Here’s one more detail from the Samuel Beckett Theatre in Trinity. At the peak of the tower’s roof, there’s a...
April, 2012
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Ghost sign, 10-12 Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
Though it’s been five years since Aon MacDonagh Boland moved out of Lansdowne Road (relocating to James Joyce Street) and...
Koningsveld & Zoon, 12 Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1+
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Ardiff Mahon Printers, Yarnhall Street, Dublin 1+
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Samuel Beckett Theatre, Trinity College, Dublin 2+
Fully visible only from the playing field, the Samuel Beckett Theatre is tucked in the corner of the New Square...
Coal hole covers, Ely Place, Dublin 2+
It’s hard to stop noticing coal hole covers once you see them. Made of cast iron, they cover the opening...
Garden, Elm House, Mespil Estate, Dublin 4+
On the Mespil Road/canal side of Mespil Estate, which was featured earlier this week, a small detail caught my eye....
Frame, 27-8 Mountpleasant Avenue Lower, Dublin 6+
On the gable wall of Corrigan’s pub in Rathmines, there’s what looks like a blank pictureframe: a large white rectangle...
Texaco House, 83 Pembroke Road, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4+
83 Pembroke Road is now a car showroom for Audi, but it was originally Texaco House, the Irish headquarters for...
Dormer windows, Wynnefield Road, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Wynnefield Road is kind of a surprise. It’s just off the junction between Rathmines Road and Castlewood Avenue, near the...