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The Dublin Cattle Market

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  • 17-04-2013 4:01pm
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    mikefoxo
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    I'm looking for any information on the old cattle market that used to be on Prussia St. I've enquired with the Film Board but they never replied to me:mad: I was in the City Arms on Prussia St. and there was a gent in there who said his brother had a documentary made in the 60's/70's that talked about the market. It was either completely about it or the surrounding area. Has anyone heard of it?


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    Hootanany
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    Their is a facebook page called Dublin down memory lane, you might find what your looking for in there.


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    Victor
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    http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,713841,735375,7,9

    Cattle would be brought from the railway sidings on (New) Cabra Road. http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,713681,736152,7,9 or Liffey Junction http://maps.osi.ie/publicviewer/#V1,713431,737090,7,9


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    IRE60
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    Go into Hanlons at the top of Prussia St/ North Circ. They have (had anyway) great photos of the market - there will be someone in there to point you in the right direction.


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    Esel
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    Ah the good old days of roads covered in liquid excrement pouring from the cattle trucks every Wednesday.

    A guy I knew came off his motorbike and slid about 20 yards down the road on it. It went everywhere! No bus or taxi would take him, so he had to walk home to Ballyfermot, during which time the mixture dried solid so he was like a brown knight walking along....

    Not your ornery onager



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    Nodster
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    It wasn't known as 'Cowtown' for nothing!


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    Lapin
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    When I saw the thread title the first place I thought of was Heuston Station on a Friday evening. :o


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    mikemac1
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    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=71951363

    There was a thread about it over in History forum a few years back


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    Sundew
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    My father-in-law remembers the cattle market well as he grew up in the area. Must ask him to regale us again with some of his brilliant tales :)


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    JupiterKid
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    Some of the pubs in and around Stoneybatter have old photos of the cattle market. I think it was running until the 1970s or early 80s. There is a local authority housing estate called Drumalee built in the 80s where the cattle market was sited - which was along the North Circular Road between Prussia Street and Aughrim St.

    There also were a number of abbatoirs, tanneries and slaughterhouses in the locality too. Stoneybatter has always had a strange vibe IMO - maybe because of all the farming-related activity that used to be there. It feels more like a country town than inner city Dublin IMO.


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    belcampprisoner
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    they built ugly houses on it


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    Esel
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    JupiterKid wrote: »
    Some of the pubs in and around Stoneybatter have old photos of the cattle market. I think shit was running until the 1970s or early 80s.
    FYP. The stuff did run, being a mixture of the first two positive numbers.
    belcampprisoner wrote: »
    They built ugly houses on it
    The houses are not ugly per se, but I am reliably informed that one is well advised to cross the street beforehand to avoid walking directly past when there is a group of adolescents hanging about in the immediate vicinity.

    Not your ornery onager



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    Billy Mays
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    Esel wrote: »
    FYP. The stuff did run, being a mixture of the first two positive numbers.

    The houses are not ugly per se, but I am reliably informed that one is well advised to cross the street beforehand to avoid walking directly past when there is a group of adolescents hanging about in the immediate vicinity.

    Are you really or are you just making that up?


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    bobin fudge
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    nonsense, walk past there for years and years and the kids there are no better or worse than any other kids that age.

    Also I think the houses are nice with their little garages built with the house and the lay out of the them with greenery, parking spaces and enclosed for the residents


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    Hootanany
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    Esel wrote: »
    FYP. The stuff did run, being a mixture of the first two positive numbers.

    The houses are not ugly per se, but I am reliably informed that one is well advised to cross the street beforehand to avoid walking directly past when there is a group of adolescents hanging about in the immediate vicinity.

    It's true just talking to a guy the other night got mugged on that side steer clear.

    Bogeys hide behind the wall and have 2 little fellas to rope you in Beware.


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