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LIBERTY LANE ON ST PATRICK’S DAY 2022

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LIBERTY LANE ON ST PATRICK’S DAY 2022

This laneway was unusually busy today as people used it as a short cut or in order to avoid the crowds lining the streets because of the St. Patrick’s Day parade.

In the past I described this as a laneway at the side of Kevin Street College but as the building has been demolished this is no longer a valid description as the. In fact, as I only discovered a few months ago, it was never an accurate description because South Church Lane is the the laneway that was at the side of the college.

Some historians claim that Liberty Lane off Lower Kevin Street once extended all the way to the canal at Portobello. However, today it does little more than connect Lower Kevin Street to Camden Row but of course it does provide back entrances to a number of pubs and restaurants. According to the 1862 Dublin Street Directory it went from Kevin-street Lr to Camden-row.

The St Patrick’s Day Parade was cancelled in 2019 and 2020 and I had received a press pass for the 2019 event a few days before it was cancelled and I was really upset. This year the government added a second public holiday to compensate for the impact of covid on previous celebrations.

This year I decided not to apply for media accreditation and not to to photographed the parade. However I walked around the city centre photographing at random using an iPhone 12 Pro Max. Maybe, I will photograph next year.

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CRAMPTON COURT OFF ESSEX STREET

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CRAMPTON COURT OFF ESSEX STREET – URBAN EXPRESSION AT LOVE LANE

Crampton Court, shown in my photograph, connects Dame Street to East Essex Street in Temple Bar and it runs parallel to Crane Lane [more or less].

Unfortunately the laneway is in a sorry state at the moment but when I visited a few days ago a Dublin City Council worker was in the process of cleaning the tiles.

Back in 2019 or 2020 I overheard a tour guide identifying that laneway as Love Lane but, in case you are wondering, Love Lane is a laneway that connects Lower Grand Canal Street to Lower Mount Street.

Before Covid-19 there was an ongoing programme named “Love The Lanes” and to the best of my knowledge when street artist Anna Doran installed a number of artistic tiles at this location she named the installation “Love Lane”.

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THE HORSEBOY MURAL ON STIRRUP LANE

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THE HORSEBOY MURAL ON STIRRUP LANE DUBLIN 7 IS NOW CLOSED TO THROUGH-TRAFFIC

I have noticed this mural a number of times but what I never noticed was that the street is closed to through-traffic. I checked online and here is the description that I found: “The street “Stirrup Lane” is located in the southeast of Dublin 7. It is about 72 meters long and the maximum speed here is at 30 km/h.” I checked some photographs from February 2019 and they were no planters blocking through-traffic.

Back is August 2019 An Bord Pleanála was set to rule on the case of a well-known mural in the Smithfield area after Dublin City Council found that it needs planning permission to remain in place. At the time a petition gained over 2,500 signatures in two days but despite this the appeal to An Bord Pleanála was withdrawn and an enforcement order was issued by the council. It is now January 2022 and the mural is still on view.

Stirrup Lane is a very old side street off Church Street. It was “probably named after a family who resided in this area” according to Paul Clerkin’s book Dublin Street Names but if I had to make a guess I would say that the name relates in some way to horses.

THE URBAN LIVING ROOM BY SORCHA O’HIGGINS

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COLLAGE URBAN ART AT 30 MANOR STREET – THE URBAN LIVING ROOM BY SORCHA O’HIGGINS

https://vimeo.com/356148505 [Pigeons Of Discontent]

New collage artwork by Sorcha O’Higgins on 30 Manor Street and mural beside Rea auctioneers by Claire Prouvost, One of a developing network of signage and murals throughout Stoneybatter. Others can be found at Viking Place, Halliday Road, and the Scout building on Ben Edair Road.

In 2018 I noted the following description: “This building was in reasonable condition when it went on the market many years ago but over the years it shows signs of neglect and for various reasons it became attractive for pigeons”. When I photographed it in 2018 No. 30 on Manor Street with rear access from Shea’s Lane the accommodation was described as residential over retail requiring extensive works to restore it to a habitable condition.

In October 2020 it was reported, by local media, that an elderly man who faced a civil action for causing a nuisance in his locality by feeding wild pigeons at his home in Dublin has made settlement terms with the council. The feral birds had flocked to a rooftop on Manor Street and had taken up residency. Their droppings on the footpaths and beside homes in Stoneybatter led to locals making complaints.

Sorcha O’Higgins is a collage artist with a background in architecture and urban art. Often abstract and figurative, her work compositions bold colours, patterns, and contrasting elements to construct playful but forthright imagery. Created as part of the Greening of Stoneybatter Initiative, and with help from Stoneybatter Pride of Place, The Urban Living Room celebrates the practice of ‘neighbouring’ – social interaction done on the doorstep and out-and-about that has built and sustained community relations in Stoneybatter for generations.

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