EVERYONE ON CAPEL STREET IS GETTING READY FOR DUBLIN PRIDE 2022
My mother is 102 years old and she needs me to visit on Saturday (she has a list of things to do) so this will be my first year not to photograph the Dublin Pride Festival. As a matter of interest we both attended the first parade in June 1974 [by accident].
The restaurants and pubs expect to be very busy tomorrow [25 June 2022] especially as the street has recently been pedestrianised. The owner of Eatokyo has promised to keep a table for me.
The annual Dublin Pride Parade and Festival will take place on Saturday June 25th. The parade will start on O’Connell Street at 12.00pm and go to Merrion Square where the Pride Festival Village will operate until 7.30pm. The following road closures, including suspension of on street parking will be in place. Diversions will be in place. Pedestrian access will be maintained throughout.
Road Closures: Cavendish Row, Parnell Square East, Parnell Square North, North Frederick Street, North Great Georges Street 07:00 to 16:00 on 25th June 2022
O’Connell Street Upper and Lower will have a rolling road closure from 08:00 until the parade has cleared O’Connell Street and it is safe to re-open.
Suspension of Parking: Gardiner Row and Great Denmark All Day on 25th June 2022.
This means that if you have a permit to park on any of these roads you may park on an adjacent road outside the cordon. This has been agreed with Dublin Street Parking Services.
Note: Starting May 28 2022 cars will no longer be permitted to drive down Capel Street which is now the longest pedestrianised street in the capital. Parking spaces have been removed and vehicles are now be banned from Parnell Street as far as the junction with Strand Street, however, deliveries will be allowed between 6am and 11am each morning. There is now a cycle-only zone from Parnell Street and Ryder’s Row at the northern end to Strand Street in the South.
THE BIKE YARD AT RYDERS ROW DISAPPEARED AT THE END OF APRIL 2022
As the City Council had announced that they are going ahead with their plan to pedestrianise Capel Street there are many changes on the way but I am not sure what the plan for Ryders Row is but I suspect that the sudden demolition of sections of the Bike Yard might be related but I could be wrong. It should be noted that the pedestrian and cycle-only zone will stretch for most of the length of the street from Parnell Street and Ryder’s Row at its northern end, to Strand Street in the south.
My interest in Ryders Row [actually the triangle consisting of Ryders Row, a section of Capel Street and a section of Parnell Street] began with the following story 26 May 2004, mainly as I live a short distance from what I have always considered to be a eyesore:
A city centre Dublin street has been closed to allow for the emergency demolition of three unsafe buildings. Dublin City Coucil said Parnell Street is closed from the junction of Ryders Row to the junction of Capel Street “as a matter of public safety”. Numbers 218, 219 and 220 on the street are being torn down after a fire last week left them in “eminent danger of collapse”. “The buildings concerned are a national monument and considerable care has to be exercised in undertaking any demolition with full regard for sound conservation principles,” the council said in a statement.
In 2019 Dublin City Council issues a Compulsory Purchase (Residential/Commercial Development), Order for the following :
Public footpath & roadway (part of), Ryder’s Row from its junction with Parnell Street in a North Westerly direction for a distance of approximately 70 metres to its junction with Capel Street, Dublin 1.
Public footpath & roadway (part of), Parnell Street from its junction with Ryder’s row in a South Westerly direction for a distance of approximately 38 metres to the western boundary of No. 222 Parnell Street, Dublin 1.
Public footpath & roadway (part of), Ryder’s Row from the northern boundary of No. 66 Capel Street in a North Westerly direction for a distance of approximately 14 metres towards the junction with Ryder’s Row, Dublin 1
Last year [2021] I publish the following comments along with a selection of photographs:
A street named Ryder’s Row is without doubt an appropriate address for a Bike Yard business.
The area is question is a triangle of properties formed by Ryder’s Row, one end of Capel Street and one short section of Capel Street.
There was a derelict site to the right of the bicycle yard which was converted into a mini public-park which immediately became a magnet for rough sleepers at night and students during the day. Daytime users were not a problem but from about 7pm it became a place to be avoided.
Sadly a person believed to be sleeping rough was found dead in the park. This was the second homeless person to die in the immediate area in recent times. One, who died, was a well known local character who wandered the city together with his little dog in a shopping trolley.
The mini-park is currently fenced off and unavailable as a public space.
This semi-derelict complex is behind a house of note on Capel Street. Described as a Dutch Billy it is one of a small number of extant examples of Dublin’s rich pre-Georgian architectural heritage, many of which have now been demolished or unrecognisably altered. In fact, it is one of only a few surviving intact on Capel Street, a thoroughfare once dominated by these structures.
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