Dublin Picture Game

Wishbone Ash

1. Farmleigh?

2. Masonic Hall but which one! (St Stephen's green?).

3. (I'm intrigued! )

Great pics Des.

Gaspode

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

1. Farmleigh?.

No.

2. Masonic Hall but which one! (St Stephen's green?)..

Which one indeed! Not St. Stephens Green.

3. (I'm intrigued! ).

Victor

1. National Museum / Library, Kildare Street - because of the shadow, I would go with the Museum. Farmleigh is actually immensely medicore on the outside when you are close up.

2. Masonic Hall, Molesworth Street. Whereis the one on St. Stephen's Green. I am aware of Merrion Street (now the Davenport) and Ballsbridge (now Bewleys).

3. Is it actually a street - is it actually more suburban?

Wishbone Ash

Victor wrote: »

2. Masonic Hall, Molesworth Street. Whereis the one on St. Stephen's Green

Moleworth Street of course! I was confusing it with the Gentlemen's Clubs.

Victor

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Moleworth Street of course! I was confusing it with the Gentlemen's Clubs.

I think the polite term is Dining Clubs.

They once let me into the foyer without a jacket. :eek:

Gaspode

Victor wrote: »

1. National Museum / Library, Kildare Street - because of the shadow, I would go with the Museum. Farmleigh is actually immensely medicore on the outside when you are close up.

2. Masonic Hall, Molesworth Street. Whereis the one on St. Stephen's Green. I am aware of Merrion Street (now the Davenport) and Ballsbridge (now Bewleys).

3. Is it actually a street - is it actually more suburban?

It's actually the National Library. I went in there for the first time ever on the day I took the photo. Fabulous building inside.

2 is the Masonic Hall in Molesworth Street. I had lunch in there once as a guest of the RIA, and it too is a fantastic building inside.

3. Not suburban, Southside D1.

Victor

deswalsh wrote: »

3. Not suburban, Southside D1.

D1 is exclusively northside. Would it be Upper Fitzwilliam Street (Fitzwilliam Square-Baggot Street), the casement windows on the left look familiar.

Wishbone Ash

Victor wrote: »

D1 is exclusively northside.

Perhaps he meant the south end of Dublin 1?

Gaspode

Apologies, D2!! Losing the run of meself there for a mo!

Ideo

Is. No 3 Merrion Sq? Westland row perhaps?

Gaspode

Ideo wrote: »

Is. No 3 Merrion Sq? Westland row perhaps?

You tell me Ideo, which one is it?

Ideo

Westland Row?

Gaspode

Ideo wrote: »

Westland Row?

Westland Row it is. The decorative detail runs along the tops of pretty much all of the buildings on the trinity college side. I dont have a proper picture of the full stret as I was being hassled big time by one of those foreign beggars and I was wary that she'd try grabbing a bag or somethng while I was busy taking snaps. This is the best I could get and of course a bloody bus drove into shot!!:

Wishbone Ash

deswalsh wrote: »

Westland Row it is. The decorative detail runs along the tops of pretty much all of the buildings on the trinity college side

I find it difficult to believe that I never noticed that before! Well done again Ideo.

deswalsh wrote:

a bloody bus drove into shot!!:

That happens to me all the time!

By the way lads, this one remains to be identified from my last batch.

Ideo

Thanks Wishbone!

I'll tel you what gave it away to me:

1. it runs on 'one side of the street' - most georgian streets have georgian buildings on both sides, so if this runs on one side only it got me thinking that there might be no georgian buildings on the other side. kinda true in this case!

2. the blinds in the windows are the same, yet the differences in the size of the buildings had me thinking that there wouldnt be many joint georgian buildings of this nature, and trinity occupies all the buildings on this side of westland row so that was my guess!

anyway its not the north lotts no? have you ever been in the stephens green club wishbone?? - its seriously impressive!

Wishbone Ash

Ideo wrote: »

Thanks Wishbone!

I'll tel you what gave it away to me:

1. it runs on 'one side of the street' - most georgian streets have georgian buildings on both sides, so if this runs on one side only it got me thinking that there might be no georgian buildings on the other side. kinda true in this case!

2. the blinds in the windows are the same, yet the differences in the size of the buildings had me thinking that there wouldnt be many joint georgian buildings of this nature, and trinity occupies all the buildings on this side of westland row so that was my guess!

I don't think my brain stretches that far!

Ideo wrote:

anyway its not the north lotts no?

No but you're in the right part of Dublin 1. It's a "Place".

Ideo wrote:

have you ever been in the stephens green club wishbone?? - its seriously impressive!

Never had the pleasure. Are you a member? :eek:

Ideo

No, not a member unfortunately but I was at a few rotaract events there before. Its V Cool!

Is ot Ormond Place?

Wishbone Ash

Ideo wrote: »

Is ot Ormond Place?

No - it's nearer the centre.

(Ormond Place would be Dublin 7 )

Ideo

Wouldn't be Henry Place then?

Wishbone Ash

Ideo wrote: »

Wouldn't be Henry Place then?

Well done - I suppose it was a bit unfair posting Henry Place again but I thought it was an interesting pic..

The picture is from near it's junction with Moore Lane on the Moore Street direction.

It's a bit weird. I've Googled every combination of Goodalls with Henry Street/Henry Place/Moore Lane etc. and not one return. Presumably they must have had a premises on Henry Street years ago. I must figure out which present day Henry Street shop has that as their rear.

Wishbone Ash

Here's a few more. Going by the very high standards here, I can't see these lasting long!

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GBX

No 3 down Gardiner St?

Wishbone Ash

GBX wrote: »

No 3 down Gardiner St?

No.

(It's funny, I was just thinking to myself that it reminded me of Gardiner Street )

gurramok

No. 1 - Kevin st upper?

No 2, somewhere in Chinatown

Wishbone Ash

gurramok wrote: »

No. 1 - Kevin st upper?

Nope.

Beechman

No 4 - Garda traffic unit , Dublin castle ?

Wishbone Ash

Beechman wrote: »

No 4 - Garda traffic unit , Dublin castle ?

Spot on Beechman - Traffic Corps and Carriage Office I think.

Ideo

I know the building in No 5 but I can't think of where it is. Grafton St maybe?

No 1 - Phibsborough perhaps?

These are really tough!

Dick Turnip

Is no 3 nassau st/lincoln place with trinity in the background? think its a bagel shop.

joolsveer

#1 is James' Street
#5 is Palace Street