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Redevelopment starting at Dollymount House, Clontarf?

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  • 04-02-2013 4:07pm
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    deandean
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    Anyone noticed that site offices have gone into the car park of the old Ballymount house?

    I heard a rumour that the developer is going ahead with the approved plans to build 60 apartments, which would be a brave move at this time!

    I recall the premises sold in 2006 for a reputed €13 million, And I remember being astonished that such a busy pub was closed overnight.


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    frankosw
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 809 ✭✭✭frankosw


    Yer man Leo Fitzgerald sold when the going was good...i persoanlly hayted the place..overpriced food and rude staff.


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    admiralofthefleet
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    frankosw wrote: »
    Yer man Leo Fitzgerald sold when the going was good...i persoanlly hayted the place..overpriced food and rude staff.

    i agree about the staff but the food was great


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    deandean
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    Was it Dollymount House that opened a creche on weekends in its last few months? It was one of the pubs around there anyway, you could park your kids in the creche and get rat-arsed (and well fed!), a novel idea, shame it didn't take off:D


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    Ray von
    Registered Users Posts: 157 ✭✭Ray von


    Brave move to start builing apts in this day and age. But saying that the sea view & location would see them sell no problem if decent value.

    Would love to see it made into a pub again. That part of Clontarf/Dollymount is badly lacking a pub.


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    frankosw
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    Ray von wrote: »
    Brave move to start builing apts in this day and age. But saying that the sea view & location would see them sell no problem if decent value.

    Would love to see it made into a pub again. That part of Clontarf/Dollymount is badly lacking a pub.


    There's always the Pebble Beach a ten minute walk away.


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    dd972
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    I quite liked the pub, plenty of space in it.


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    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    I'd love to see the Dollyer reopen, I miss it. I highly doubt that MKN are going to go ahead with the apartments now. They already have a load of empty apartments in Raheny and other areas not so far away.


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    Lovely Bloke
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    Loved their scampi.


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    admiralofthefleet
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    remember the smoking room being a conservatory slap bang in the middle of the pub right beside the carvery


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    Belfunk
    Registered Users Posts: 372 ✭✭Belfunk


    They apartments are going up after all.


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    Lovely Bloke
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    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    remember the smoking room being a conservatory slap bang in the middle of the pub right beside the carvery

    Ha, I think The Goose in Drumcondra still has a similar set up - so does the A1 in Artane in their upstairs bar


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    deandean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,233 ✭✭✭deandean


    Well, it's all happening, the nom-nom diggers are pulling Dollymount House down as I type. I took a few photos for posterity:

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    Mr Simpson
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,332 ✭✭✭Mr Simpson


    Sad to see it being torn down, I've a lot of memories from there :(


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    admiralofthefleet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 15,515 ✭✭✭✭admiralofthefleet


    sad to see, it was a great pub


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    whiskeyman
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    Meh, about time to be honest. Better it gone than another derelict building.
    So is the original development plan going ahead after it?


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    Piliger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,741 ✭✭✭Piliger


    admiralofthefleet wrote: »
    sad to see, it was a great pub

    Great pub with so many memories for so many people. Sad.


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    decisions
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    Used to love going there as a kid, many good memories. It's sad to see it come down but I'd rather something there than a derelict building.

    Are the original plans going ahead? Apartments?


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    mambo
    Registered Users Posts: 697 ✭✭✭mambo


    This is the planning application for "Demolition of existing public house & construction of 66 apartments in 3 blocks"


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    neris
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    mambo wrote: »
    This is the planning application for "Demolition of existing public house & construction of 66 apartments in 3 blocks"

    just whats needed in Dublin, more apartments. Though theres a good few conditions on it


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    Perfect Ring
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    I'd say there could be demand for apartments as its such a great location.


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    deandean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,233 ✭✭✭deandean


    Perfect Ring wrote: »
    I'd say there could be demand for apartments as its such a great location.

    Cripes I am not so sure, look at the Sheiling Hotel development up the road, finished a couple of years now, lying empty.

    I reckon we are in the 'post-apartment era', buyers want houses now not apartments.


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    John_Rambo
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    deandean wrote: »
    Cripes I am not so sure, look at the Sheiling Hotel development up the road, finished a couple of years now, lying empty

    Is it? I haven't had a proper look in a while... looks nice from what I can gather.


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    deandean
    Registered Users Posts: 2,233 ✭✭✭deandean


    John_Rambo wrote: »
    Is it? I haven't had a proper look in a while... looks nice from what I can gather.

    Yea Sheiling Square is a fine looking development in fairness. I don't know if it's being actively marketed at the moment. Here's a linky to a local who has a few good photographs of the finished site.
    http://www.photopol.com/sheiling/finished_product.html

    A mate of mine is back from Switzerland where apartment living is common, he despairs at the standards here. His apartment complex had:
    - A storage room downstairs for each apt
    - A party room that you could book for your kid's birthday party
    - A pram room at groundfloor level
    - A car wash area
    - etc etc


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    Dub13
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    Its a good location for Apts in farness.Used to love that pub.


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    JM Skipton
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    neris wrote: »
    just whats needed in Dublin, more apartments. Though theres a good few conditions on it

    Probably not a bad time to start as it will take a couple of years to build(things should be a little better than they are now) and Clontarf is one of the few areas that property has actually increased in value in the last year. A mate of mine was actually in a bidding war for a property in Clontarf just after Christmas...crazy I know but it happened


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