A QUICK VISIT TO DUBLIN CASTLE ON A VERY COLD AND FOGGY DAY IN DECEMBER 2020
Today was very cold and foggy … much too cold to carry a camera so I used my iPhone XR and the Halide App which allows me to capture RAW images. Based on the results using this combination I decided to purchase an iPhone 12 Pro Max because of the camera [I will not use it as a 5G phone].
Here is how Halide describe their App: “Professional photographers know that shooting in RAW can enable better, more detailed photos. But the magic of RAW files is kept locked away to those that knew how to properly edit them. Halide’s Instant RAW lets you immediately capture shots with more detail, dynamic range and an authetic look — all without ever having to edit anything.”
My 4 year old niece thought that this was Garfield Avenue when she lived nearby. She was a a bit disappointed to discover that it was Garville.
Rathgar is situated in south Dublin. It lies beside Rathmines, Terenure, Dartry and Harold’s Cross. Other nearby suburbs are Ranelagh, Rathfarnham, Milltown, Kimmage and Crumlin. The Grand Canal flows to the north of Rathgar. The majority of Rathgar lies within the jurisdiction of Dublin City Council and straddles the postal boundary of Dublin 6.
Rathgar, in the Middle Ages, was a farm belonging to the Convent of St Mary de Hogges, at present-day College Green. At the Dissolution of the Monasteries, Rathgar was granted to the Segrave family: they built Rathgar Castle, ownership of which subsequently passed to John Cusacke, who was Lord Mayor of Dublin in 1608.
The castle remained in the possession of the Cusack family for over a century, but gradually decayed and was a ruin by the end of the eighteenth century. No trace of it remains today, though it is thought to have been located at present day 44-49 Highfield Road.
In 1649 the Duke of Ormonde commander of the Anglo-Irish Royalist army established his camp at Rathgar during the Siege of Dublin. He was then routed at the Battle of Rathmines nearby by English Republican forces under Michael Jones.
The village began to develop in the eighteenth century. Rathgar Avenue may be the oldest street, while Highfield Road was developed in 1753. Zion Church and Christ Church Rathgar were built in the 1860s.
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