rashers wrote: »

Varians? (they had their retail outlet in Talbot St)

Don't think so, or if it was that's not what it said on the side. I'll have to check it out again.

Thinking of that area though, maybe not quite a ghost sign as such, but the adjacent road, Railway St, has a big long wall with a white cross on it from back when the Magdalen laundry was there. Something quite creepy about it actually.

spurious · 11-08-2010 7:55pm

Is it Daly's?

'Ghost signs'

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