Modern Dublin photos and video thread.

In years to come this might be an old tale we tell to our children much like nelsons pillar has been for me and my parents.
Sadly I don't think we'll get any cool stories about it being blown up and wrecking O'Connell street to pass on the generations, let alone have my little fella running home with bits of it as souvenirs.


Another angle, In these 2 shots they are actually changing the bulbs in the top of the spire. they were originally supposed to last the lifetime of it but from what i can remember they didnt last any longer than a year. looks like the new ones are going strong though.


From what i have heard this actually used to be an old cemetary and is located on jervis street. its a sort of park area at the moment and is often frequented by the "less desirables" types.


These will probably be gone by then too, as it is they are already ancient. they were originally made as landing craft for the beaches in WW2 and were revamped and used as tourist craft here and in london. In london they actally travel through the thames river but here they just go for a 20 minute splash in the grand canal dock. kinda pointless really.


This is the Abbey street/jervis street junction. it would have been the rear of the old Jervis street hospital with the cemetary on the left. again, im not old enough to confirm this 100%.


Wall of fame in Temple Bar, not much of a story behind this really, its a wall with famous irish people on it.


Reckon this will still be around in 20 years? I dont know the name of the street of hand but its the building off georges street that houses georges arcade market. it might be drury street but im not 100%.


number 19 nassau street, just coz, like...


If the new building gets the goahead, this is said to be gone in 2 years. The site which liberty hall was built on is rich in history as being one of the strong holds of the irish freedom fighters. the old hotel which stood here was demolished in the 50s an in its place Liberty Hall was built. Work started on it in 1961 and i believe took 4 years to complete.Its original design though didn't look like it does today. It was originally transparent and only the dividing floors were easily visible as oposed to the offices, at night when the light were on it would reverse and take on the opposite appearance. The floors were no longer visible, only the Offices in between.
This changed when a bomb blast damaged most of the buildings windows in 1972 and in their place, an anti glare type tinted glass was installed to give the building the appearance we know it by today.


Getting a little artistic with liberty hall,

Another one of liberty hall, in this one you can see the putty type sealer they layered on over the buildings original mosaic tile work. this was done as it was said to be too expensive to restore the mosaic work after the bomb blast damaged the building.


A really typical pic for a photographer in dublin where you can make out 3 of Dublin's famous structures in one pic, the Custom House, Liberty Hall, and the Spire of Dublin.


A strange looking structure at the top of Grafton street. I think this may already be gone since i noticed another one there recently.


A view from the window of a Stevens green shopping centre cafe.
this would have been a more interesting photo if i got it before they rearranged the traffic flow a few years ago. some may remember it used to go the other way around.


The Ulster Bank Building on Dublin's south quays. I believe it claims to be the tallest building in Ireland by way of an Ariel on its roof. that might be completely untrue though as I cant pin point exactly where i heard it.
It was designed so as to appear to be a pyramid when viewed from certain angles. From the north side of the quays close to Jury's Hotel this is most noticeable.



This structure known as a bandstand, was located on Dun Laorige short/East pier was taken down maybe a year or two ago and as yet i am not sure if it has been returned. The revamp of the pier has been completed but i haven't been out there in quite a while so cant confirm if it has actually been replaced. I have no idea on its exact age but according to wkipedia,

the bandstand, which stood for decades, was removed, and a restoration project was begun by the Dún Laoghaire Harbour Company in order to return it to its original condition.

A busker playing a saxophone on the Millennium Bridge which ironically, wasn't finished in time for the millennium.


I think that's pretty much it for now. I've resisted posting the more typical ones like the GPO and Ha'penny bridge, if were talking about looking back on these in the future, its highly likely these structures will still be around and looking exactly the same.