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.
When I operated from in Bray in the 1970s McDonalds had not yet arrived in Ireland. In 1979 I moved to Santa Clara in California and, for various reasons, my first meal in the USA was at McDonalds and I cannot tell you how disappointed I was. While in California I visited some really good restaurants but I was not impressed by the burger chains but as the restaurants that I liked were expensive the comparison might not be fair.
To the best of my knowledge McDonalds came to Dublin in 1987 having established their first UK restaurant in 1974.
In the 1880s Bray more or less consisted of one long street of houses at the head of which are two long streets – Vevay Road and Killarney Road. The Town Hall was built where the three streets meet.
The plaque at the entrance to the building, dedicated to the Brabazons who commissioned the construction of the hall, reads:
“This Town Hall and Market house was erected by Reginald Lord Brabazon, son of William 11th Earl of Meath and Mary Lady Brabazon only daughter of Thomas 11th Earl of Lauderdale in the year of our Lord 1882”
INTERESTING TERRACE OF HOUSES [STRAND ROAD – SEAPOINT ROAD BRAY]
I wonder if flooding is still a problem for this terrace of houses?
When I was based in Bray in the 1970s many houses near the seafront had been, to some extend, undermined by the sea making maintenance an ongoing expense.
MULTI COLOURED POST BOX – SUPPORTING IRELAND’S PRIDE MOVEMENT
An Post, Irish Postal Service, have released two new stamp designs to celebrate Pride month, which is marked each year in June.
The stamps feature the English and Irish words, ‘Bród’ and ‘Pride’, designed by Dublin company Unthink.
The postal service said it worked with representatives of the LGBT+ community in planning the stamps, with some of the money from the sale of the stamps going to LGBT+ support groups.
This is shown on Google Maps as the Irish Republic Monument but it is a 1916 Memorial installed in 2016 to commemorate the centenary of the 1916 Easter Rising.
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