The Daniel O’Connell newsagents on the corner of Bachelors Walk and O’Connell Street is something we’ve touched on before. A real effort to make a quick quid on the tourists, it’s not hard to work out why it was given the name it boasts. It was once Elvery’s of course, and the Elvery’s advertisement in the laneway behind it is a great little throwback.
Something I always notice, but it seems passes a lot of people by, is the woodwork. The KP lettering has survived many coats of paint, and is something I always remember looking at as a kid at the traffic lights by O’Connell Bridge. There’s also Kapp and Peterson branding on the roof on the premises, which is visible from the O’Connell statue.
How many buildings in Dublin have fronts like this which give a bit of their history?
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great pic. I’m from a generation that had history battered into us by ”christian brothers” and it’s the only thing i loved at school (not the beatings ha ha). I remember as a kid in the 60’s being in awe of our history and having a voracious appetite for reading books galore about the rising, civil war etc and seeing pics of kapp/petersons in various states of dis-repair due to ”war damage”. there is one pic of the shop with a mortar hole in the front probably fired from the gunboat helga and another with bodies lying on the pavement outside in the aftermath of a gun battle. This shop along with others from that era should be protected. Its a fuckin disgrace that our heritage was/is being slowly destroyed by money hungry arseholes in power for a quick development buck. All fast food takeaways should be fuckin banned from o’ connell street, and gambling joints, and other such ”enterprises” that add to the detriment of our main thoroughfare. Mcdonalds who (like starbucks) support the israeli war machine should be resigned to a back fuckin alley. anyhoo it is as it is.
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bitzy
Is there some mix up here. Elvery’s was on the corner of Abbey St and O’Connell St. where Supermacs is now. Under the first floor window you can still see the concrete plinth where the elephant stood. Elverys in Suffolk St still have their elephant on the front of the building. It seems a bit odd
Was there one on the other corner before Kapp and Peterson?
Hold on sorry I’m getting mixed up. I think Kapp and Petersons was followed by Elverys on the corner of Bachelors Walk after they gave up the Supermacs premises.