Dublin Picture Game

Wishbone Ash

ODS wrote: »

St Michan's Street, just off Chancery Street

Spot on ODS - well done!

Here's a wider image. (The rear of River House, the old MTO, can be seen on the top left of the pic).

ODS

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Spot on ODS - well done!

Here's a wider image. (The rear of River House, the old MTO, can be seen on the top left of the pic).

Many thanks

As an aside point, the old Motor Tax Office has long been regarded as one of Dublin's ugliest eyesores, located as it is beside Gandon's magnificent Four Courts. One would then think that redevelopment would be welcome - however Dublin City Council are just after allowing an 11 storey block which would be bloody awful if it goes ahead - twice the height of the old MTO :eek:

Wishbone Ash

No. 1 remains to be identified.

1.

DennisSabre

1). Proud's Lane, D2?

Wishbone Ash

DennisSabre wrote: »

1). Proud's Lane, D2?

That's impressive! Well done.

GBX

Any pics lads ????

Ste.phen

I think i have one or two, i'll have a rummage later

Wishbone Ash

GBX wrote: »

Any pics lads ????

Here's a few.

Lets see who knows Dublin 1.

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Victor

5 O'Connell Bridge
8 O'Connell Street
9 Parnell Street, east of the Rotunda.
10 Talbot Street at Gardiner Street

The rest are annoying me.

Wishbone Ash

Victor wrote: »

5 O'Connell Bridge

No.

8 O'Connell Street

Yes.

9 Parnell Street, east of the Rotunda

Well done - Dance World.

(Apologies - crap pic)

10 Talbot Street at Gardiner Street

Spot on.

gurramok

2 looks suspiciously like Benburb St?

Rashers

3. Summerhill?

7. Hutton's Lane (Often called Hutton's Place) ?

Wishbone Ash

gurramok wrote: »

2 looks suspiciously like Benburb St?

No - Benburb Street would be Dublin 7! (and the wall there is much higher )

spurious

7. beside the internet cafe at the corner of Talbot Street and Moland place.

Wishbone Ash

Rashers wrote: »

3. Summerhill?

Afraid not Rashers.

Rashers wrote:

7. Hutton's Lane (Often called Hutton's Place) ?

No.

Huttons Lane/Place - that's a new one for me!

*reaches for OSI Dublin City and District Street Guide*

spurious

1. Eden quay

Wishbone Ash

spurious wrote: »

7. beside the internet cafe at the corner of Talbot Street and Moland place.

Moland Place it is - that's very impressive spurious!

Wishbone Ash

spurious wrote: »

1. Eden quay

Seriously impressive now!

Yes, it on the front of the Seamen's Mission on Eden Quay.

Wishbone Ash

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Huttons Lane/Place - that's a new one for me!

*reaches for OSI Dublin City and District Street Guide*

It's not in it! :eek: :eek: (7th edition)

Ste.phen

3 - belvidere road at dorset st?
5 - Mayor st lower / harbourmaster place at george's dock

Wishbone Ash

Ste.phen wrote: »

3 - belvidere road at dorset st?

Spot on! Supreme Wash on Belvedere Road.

(I took that pic while stuck in traffic - is there anything that laundrette doesn't do? Fair play to them).

Ste.phen wrote:

5 - Mayor st lower / harbourmaster place at george's dock

Well done Stephen - that's impressive!

Rashers

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Huttons Lane/Place - that's a new one for me!

*reaches for OSI Dublin City and District Street Guide*

It's gone. :eek:

I was working from memory. It used to run from Summerhill, along the side of the bus garage, to the corner of Gardiner Lane.

Another bit of my old Dublin obliterated.

Ste.phen

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Spot on! Supreme Wash on Belvedere Road.

(I took that pic while stuck in traffic - is there anything that laundrette doesn't do? Fair play to them).

Well done Stephen - that's impressive!

Used to live in the IFSC, and when I cycle to work I do so via Belvedere Road
Also, reading this thread for so long has had the side effect of making me pay more attention to seemingly minor details on streets and buildings, hence my recognising the lamps

humberklog

6. Eccles st.?

Wishbone Ash

Rashers wrote: »

It's gone. :eek:

I was working from memory. It used to run from Summerhill, along the side of the bus garage, to the corner of Gardiner Lane.

Another bit of my old Dublin obliterated.

Was that the lane that used to run fron Mountjoy Square South to Gardiner Lane (along the side of the DIT? College)? Or was that another lane entirely?

Ste.phen wrote: »

Used to live in the IFSC, and when I cycle to work I do so via Belvedere Road

Ah, I see.

humberklog wrote: »

6. Eccles st.?

Afraid not humberklog.

(I can't picture any building in Eccles Street looking like that. The northside is taken up with The Mater, it's car park and The Mater private. The other side has the Georgian houses and the park at the church. Although I'm working from memory - I haven't been along there in a while).

Rashers

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Was that the lane that used to run fron Mountjoy Square South to Gardiner Lane (along the side of the DIT? College)? Or was that another lane entirely?

It connected Mountjoy Place with Summerhill.

Wishbone Ash

Rashers wrote: »

It connected Mountjoy Place with Summerhill.

Ah yes, now I understand. Thanks.

Victor

2. Commons Street, looking north. I thought it was Benburb street also, but the red brick threw me off.

6. Department of Education. Big zoom on the lens?

DisasterIRL

Would number 4 be Strandville Avenue by any chance?

latenia

For those interested in a bit of d'oul history, 7 is the former presbytery of the Welsh Chapel, which was in the building currently housing the internet cafe with the 'graffiti-style' paint job. Apparently this part of town had a large Welsh community back then. The rest of that side of Moland Place was in tenements facing the stables of Lower Gardiner St.