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Family in the city cottage – Newcomen Avenue
Can you bring up a young family in the city? Behind the charming green door of this little terraced city cottage lies a colourful and creative answer to this question. Having purchased their home as singletons in the city, the Re …Read more -
Street ID – Dublin City Cottages
A reader – Kevin has send in this picture that was taken by his grandfather in the 80’s of where he grew up but no one knows where it is. Does anyone recognise the surroundings or the street itself? I do believe that this is taken in Dublin as my dad …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
