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VALLENCE AND McGRATH

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VALLENCE AND McGRATH AS IT WAS 6 FEB 2017 ESTABLISHED 1908

The pub in my photographs has recently been replaced by a new pub trading as The Bottle Boy.

There has not been a new pub on the North Wall Quay for a very long time and all disappeared over an extended period of time. The last remaining was Vallence & McGrath which was established in 1908.

The owners describe their new business as follows: The Bottle Boy began life in 1860, and was primarily known as a Spirit Grocers. A quirk of a Spirit Grocers was that you couldn’t sit down and beer was sold in bottles brought to you by The Bottle Boy. Whilst we’ve retained tonnes of the original detail – like the cornices, fireplaces, flooring – we’ve added in cosy snugs and lots of seating, perfect for a pint of plain.

The Bottle Boy is actually within the Mayson Hotel complex and it is in fact the Vallence & McGrath pub which has been renovated.

The original building where Vallence & McGrath were based was described in 2011 as follows: This building is a late Victorian townhouse with a public house inserted to the ground floor. The house retains its original fenestration pattern, roof materials and overall composition. Now derelict, the panelled shutters are visible and suggest an intact interior to the upper levels. Now standing as the last remaining residential structure on North Wall Quay, this former house thus has added significance. It was also a popular meeting place for the local community until quite recently.

If you are interested in the history of the Mayson Hotel and the pub you should visit themayson.ie/the-story-of-the-mayson/

 

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TOLKA HOUSE PUB

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TOLKA HOUSE PUB NEAR THE BOTANIC GARDENS IN GLASNEVIN

Tolka House, formerly The Bulls Head has been the main source of hospitality in the Glasnevin area since 1756. The pub acquired its first licence in 1848, at the end of the Great Famine, under the ownership of Thomas White. An act of parliament in 1878 saw the National Botanic Gardens come under the patronage of the state who opened it up to the public. This was good news for Mary White’s tavern.

The pub was renamed the Tolka House in 1883 under the new ownership of H. Briscoe. By 1901 Tolka House was under the care of the Ryan brothers.

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RYANS ARBOUR HOUSE PUB

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RYANS ARBOUR HOUSE PUB – A GENTLEMAN OBJECTED TO ME PHOTOGRAPHING THIS PUB

Dundrum Road Windy Arbour.

Every so often I encounter issues and today a gentleman objected to me photographing this building but he was unwilling to offer any identity or explain what his interest was. He was the second person in the same are to object to my activity.

Windy Arbour is a small suburban village in the Dundrum area of Dublin, Ireland. Situated between Dundrum and Milltown, along the banks of the Slang River. Windy Arbour is surrounded by several housing estates, including Columbanus. At the centre of Windy Arbour is the smaller and much older townland of Farranboley, which appears on maps dating from the 18th century.

Perhaps the most famous person to live in Windy Arbour was Irish patriot Robert Emmet, who grew up in The Casino, a manor house that is now known as Emmet House, where the Secretariat of Secondary schools in Ireland is currently housed. It is located next to the Catholic church on Bird Avenue and was formerly known as Carton House.

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ON THE WALLS OF THE BACK PAGE

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STREET ART ON THE WALLS OF THE BACK PAGE – LIKE ALL OTHER PUBS IN IRELAND IT IS CURRENTLY CLOSED

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ARBOUR HILL

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ARBOUR HILL FROM BEGINNING TO END – A STREET AND AN AREA

Begins with a pub and ends with a church.

These photographs date from 25th April 2016 and not much has changed except for the fact the walls of the Belfry Pub are now painted black. Previously, someone commented that the Greek Church is not on Arbour Hill road however I have included it as the entrance is, without doubt, on Arbour Hill Road and their address is 46 Arbour Hill, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7, D07 W6T7

The Parish is served by Fr. Thomas Carroll, who can be reached in 050545849. The Church has been founded by the Greek Orthodox Community of the Annunciation, and it houses the Greek School in Dublin. In addition to the Greek members there are also Irish, Palestinian, Serb and Georgian parishioners.

Arbour Hill is an inner city area of Dublin, on the Northside of the River Liffey, in the Dublin 7 postal district. Arbour Hill, the road of the same name, runs west from Blackhall Place in Stoneybatter, and separates Collins Barracks, now part of the National Museum of Ireland, to the south from Arbour Hill Prison to the north, whose graveyard includes the burial plot of the signatories of the Easter Proclamation that began the 1916 Rising.

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