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NICE DAY AT WINDSOR TERRACE – PORTOBELLO AREA OF DUBLIN

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NICE DAY AT WINDSOR TERRACE – PORTOBELLO AREA OF DUBLIN

Portobello is an area of Dublin in Ireland, in the south city centre, bounded to the south by the Grand Canal.

It came into existence as a small suburb south of the city in the 18th century, centred on Richmond Street. During the following century it was completely developed, transforming an area of private estates and farmland into solid Victorian red-bricked living quarters for the middle classes on the larger streets, and terraced housing bordering the canal for the working classes.

As a fast-expanding suburb during the 19th century Portobello attracted many upwardly-mobile families whose members went on to play important roles in politics, the arts and the sciences. Towards the end of the century came an influx of Jews, refugees from pogroms in Eastern Europe, which gave the name “Little Jerusalem” to the area.

YOU ARE GOING TO REAP JUST WHAT YOU SOW BY CONLETH GENT

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YOU ARE GOING TO REAP JUST WHAT YOU SOW BY CONLETH GENT

Conleth Gent was born in Newbridge, Co. Kildare and studied at U.C.D. University College Dublin. His love of wood and working with wood can be clearly seen in each of his unique pieces. He is concerned mainly with personal expression through the use of figurative elements and occasionally abstract forms. His approach is individualistic, communicating something of the character of the particular piece of wood and his interaction and relationship with it.

NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD – PHIBSBOROUGH AREA

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NORTH CIRCULAR ROAD – PHIBSBOROUGH AREA

The North Circular Road, designated as R101 regional road, is an important thoroughfare on the north-side of Dublin, in Ireland.

The regional road was constructed as the northern boundary of the city, and was laid out with the South Circular Road in 1763. It is still considered to separate the city centre from the inner suburbs. It runs from the Phoenix Park in the west through Phibsboro, to North Wall in the east. A number of important institutions are located along the road, including the Mater Hospital, Dalymount Park and Mountjoy Prison, and both Croke Park and St. Brendan’s Hospital are nearby. The majority of the original, large Victorian red brick houses have been converted into flats or apartments.

PHIBSBOROUGH LUAS TRAM STOP – OCTOBER 2021

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PHIBSBOROUGH LUAS TRAM STOP – OCTOBER 2021

On Sat 4th Sep [until Sun 7th Nov] a series of essential engineering works started at Phibsborough Luas Stop. To facilitate these works, temporary partial closures of Luas Green Line Stops between Broombridge and Parnell will be required over 4 weekends. In addition, access to Phibsborough Luas Stop will be limited in the weeks between the temporary partial closures. https://luas.ie/phibsborough-works-2021/

Phibsborough is a stop on the Luas light-rail tram system in Dublin, Ireland. It opened in 2017 as a stop on Luas Cross City, an extension of the Green Line through the city centre from St. Stephen’s Green to Broombridge.

The stop is located in the cutting which once took heavy rail trains to Dublin Broadstone railway station but lay disused for many years. The stop is in-between Cabra Road and North Circular Road, both of which cross the line on bridges. The cutting is very narrow at this point, and the stop is bound by steep walls on each side covered with stone bricks. The edge platforms are considerably narrower than on most Luas stops, and have shelters, benches, information displays and Leap card validators.

The stop has entrances at both ends, taking passengers from the road bridges onto wooden walkways over the tracks. At each end there is a wooden staircase directly opposite the entrance and a glass lift shaft on the opposite side. The ticket machines are also located at this level. Owing to the limited space, Phibsborough is the only Luas stop which does not have ticket machines at platform level.

ROSEMOUNT ROAD PHIBSBOROUGH – IS IT A HIPSTER HAVEN

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ROSEMOUNT ROAD PHIBSBOROUGH – IS IT A HIPSTER HAVEN

I have seen Rosemount Road described as a ‘hipster haven” in the property section of the Irish Times and I must admit that I do not fully understand the description.

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