Kelly O’Malley, one of the co-founders of Drop Dead Twice, has launched a Go Fund Me campaign in order to rebuild and reopen the popular Dublin bar, following last month’s fire. I hope that the campaign is a success.
Five units of Dublin Fire Brigade responded to the fire at Drop Dead Twice on Francis Street on Monday 11th July. The emergency services were alerted by an automatic fire alarm and smoke was also seen coming from the premises at around 4.30am. According to local media and other reports a well-developed fire had taken hold on the ground floor and a full evacuation of an adjoining property was necessary.
Here is a comment that I made in January 2018: ‘This was the Backstage or the Tivoli Backstage but more recently it was renamed Stage 19. Upstairs is [or was] Drop Dead Twice where you bring your own bottles of alcohol to be used by the bar staff to create wonderful cocktails [Euro 20 fee]. I do not visit pubs on a regular basis so I do not know is my description is currently accurate.’
BEECHPARK CLONSILLA – I WAS TRYING TO VISIT SHACKLETON GARDENS
Today I got the train to Clonsilla with the intention of visiting Shackleton Gardens but got lost. I though that I could access the gardens via Beechpark but no luck. Tried the local roads but too dangerous as there were no footpaths.
PRESS RELEASE JUNE 10 2019
The development of a major tourism attraction in Dublin 15 has moved a step closer after Fingal County Council awarded contracts for the main restoration and reconstruction works at The Shackleton Garden in Beech Park, Clonsilla. The works are part of a €400,000 investment from Fingal County Council and Fáilte Ireland.
The gardens, which include an internationally famous plant collection, were acquired by the Council last year with a view to opening them to the public as an important visitor attraction in the Dublin 15 area.
The work will involve the rebuilding of large sections of the garden walls, upgrading of paths and the restoration of garden buildings. Workers will be on site in two weeks to begin the restoration and it will take approximately three months to complete.
The Mayor of Fingal, Cllr Eoghan O’Brien, said: “The Shackleton Gardens have the potential to be a major visitor attraction in Dublin 15 and another addition to Fingal County Council’s growing portfolio of tourism assets. I warmly welcome the news that contracts have been signed and workers will shortly be on site to commence these major restoration works.”
Fingal County Council’s Interim Chief Executive, AnneMarie Farrelly said: “The restoration and rebuilding of The Shackleton Gardens will provide a fantastic recreational and tourist attraction for Dublin 15. The Gardens were once considered the best-walled gardens in the country, with a unique collection of plants, and I am delighted that the Council will be able to restore this amenity and open it to the public.”
The Council’s Parks and Operations staff are also working with a local volunteer group on the conservation and replanting of the plant collection which includes a wide range of herbaceous perennials, shrubs and specimen trees.
The Gardens, which are inside a 1.5-acre walled garden, are home to an important collection of herbaceous perennials, grown in large herbaceous borders.
During the 1980s, the gardens were included in The Good Gardens Guide and were awarded two stars. This is the highest accolade awarded by the Guide and reserved for the very best gardens in Britain and Ireland.
Senior Park’s Superintendent, Kevin Halpenny, added: “The restored Shackleton Gardens will represent an important and exciting addition to Fingal’s portfolio of heritage properties and historic gardens.”
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