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MANNIX AND CULHANE AT THE CORNER

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WASHINGTON STREET AND SOUTH MAIN STREET

Large old clothing store at 42 Washington Street, Cork, County Cork, Ireland.

Apparently there was an upper storey which was demolished as the result of a incident on the street on the 31st Of January 1999.

On the last day of 1999 Ms Aoife Bell (20), from Kerry Pike, just outside Cork city, was fatally injured when the parapet of two adjoining buildings in Washington Street collapsed and showered masonry on to the pavement below. As a result, the corporation served notice to vacate on the owners and occupiers of 16 properties in Washington Street. Among the affected buildings are drapers Mannix & Culhane’s, at the corner of Washington Street and South Main Street, and a bar, hairdressing salon and nightclub on South Main Street.

It appears that the roof of the building occupied by a company known as Cork Film Services became unstable early in the evening as some people were passing by. The collapse of the roof happened shortly before 5 p.m. and at 6.48 p.m., when the authorities were briefing the media on the on the street, a gas explosion occurred at a Chinese restaurant on the other side of the street.

My lens 70-200mm lens detached from the camera body as I was getting off the bus and hit the floor of the bus before falling onto the street, It did not perform at its best for the rest of the day so many of my photographs were substandard and unusable which was a pity as I have been unable to revisit many of the places that I had explored in August 2021. However, I have managed to reprocess many images to the extent that I can now publish them but some may appear over-processed or a bit strange.

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NEW VICTORIA THAI AND CHINESE RESTAURANT

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DORSET STREET 17 APRIL 2023

This is a very popular take-away business on Dorset Street.

There are many restaurants on Dorset Street and a friend of mine is/was planning to open one later this year (or early next year) but the opening has been delayed because he cannot get suitable staff. A number of restaurants in the area have closed because of energy costs or because of staff shortages and some have reduced opening times to one shift per day or by not opening before 5pm and only opening five or six days per week.

NEW VICTORIA THAI AND CHINESE RESTAURANT

GEORGE COSGRAVE CAR SALES WAS BASED HERE

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WAS IN BUSINESS FOR 37 YEARS

I live near Dorset Street and I believe it to be one of the ugliest streets in Dublin and the George Cosgrave Car Sales building was, and still is, one of the worst examples of how bad the street can be.

I should mention that George Cosgrave died in August 2021. George was well known for his car sales on Dorset Street where he traded for 37 years before moving to Clarehall. George was also an active member of The Irish Jaguar & Daimler Club.

Some early Georgian houses are dotted along the street, primarily identifiable by the stone Gibbsian doorcase entrances, and close to the crossroads with Blessington and North Frederick Streets. Much of the street redeveloped during the Victorian era, with a number of significant buildings built, such as the Gothic style stone-built Dominican priory, designed by J. L. Robinson in 1884–87 at the corner of Dominick Street, while across from it is the red brick Italianette former fire station, designed by C. J. McCarthy and completed in 1903. Much of the street consists of vernacular Victorian terraces, with shops opening straight onto footpaths at ground-floor level. During the latter part of the twentieth century, stretches of the street were again redeveloped by Dublin Corporation for social housing flat complexes near Dominick Street.

Car Sales, Showroom, Unoccupied site, George Crosgrave Car Sales Building, Ugly Street, Streets Of Dublin, William Murphy, Infomatique, Fotonique, Canon, 5D MkIII, Ireland,

NEW VICTORIA THAI AND CHINESE RESTAURANT [DORSET STREET]

This is a very popular take-away business on Dorset Street.

There are many restaurants on Dorset Street and a friend of mine is/was planning to open one later this year (or early next year) but the opening has been delayed because he cannot get suitable staff. A number of restaurants in the area have closed because of energy costs or because of staff shortages and some have reduced opening times to one shift per day or by not opening before 5pm and only opening five or six days per week.

THE EMPIRE CHINESE RESTAURANT IN RATHMINES

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ON A COLD AND FOGGY DAY

To the best of my knowledge this well known and popular take-away Chinese restaurant is known as the New Empire (rather than the Empire). It features some excellent street art which changes on a regular basis.

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