ROYAL CANAL PREMIUM CYCLE ROUTE FROM SHERIFF STREET TO NEWCOMEN BRIDGE
The weather caught me by surprise today as it was a beautiful sunny day so I took the opportunity to visit the East Wall area of the Docklands.
Dublin City Council’s Royal Canal cycle route is a new 7km pathway and linear park(s) running from the North Quays to Ashtown. To the best of my knowledge the first 500m section was completed about twelve years ago.
The second section from Sheriff Street to Newcomen Bridge was completed in July 2020. This section consists of a segregated three-metre wide cycle track and two-metre wide footpath on a viaduct bridge alongside a new linear park.
The third section will run from the North Strand to Cross Guns Bridge in Phibsborough. The final section, from Phibsborough to Longford Bridge in Ashtown, has been divided into four phases the first of which was due to be completed by the end of 2020.
The Royal Canal Way is a 144-kilometre (89-mile) long-distance trail that follows the towpath of the canal from Ashtown, Dublin to Cloondara, County Longford. It is typically completed in three days. It is designated as a National Waymarked Trail by the National Trails Office of the Irish Sports Council and is managed by Waterways Ireland. In 2015, Dublin City Council began extending the walking and cycling route along the Royal Canal from Ashtown to Sheriff Street Upper. The Royal Canal Way connects with the Westmeath Way west of Mullingar, and will eventually form the eastern end of the Dublin-Galway Greenway, the final part of EuroVelo Route 2, a cycling path from Moscow across Europe to Galway.
The Royal Canal Greenway is the greenway encompassing the Royal Canal Way between Maynooth and Cloondara, with a branch to Longford. It was launched in March 2021.
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THE SOULS OF THE TREES – EBONY AND OAK BY MERCE CANADELL
Photographed using an iPhone 12 Pro Max plus the Halide App.
Last Monday I visited the Botanic Gardens to the indoor section of the Sculpture In Context exhibition and was told to come back at the weekend as public access was not possible on weekdays. Today, Sunday 10 October 2021, I visited again to be informed that it is closed on Sundays … I must admit that I was under the impression that the weekend included Sunday.
Anyway, as I decided to walk around the gardens using my iPhone 12 Pro Max.
Born in Barcelona, Mercè Cañadell studied Ceramics and Sculpture in Massana School of Art & Design from 1990-93.
Since then she has continued studying different techniques and the use of different materials, covering mould making, sculptural ceramics, carved wood and painted textiles.
She has been in Ireland since 2002.
An important part of her artistic development involved metal work and casting bronze in Barcelona and in Dublin. She is an artist that enjoys working in different media. Her sculptures in bronze and ceramics have been exhibited regularly in galleries throughout Ireland and Dublin.
BUS STOP AND SCHOOL ZONE WITH PENCIL SHAPED BOLLARDS – NEWGROVE AVENUE
Today when I asked Alexa I learned that rain was forecasted for the rest of the day so I left my camera at home but as usual I took my iPhone 12 Pro Max, which I only use as a camera, just in case. Anyway, after wandering around the city for about an hour I realised that the weather forecast must have been for another Dublin the sun was shining with great intensity. I picked a bus at random, it was the No. 1, and I arrived in Sandymount Village.
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BROADSTONE AREA – CONSTITUTION HILL USING AN APPLE iPHONE 12 PRO MAX
I used an Apple iPhone 12 Pro Max and the Halide Mark II photo app. During the post-production process I used the new Adobe Lightroom “Super Resolution” option to see if it made a difference. All that I can say is that the images are now 8064 X 6048. However, I think that noise has been added.
I must admit that in general I am impressed by the performance of the 12 Pro Max as a camera but I do not get any real enjoyment from using it. I really do need to use a EVF rather than a screen that can be difficult to see in strong sunlight.
Clanbrassil Street runs from Robert Emmet Bridge on the Grand Canal to New Street. It is served by several bus routes. It is divided into Clanbrassil Street Upper (south end) and Clanbrassil Street Lower (north end).
It is named after The 2nd Earl of Clanbrassil, an Ulster-Scots nobleman.
In 1953 all residents of Clanbrassil St. received a notice from Dublin Corporation that residences on the west side of the street would have to have 16 feet (4.9 m) removed from the frontage of the properties to make way for a new road. This proposal was constantly changed or deferred, so that in the 1960s and 1970s the street fell into ruin. One by one businesses, public houses and retail outlets closed up or were demolished, and that side of the road became a wasteland. By 1980 the road engineers had increased the amount of space needed to 60 feet (18.3 m), in order to run a 6-lane dual carriageway through the street, past St. Patrick’s Cathedral on to Christ Church Cathedral.
After protests and demonstrations by locals and sympathisers against the road, and intervention by the Taoiseach, Charles Haughey, work on the road eventually began in 1989. A 4-lane dual carriageway was constructed, flanked by new houses and apartments. The cost of the road was estimated to be £2 million.
Among the features destroyed by the road construction was the crossing known locally as the “Four Corners of Hell” (the junction of Patrick St., Dean St., New St. and Kevin St.), because there was a public house on each corner; and the well-known hostelry The Bunch of Grapes (formerly Fitzpatrick’s, constructed in 1739).
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