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Dublin 3 – Ballybough Part III – Ballybough Road to North Strand Road
Pre 1837 This section of Ballybough which is divided by the canal, Ballybough Road, North Strand Road and the River Tolka and was surprisingly quite built up prior to 1837 with the village having formed around the now disappeared Ballybough Cottages. A …Read more -
Cottage Restoration: Clonliffe Road, Dublin 3 – Denis & Cora’s Story
I recently had the pleasure of visiting with Denis and Cora McLoughlin for Clonliffe Road to hear the story of how they came to purchase their city cottage and completely renovate it to suit their needs while maintaining its old world charm.Read more -
Irish Folk Furniture Animation – Sundance
It has been a while since I’ve been able to post – I’ve been finishing up college exams and getting going with a very new and exciting project that I will share with everyone as soon as I can. For the moment I am really charmed and delighted with this …Read more -
Dublin 3 – Ballybough Part II – Jones Road to Ballybough Road
View Ballybough – D3 – PII in a larger map Ballybough central history Very little development had taken place on this section of Ballybough before 1837. The entire area was farm land, orchards and gravel pits. Apart from a few rural dwellings – most li …Read more -
Dublin 3 – Ballybough Part I – Drumcondra Road to Jones Road
View Ballybough, D3 – Part I in a larger map Whitworth Place just over the canal from Dorset Street is one of the oldest streets in this part of Dublin pre-dating 1837 and the street is still quite traditional though it does appear that several of the …Read more