'Ghost signs'

lord lucan

Never noticed this before,Unity Building on O'Connell St. Appears that the building is still called the Unity Building although occupied by various business' now.

Standard Toaster

On Lower Dorset Street





Old Marlboro sign??

KTRIC

Standard Toaster wrote: »

On Lower Dorset Street





Old Marlboro sign??

Yes, it is. I vaguely remember it being there when I was younger.

Hotblack Desiato

Wrong way round for a Marlboro sign, and they would have been unknown here back in the days when painted signs were popular.

Davidth88

Meant to post this before

http://maps.google.ie/maps?q=Palmerstown&hl=en&ll=53.347836,-6.346235&spn=0.02134,0.038581&oq=palmerstow&hnear=Palmerstown,+County+Dublin&t=m&z=15&layer=c&cbll=53.347908,-6.345602&panoid=k63Ws4R_P17swTiwnaaQpA&cbp=12,218.33,,2,-10


Select tea Rooms eh !

Anyone had tea and fondant fancies in there ?

Degsy

ninja900 wrote: »

Wrong way round for a Marlboro sign, and they would have been unknown here back in the days when painted signs were popular.

Its an old "No 6" sign i reckon..think they were made by Carrolls.

The Master

Pass by these places most days

Just Down Marks Lane off Lombard Street Dublin 2



And the old Countess pub and seashell fish bar on Townsend Street



Pics taken from google maps

Toby Take a Bow

The Master wrote: »

And the old Countess pub and seashell fish bar on Townsend Street
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Ahh, the chips in that place were wonderful.

RobbingBandit

Isn't there still a Virgin Megastore logo on the Dundrum Town Centre building at the Cinema side.

Hermy

I believe these guys went out of business earlier this year so another modern ghost sign enters the fray.

Wishbone Ash

Degsy wrote: »

Its an old "No 6" sign i reckon..think they were made by Carrolls.

Players made No. 6.

(I don't think it's a No.6 sign though)


PS - I think this thread has run it's course as nearly every sign has been posted already (some many times).

Jellybaby1

I have enjoyed this thread over the last couple of years on and off checking the photos.

You might all know about this and I might be paddy-last in finding this website:
http://dublinghostsigns.wordpress.com/

I'm going through that site now and enjoying it just as much.

miamee

I love this thread! I have read it from start to finish with interest and excitement - I take pics of signs like this whenever I spot them. However the further I got into the thread, the more disappointed I got - ye have all of mine covered I think I'll have to watch out for some more.

It's a shame that a lot of the images are no longer displaying but I guess that gives the rest of us a chance to post those ones again, whatever they were!

miamee

I took a wander down Camden Street over the weekend and snapped a few. There are still one or two at least that I missed but I'd had enough of doubling over and back across the street - I'll get them another time!

Carvill's Off Licence - thought I better snap this one quickly as it is in the midst of being transformed into a cafe/restaurant with a courtyard according to the sign outside.


Avanti Travel above Camden Casket


Bolton Rubber Stamps. I'm not entirely sure that this is closed - I have just never seen it open. There is a much bigger and better green sign for these guys on the first floor of the building but I didn't cross the street to photograph it, maybe next time.

squareballoon

How have I not come across this thread before? A friend of mine just wrote a book about the ghost signs in Dublin and I took the photos for it. The book is launching mid November and it's called Ghost Signs of Dublin. I've loved looking through the pictures on here! I wonder are there as many ghost signs in other cities.

squareballoon

Have these been shown before?
The Nursing Home in Hume street

One of the wards which are no longer in use. There are lots of Ward signs up around Fitzwilliam Sq and Baggot St.

squareballoon

Edmond Ross Photographer on Grafton Street. Not really sure if this one is a ghost sign though.

imme

squareballoon wrote: »

Edmond Ross Photographer on Grafton Street. Not really sure if this one is a ghost sign though.

it is, they've moved to St Stephens Green, see here http://edmundross.ie/#contact-us

love your montage, how did you do that on Boards

imme

some ghost signs from Cork

Birneybau

imme wrote: »

it is, they've moved to St Stephens Green, see here http://edmundross.ie/#contact-us

love your montage, how did you do that on Boards

I presume made the montage and then uploaded it as the one image?

squareballoon

Yes, I made the collage in Photoshop and uploaded it as one image. That's nice to know that the photographer's still around. Thanks for the info

January

Couldn't get a photo but the old half price jewellers in the gpo arcade is now a hair extension shop but all the old signage is still up.

miamee

Ghost Signs in the Irish Times:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/art-and-design/2.642/ghost-signs-on-dublin-s-walls-1.2000833

squareballoon

It's the first time I've ever had pictures in the Irish Times. Hopefully this will bring interest in ghost signs to more people.

tampopo

the Carpet Mills in Thomas Street

has anyone mentioned this? It's an asian version of Hector Grey's nowadays...



still has the old signs up...

A Disgrace

tampopo wrote: »

the Carpet Mills in Thomas Street

has anyone mentioned this? It's an asian version of Hector Grey's nowadays...

still has the old signs up...

Tragic to see ‘Forty Two’ next door, which had one of the great signs of Dublin until recently, now sporting a machine finished replica (I think one of the letters fell off the original) – it reminds me of the old New York dry cleaners on Abbey Street which now has an inferior copy of its original sign too

tampopo

In Richmond Park in Inchicore, there's a sign on the toilet block at the Shed End for Iceland, Ilac Centre

The sign for Smallman's is still there. They're long gone from the Bachelor's Walk area, aren't they?

Dice75

tampopo wrote: »

In Richmond Park in Inchicore, there's a sign on the toilet block at the Shed End for Iceland, Ilac Centre

The sign for Smallman's is still there. They're long gone from the Bachelor's Walk area, aren't they?

Smallmans now in Ranelagh, they even have the old sign polished up inside the shop.

miamee

Spotted this morning on South William Street, this is about to be a ghost sign (or is already covered/removed at this stage). A new business is moving in to the premises.

Wholesaler of ladies & gents fashions.

neris

slightly off topic was an interesting little segment on the last word last night about sign writing and traditional sign writing and how they are trying to revive it in limerick