'Ghost signs'

spurious wrote: »

Is it Daly's?

That's the one.

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

I've been in North Brunswick Street many times and hadn't noticed that before. It's not like me!

That's the thing, Wishbone... some of them are literally so obvious that you don't notice them. Mrs. Alex has also become a ghost sign hunter and spots ones that I don't.

Hermy wrote: »

Carroll Transport on Sir John Rogerson's Quay

For example, there are already two photos up of Carroll Transport, but this building actually has two generations of ghost signs! It was originally The British and Irish Steam Packet Company Ltd.:





Ropers Ltd.:



City of Dublin Steam Packet Co. on Eden Quay:



And this one. When I saw this I thought to myself that it was remarkably fresh-looking for such old fashioned signage. I looked it up on google and found out it is a suite of offices and the house name is "Columbia Mills". I guess this is a case of not just leaving a ghost sign but actually deliberately renewing it:



I was thinking of some other signs that are sadly no longer with us... does anyone remember O'Connor's Jeans shop on Upper Abbey St. with the painting of the two kids and the slogan "Where the cool kids go" or whatever it was? Or the furniture shop on Capel St. with a photo of the owner with the caption "I can get it for you wholesale".

Not sure if this qualifies as the name Shamrock Chambers seems to be used as an address according to a Google search. It's above Fans,the Chinese on Dame st.

Hermy wrote: »

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

family law court now aint it..?

SteoL wrote: »

Used to go raving here when I was 16/17

Was this the old waterfront nightclub...many a good night in the in the early 90's.

Seen as google streetview is up and running i suppose there'll be more links up from that, handy tool but maybe takes away some of the charm..

Anyway here's one i found on Cork Street.

"The *something* weir home for nurses"? Does anybody know anything about it?

Wiki gives me this: "Across the road from the hospital is the James Weir Home for nurses, built in 1903. The site had once been a Quaker burial ground."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cork_Street_(Dublin)

Covered on post 150 Alex but your pic is a lot clearer than mine..

boosh_fan wrote: »

Was only look at that the other day thinking I must take a picture of it! There are actually a lot around that area.

pass them all the time and never thought of posting them

david75 wrote: »

not sure if this was posted before..its on nassau st

"On the 10 June, 1904 James Joyce first met Nora Barnacle by chance as she walked up Nassau Street on her way from Finn’s Hotel. This event changed his life forever. Nora was working as a barmaid in the hotel when Joyce met her. Finn’s was then “a slightly exalted rooming house”. They had their first date four days later and he cast the action of Ulysses on that day, 14 June."

http://www.imt.ie/lifestyle/culture-and-society/2007/09/pubs-rich-with-history.html