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Mud Island Community Garden
I was really delighted to get an invitation to come visit the Mud Island Community Garden recently. When I visited Newcomen Court back in 2013 the garden was just getting started and I really hoped that it would develop as the location was just perfect …Read more -
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 -
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 -
Dublin 3 – Ballybough, history and introduction
I may have had a somewhat rose tinted view of the Ballybough area when starting the ground survey – based its fantastical history. The day started on a rocky note as I dodged showers, got caught in Tall Ships traffic and my bus wouldn’t go past O’Conne …Read more
