Dublin Walking Guide

A 100 page pocket guide of three self-guided walks through Dublin city. Intelligently structured to maximise tourists' time in the city.

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Thanks guys! We downloaded it here and our initial impression is that the quality of the video is very noticeably better. It also has a host of features to play with. Keep the tech stuff coming as it is very useful - especially the free stuff! https://t.co/O1ukmZQAbO

[Book of Dublin @bookofdublin]

Tech stuff: Many of you may be using VLC media player for looking at videos. It is the one with the little orange and white traffic cone as an icon. It has been updated and you may want to download the latest version (3.0.0), free, from https://t.co/UL4qxsNulT However.....

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@jones_decor Thank you very much. While I like the Garden of Remembrance of course, isn't it a shame the sedan-men's shelters are gone? Obliterated from history.

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Malton's print (poor colour quality) is of Charlemount-House, built from 1762, and now the Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square. In 1929 Dublin Corporation demolished a great part of it, keeping only the front rooms. The trees on the left are where the Garden of Remembrance is now.

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The columned shelter on the left of the print, is one of a pair of shelters for the sedan-chair-men, which were demolished in 1943. The street view, shows the obelisks that were reinstated in front of the gallery, which are also visible in Malton's print.

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It was originally proposed in 1918 as a memorial for Washington DC but was abandoned. O'Connor liked the project however, and continued to work on it in his spare time. A number of his plaster casts are in the Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery, and there are works in Tate Britain too

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Almost hidden away in a corner of Merrion Square is this wonderful 1923 sculpture by Andrew O'Connor entitled The 'Victims'. Dedicated to the victims of war, it depicts a dead war hero returned home and being mourned by his wife who kneels beside him and mother who stands.

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@PLDistillery @obrien_jonathan "Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again". - Herman Hesse. Words so apt for the visionary who was Dr. Lyons

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Two great sites guys. Thanks for those. I used the second one to find a manual for an old version of a washing machine. Found it in 30 seconds. Thanks again. https://t.co/22pxAB0WAa

[Book of Dublin @bookofdublin]

Some of our followers have asked if our IT headbangers could post useful tips from time to time. We did a few in the past and then stopped - for no real reason. So, once or twice a week we will do so again. (see next post)

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@AnFearBui Thank you very much for that. Its a pretty grotty looking sign so I hope when they move the work, that they make something more appropriate. I think the artist only died a few years ago. I'm sure he would be pleased if his work was seen by more people. Thanks again! Sam

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@archiseek @AnFearBui Yes it did Paul, but then it vanished and now something seems to have been put back. I really like the work and always thought it was a shame more people could not see it.

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The bridge in front of the house is the James Joyce Bridge by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava. It was opened on 16 June 2003 (Bloomsday). The pre-fabricated steel sections are from Harland and Wolff, Belfast, of Titanic fame. (Photo by Jeff).

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This nice image by Declan O Doherty shows No. 15 Usher's Island (no longer an island). Two of James Joyce's aunts ran a music school here. Joyce made it the setting for his short story The Dead. We think the house was sold recently but have no idea what will happen it.

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The inspiration for a recurring motif of screaming mouths in many of Bacon's works of the late 1940s and early 1950s was drawn from a number of sources, including photographic stills of the nurse in the Odessa Steps scene in Sergei Eisenstein's 1925 silent Battleship Potemkin.

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Francis Bacon Francis Bacon (1909–1992) was an Irish figurative painter known for his bold, often grotesque, and emotionally charged, raw imagery. His work typically focused on a single subject for sustained periods, often in triptych or diptych formats.

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In 1998 the Hugh Lane Gallery, acquired and moved Bacon's studio and its entire contents from London to Dublin. The move involved art historians and archaeologists who made the survey and elevation drawings of the studio, mapping out the spaces and locations of the objects.

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It is interesting that one is allowed to fish here. Imagine trying to do that in Stephen's Green! It is not all that many years ago that the Lough was decimated of fish when Eastern Europeans fished it at an almost industrial scale. The ducks and geese were not that safe either https://t.co/UMLFvnGTC6

[Book of Dublin @bookofdublin]

From this morning in Cork at The Lough @corkcitycouncil (public amenity area with ducks and geese) - nice spot. I'm just not so sure what it says about the women who frequent the area 😂

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@Ronhill_UK Hello chaps! I hope to get back to running later this year after many years of eating and drinking. It was great! I was however, shocked to see on your website that the famous Ron Hill 1000 miles sock no longer exist, or the runners with the dipped heel tab. Why???

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Originally Werburgh's had a steeple (two versions actually). British authorities were suspicious of the tower as it overlooked their seat of power in Dublin castle, so between 1810 and 1836 it was removed. It can be seen in the centre of Malton's print of the Castle.

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We like the church's 'rate card' for various church services. There are two rates for everything; one for parishioners and another more expensive rate for "foreigners". Muffled bell ringing at a funeral for example was £1.1s for parishioners, but six shillings more for outsiders.