On the 9th February 2022 I explored much of the Crumlin area of Dublin in order to select suitable locations to photograph in detail at a later date and I took the opportunity to photograph some examples of what I refer to as “Paint-A-Box Streetart”.
Crumlin covers the area from the River Poddle near the KCR (Kimmage Cross Roads) to Sundrive Road and Crumlin Cross at The Submarine Bar to Crumlin’s village core and the Drimnagh Road, to Bunting Road, Crumlin Road then along the Grand Canal from Rialto Bridge to Sally’s Bridge. It is situated near to the city centre, on the Southside of Dublin city. Neighbouring areas include Walkinstown, Perrystown, Drimnagh, Terenure, and Kimmage. Crumlin is contained within postal district Dublin 12.
PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART RECENT EXAMPLES IN DUBLIN 1
Today did not go well as something went wrong with my Zeiss Batis 25mm lens. Not long after I went for a walk in the city centre it started to vibrate and at the same time making a grinding noise. The problem could only be resolved by removing the batteries but after about fifteen minutes the cycle would repeat. The camera body was damaged back in 2018 when I had a bad fall, damaging a number of ribs, while photographing in Belfast so I suspect that the body rather than the lens is the problem.
STREET ART ON HENRIETTA STREET – KINGS INN RATHER THAN KINGS INNS
Kings In the pub The is located on the corner of Henrietta Street and Bolton Street.
I am always sceptical when I see claims such as “established 1842” however Henrietta Street was developed by Luke Gardiner during the 1720.
I decided if I could verify the claim [www.libraryireland.com/Dublin-Street-Directory-1862/135.php] and discovered that in 1862 Margaret O’Callaghan owned the Queen’s Inns Tavern. This is interesting because King’s Inns would have changed its name depending on whether there was a King or Queen in London so if Ireland was still part of the UK it would be Queen’s Inns.
Note: The Honorable Society of King’s Inns is the “Inn of Court” for the Irish bar: the Benchers of King’s Inns award the degree of barrister-at-law necessary to be called to the bar by the Chief Justice of Ireland. As well as training future and qualified barristers, the School extends its reach to a diverse community of people from non–legal backgrounds offering a range of accessible part-time courses in specialist areas of the law. King’s Inns is also a centre of excellence in promoting the use of the Irish language in the law.
STREET ART – A WORK IN PROGRESS ON CHANCERY STREET
This is located near the Four Courts on Chancery Street in Dublin.
I had a horrible day as I must have met every village idiot in Ireland … stupid comments, demanding to be photographed, demanding not to be photographed, putting their hands on my lens, calling me a sissy for wearing a mask, blowing in my ear and then just standing still, etc.
PAINT-A-BOX STREET ART AT NUNKI TEA HOUSE IN DUN LAOGHAIRE
Dún Laoghaire’s origins are generally assumed to trace back to a fort that is believed to have stood there and mostly likely to have belonged to Lóegaire mac Néill. A 1686 map of Dublin Bay by Greenvile Collins gives the name as Dun Lerroy. A later map from 1728 shows a small fishing village at the old harbour, marked as Dunlary or in other later maps as Dunleary. The earlier village was around the area where the Purty Kitchen pub is now (sometimes mapped as “Old Dunleary”). It had a coffee house and a small cove, both of which are shown on a number of old maps, and it may have had a salt mine (Salthill is close by).
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