MORE DEMOLITION UNDER WAY SOUTH OF THE RIVER LIFFEY
The site is bound by Newmarket Square to the North, Ardee Street to the west and Mill Street to the south Including City House and Unit 3, Newmarket, Dublin 8.
The project will consist of a residential / mixed use development totalling 29,570sq.m on a site of c.0.66ha at Newmarket, Dublin 8.
The development includes a Specific BTR (Build to Rent) Development comprising 413 units (comprising 203no. studios, 136no. one bedroom units, 72no. 2 bedroom units and 2no. 3 bedroom units) and associated Resident Support Facilities / Resident Services and Amenities and all associated ancillary accommodation (totalling 28,735qm) in a building ranging from 6 storeys to Newmarket (including set back level) stepping to 9-13 storeys towards St. Luke’s Avenue. The buildings are arranged around a semi-public courtyard and a new internal street linking Newmarket and St. Luke’s Avenue. 5no. rooftop terraces are proposed for residents.
The proposed development includes 3no independent units on Newmarket comprising a 1no. café/restaurants (216sqm) and 2no. retail units (490sqm) and an artists’ studio (129sqm). Lower ground floor / basement level includes car parking spaces (50no.) and cycle parking and facilities accessed from a new entrance on Newmarket Street.
The demolition of all existing buildings on the overall site known as the IDA Ireland Small Business Centre at Newmarket Industrial Estate has been approved and will be carried out pursuant to Reg Ref: 3323/17 (Bord Ref: ABP 300431-17).
The remainder of the overall site bounded by Newmarket, Brabazon Place, St.Luke’s Avenue and Newmarket Street is the subject of a separate planning application to Dublin City Council (Reg Ref: 4743/19) for a Hotel development with 2no. retail/ restaurant units.
The site is bound by Newmarket Square to the North, Ardee Street to the west and Mill Street to the south Including City House and Unit 3, Newmarket, Dublin 8.
JOHN STREET SOUTH AND SUMMER STREET SOUTH IN PIMLICO
I know very little about these two streets in Pimlico which I never explored until today [26 June 2022].
Pete St John’s popular song Dublin in the Rare Old Times, recorded by many artists including Dublin City Ramblers, The Dubliners, and Flogging Molly, is in the voice of one Sean Dempsey, “born hard and late in Pimlico, in a house that ceased to be”.
Pimlico is an inner city area of Dublin, Ireland on the southside in Dublin 8. It lies between Thomas Court and Ardee Street. At the Thomas Court end of Pimlico is Pimlico Cottage. It is close to the St. James’s Gate Guinness Brewery and the smell of the hops once dominated the area.
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WHY IS THE FRANCIS STREET ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT SCHEME TAKING SO LONG
Francis Street is one of Dublin’s oldest thoroughfares, and is best known today as Dublin’s Art & Antiques Quarter. The street is lined with small shops and businesses but also has a diverse community living ‘over the shop’ on the street and in the adjoining areas.
An ongoing programme of investment by Dublin City Council is improving the quality of streets and public spaces of The Liberties. The Council adopted The Liberties Greening Strategy in 2015 setting out a series of projects to renew historic streetscapes and develop new public spaces; to increase tree cover and provide new parks and amenities; and to improve the quality of the environment through measures such as Sustainable Urban Drainage systems (SUDs) and the installation of energy efficient street lighting.
In June 2017 Dublin City Council announced a proposal to undertake a public realm improvement plan for Francis Street, Hanover Lane and Dean Street, Dublin 8. The proposal comprised improvements to the public realm along the full length of Francis Street, Hanover Lane and part of Dean Street to include kerb buildouts along with footway repaving, raised junction plateaus, kerb buildouts to formalise parallel parking and loading bays, landscaping, bicycle stands, carriageway resurfacing, raised pedestrian crossings and ramps, public lighting improvements and all associated ancillary works. In July 2021 it was indicated that the project would be completed within ten months however more recent statements claim that the work will be completed in Autumn 2022.
The Liberties is an area in central Dublin, Ireland, located in the southwest of the inner city. One of Dublin’s most historic working-class neighbourhoods, the area is traditionally associated with the River Poddle, market traders and local family-owned businesses, as well as the Guinness brewery and whiskey distilling, and, historically, the textiles industry and tenement housing.
The Liberties Business Area Improvement Initiative is a partnership between Dublin City Council and local businesses and stakeholders to transform the commercial heart of Dublin 8 through public and private sector investment, to create a more vibrant and attractive city neighbourhood.
The ongoing development in the Newmarket area is dramatically reshaping a large area of the City. From former industrial units and vacant sites to new commercial uses, residential, student housing schemes, hotels and visitor attractions – its an area in complete transition.
Since about 2015 I have photographed the pace of change and I appreciate that there has been significant change. However, for various reasons many aspects of the overall program appear to have progressed much slower that I had expected.
Despite the difficulties of the past 18 months, work is now underway on a whole new series of sites set to change the face of Newmarket and they are described below.
The Eight Building is a new office and retail building on Mill Lane designed by Reddy Architecture & Urbanism. The recently completed building includes 7,500sqm of Grade A office space as well as a ground floor market hall and artists studios. The Eight Building is shortly set to welcome its first new office tenants, while an interactive virtual reality art lab is set to for the ground floor arts space. The new market hall has also been completed.
