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
On 20 May 2022, Capel street was made traffic-free, following a campaign by people who wanted to improve the quality of life on the street. It is now the longest traffic-free street in Dublin.
This is my local area and I have always liked Capel Street as it is a unique commercial street in the city centre. It is a great place to shop and it is full of excellent restaurants, I have tried most of them.
Capel Street is named after Arthur Capell, 1st Earl of Essex, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 1672–1677. Historically, it was the site of the chapel of St Mary’s Abbey. The street was laid out by Sir Humphrey Jervis in the late 17th century on the Abbey lands he purchased in 1674. He also built Essex Bridge (today Grattan Bridge), and the street was known for its mansions and a royal mint. In the 18th century, it became a commercial hub, with two-bay buildings replacing most of the “Dutch Billy” houses. In the late 1700s, the Italian composer, Tommaso Giordani, performed at a small purpose built theatre on the street. The Capel Street Theatre also stood there in the 18th century.
The Torch Theatre operated on Capel Street from 1935–41. The street declined in the 20th century, before a revival around the 1980s. Today it is known for its variety of restaurants, shops, cafés and pubs; as Panti, the owner of Pantibar put it, “You can buy a lightbulb, sexual lubricant, Brazilian rice, get a pint and go to a trad session”. Louis Copeland’s tailor is another notable business.
Someone mentioned to me that there are currently seventeen restaurants on South William Street … someday I might go to the trouble of checking this claim.
South William Street, laid out in 1676 by William Williams, was part of the expansion of Dublin in the 17th century as the city outgrew the medieval walls. The street became a prominent area of the city in the 18th century and what can be seen today is mainly a legacy from that era. Today, the street has one of the largest and most complete groups of 18th century merchants’ houses in Dublin.
CAMDEN ROW AT NIGHT – URBAN EXPRESSION AND DEPRESSION
Camden row features a number of pubs and restaurants and there can be some excellent street art on display but at times there can be many examples of urban decay and depression. Off the street is Liberty Lane which features many examples of street art the quality of which has declined over the last year or two. I think that it might best to avoid the lane late at night,
There was a St. Kevin’s Church in what is now St. Kevin’s Park, Camden Row, Dublin, Ireland at least as far as the 13th century. After the Reformation, it became an Anglican Church. The original church was replaced around 1750 by a new one, closed in 1912 and now in ruins.Both churches were dedicated to Kevin of Glendalough.[2] There is also a Catholic St. Kevin’s Church a short distance away on Harrington Street.
There was a dramatic change yesterday [14 March 2020] as many restaurants in the city, especially on the north side of the Liffey, decided to close. I was actually in the Mieko King 101 Capel Street when the made the decision. It was a sad day as I know that it is going be difficult for the staff and it is likely that some of the restaurants will not reopen.
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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