Bolton Street College in Dublin was a technical college that existed from 1911 to 1992. It was founded by the Dublin Corporation and was originally located on Bolton Street, Dublin 1. The college later moved to its current campus on Grangegorman Road, Dublin 7.
Bolton Street College offered a wide range of courses, including engineering, architecture, building, and the built environment. It was one of the leading technical colleges in Ireland, and its graduates went on to work in a wide range of industries.
The college was also a center for research and development. It had its own research laboratories, and its staff were involved in a number of important research projects.
Bolton Street College closed in 1992, when it merged with other technical colleges in Dublin to form the Dublin Institute of Technology. However, the Bolton Street campus remains an important part of the DIT, and it continues to be a centre for education and research in the built environment.
The Bolton Street campus is a beautiful and historic building. It was designed by CJ McCarthy and was built in 1908. The building is a three-storey neo-classical structure, and it is decorated with plaster representations of artisan figures. The figures are casts from John Henry Foley’s models for figures at the base of the Albert Memorial on Leinster Lawn.
The Bolton Street campus is home to a number of important facilities, including lecture theatres, laboratories, workshops, a library, and a students’ union. The campus is also home to a number of research centres, including the Centre for Architecture, Building and Environment and the Centre for Sustainable Energy.
The legacy of Bolton Street College continues to inspire and motivate people today. The college’s commitment to education and research is still relevant today, and its graduates continue to make a difference in the world.
Here are some notable alumni of Bolton Street College:
Kevin O’Connor, architect and urban planner
Michael Smith, engineer and former CEO of Intel Ireland
Mary O’Brien, engineer and former president of Engineers Ireland
Deirdre Clune, former Minister for Education and Skills
THERE ARE MANY RESTAURANTS AND PUBS NEARBY ESPECIALLY ON CAPEL STREET
The Docking Station is outside Bolton Street College which is in the process of moving to the new University Campus at Grangegorman.
Because of the college many restaurants have opened over the years because the owners expected to attract a lot of student business but almost all closed within two or three years. However, BoCo, which does not depend on student business, has proved to be a huge success and if you like pizza it is highly recommended. Recently I noticed that the Taco Libre (pub restaurant operated by the Galway Brewery Company) has closed and the El Patron Mexican Street Food restaurant across the street has become the Tia Maria Brazilian Restaurant. The Art Flamingo recently became the Burger House but when I visited it a few weeks ago I was told that it would close again and reopen under new management. A few doors along the street a new restaurant is being outfitted but I have no further information.
Early in 2013 I purchased a Sigma Dp3 Merrill and while it could produce the best images ever it was in reality a disaster. The batteries could at times last only long enough to capture 40 images [at best no more than 80] and one could forget about selecting any setting other ISO 100. In order to process RAW images one needed to use Sigma’s Photo Pro 5.5 which was supplied with the camera.
Recently I discovered that Photo Pro 6.8.3 was much more user friendly than the version supplied with the camera so I decided to charge all eight batteries, that I still had, and use the camera for a day (22 April 2021) but unfortunately the weather proved to be way too wet. Two of the batteries were exhausted after ten captures.
The DP3 Merrill was the latest of a trio of almost identical compact cameras released by Sigma, all named for Dick Merrill (1949-2008), the co-developer of the Foveon image capture system. The DP1 Merrill and DP2 Merrill were announced in early February 2012. The former features a 19mm f/2.8 lens that provides the equivalent of a 28mm field of view in 35mm format, while the DP2 Merrill has a 30mm f/2.8 lens with a field of view equivalent to 45mm. Unveiled on 8 January, 2013, the DP3 Merrill sports a 50mm f/2.8 lens with a 75mm equivalent focal length that is ideal for portraiture.
BODKINS AND THE HUNGRY MEXICAN – THE HUNGRY MEXICAN HAS RELOCATED TO ASTON QUAY
Back in 2014 the Hungry Mexican in Bodkins was my favourite restaurant. They later relocated to Aston Quay in the Temple Bar area of Dublin and they are still my favourite restaurants however I have been unable to visit since March 2020 because of Covid restrictions.
Bodkins has reconfigured what was a Pub featuring a restaurant to an excellent Pizza Restaurant named “BoCo” and it is one of the best in Ireland as well as being rated as the most child friendly restaurant in Ireland.
BOCO PIZZA RESTAURANT [WILL BE OPERATING A TAKE-A-WAY OR HOME DELIVERY SERVICE]
I had a chat with Colm Bodkin the owner of BoCo on Bolton Street and he told me that the restaurant was closed but that he was establishing a take-away service and that he was hoping to deliver especially to older people but he was not yet in a position to make a final announcement. Visit https://boco.ie for details.
Despite all the stories about Temple Bar on Saturday [14 March 2020] there was a very abrupt change. I was having a meal at at Mieko King 101 Capel Street and the manager told me that they closing until further notice. When I left the restaurant and noticed that many other pubs and restaurants were closed.
Today I had a walk around the city centre and on the North Side of the city almost every pub and restaurant was closed. On the South Side a number of pubs and restaurants were still operational.
Today in Ireland there were 40 new cased bringing the total to 169. There were 11 new cases in Northern Ireland
[UPDATE] The Irish government has called on pubs and bars to close from Sunday to help tackle coronavirus. The request to close pubs until 29 March followed discussions with industry representatives who outlined the difficulty of implementing social distancing while pubs remain open. The government also asked people not to hold house parties, as doing so “would put other peoples’ health at risk”.
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