10-12 Newmarket – a revised planning application was submitted for this site next to Teelings, formerly occupied by Dublin Food Coop. While permission is currently in place for an office building with brewhouse, the newest proposal for the site is retail space with 33 no. apartments above. The application is currently subject to a further information request.
Ardee Point – UK-based student accommodation provider Nido will operate this new 368 bedroom facility when it completes in 2022. Ardee Point occupies much of the site of the former Watkins brewery between Brabazon Place and Ardee Street. A number of heritage features on the site, including a brick tower and a cut stone warehouse onto Newmarket are being retained, conserved and adapted to new uses as part of the scheme. Designed by Henry J Lyons Architects, the development also allows for pedestrian permeability between Newmarket and St Luke’s Avenue with high quality landscaped spaces. Main construction work is now underway.
10 Ardee Street – the historic Brewers’ House is one of the most significant historic residences in The Liberties. The impressive 5-bay house once formed the main entrance to the former Watkins brewery. Two adjoining houses were largely destroyed by road widening to create St Luke’s Avenue in the 1980s exposing the north gable of No 10. Permission has been granted for a restoration of the house to create new apartments and small office spaces.
Sweeney’s Corner – construction is well advanced on this 235-bedroom student housing scheme together with 37 build to rent apartments for this site at Mill Street and Sweeney’s Terrace. The site forms the final element of the large scale redevelopment of Mill Street since 2016 transforming wasteland into a new hotel, student accommodation centres, offices and apartments. Designed by Reddy Architecure & Urbanism, the student accommodation element of the scheme will be operated by GSA Uninest (which operates adjoining New Mill and Tannery), while the apartments will be let on the market. A cafe is also proposed. A landscaped walkway and gardens will link Mill Street with the small ‘pond’ area to the south where the historic River Poddle briefly makes an appearance, however unfortunately the walkway will not have public access.
Newmarket Square – set on the old ‘Blenders’ site, Newmarket Square will include 413 build to rent apartments (29,570sq.m on a site of c.0.66ha) comprising comprising 203 no. studios, 136 no. one bedroom units, 72 no. 2 bedroom units and 2 no. 3 bedroom units, a hotel, as well as shops, a café, artist studios, a courtyard and new walkway connecting Newmarket and St Luke’s Avenue. The development will also have 50 underground parking spaces. Construction is now underway and is expected to be completed in 2023.
Premier Inn at Newmarket – construction has also commenced on a new 151-bedroom hotel, expected to be operated by Premier Inn, for the west portion of Newmarket Square. The new hotel, which will include a bar, restaurant, a cafe and public areas, will flank a new connecting walkway to St Luke’s Avenue.
Cork Street residential – Dublin City Council is itself developing two adjacent sites at nearby Weaver Park for 55no. social housing apartments. The scheme is designed by Levitt Bernstein Architects and ABK Architects for Dublin City Council Housing Department. The development will provide 55 homes arranged in two blocks of apartments with associated communal courtyards, and a small commercial space. The development is expected to be completed this 2022.
Ardee Street – permission has also been granted for a new apartment scheme at the corner of Chamber Street and Ardee Street. 27 apartments are proposed, set out in two block ranging in height from 2 to 4 storeys. The scheme also includes a retail unit. Construction of the development is expected to start 2022.
I had difficulty establishing that O’Donovan Road is named after John O’Donovan
John O’Donovan (25 July 1806 – 10 December 1861), from Atateemore, in the parish of Kilcolumb, County Kilkenny, and educated at Hunt’s Academy, Waterford, was an Irish language scholar from Ireland.
He was the fourth son of Edmond O’Donovan and Eleanor Hoberlin of Rochestown. His early career may have been inspired by his uncle Parick O’Donovan. He worked for antiquarian James Hardiman researching state papers and traditional sources at the Public Records Office. Hardiman had secured O’Donovan a place in Maynooth College which he turned down. He also taught Irish to Thomas Larcom for a short period in 1828 and worked for Myles John O’Reilly, a collector of Irish manuscripts.
Following the death of Edward O’Reilly in August 1830, he was recruited to the Topographical Department of the first Ordnance Survey of Ireland under George Petrie in October 1830. Apart from a brief period in 1833, he worked steadily for the Survey on place-name researches until 1842, unearthing and preserving many manuscripts. After that date, O’Donovan’s work with the Survey tailed off, although he was called upon from time to time to undertake place-name research on a day-to-day basis. He researched maps and manuscripts at many libraries and archives in Ireland and England, with a view to establishing the correct origin of as many of Ireland’s 63,000 townland names as possible. His letters to Larcom are regarded as an important record of the ancient lore of Ireland for those counties he documented during his years of travel throughout much of Ireland.
By 1845, O’Donovan was corresponding with the younger scholar William Reeves, and much of their correspondence to 1860 survives.
O’Donovan became professor of Celtic Languages at Queen’s University, Belfast, and was called to the Bar in 1847. His work on linguistics was recognised in 1848 by the Royal Irish Academy, who awarded him their prestigious Cunningham Medal. On the recommendation of Jacob Grimm, he was elected a corresponding member of the Royal Academy of Prussia in 1856.
Never in great health, he died shortly after midnight on 10 December 1861 at his residence, 36 Upper Buckingham Street, Dublin. He was buried on 13 December 1861 in Glasnevin Cemetery, where his tombstone inscription has slightly wrong dates of both birth and death.
He married Mary Anne Broughton, sister-in-law of Eugene O’Curry and was father of nine children (all but one of whom died without issue). His wife received a small state pension after his death.
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