Stunning view of Christchurch Cathedral, from St. Michael’s Hill, before the development of Wood Quay.
Picture credit - unknown
Reminds me somewhat of those classic, atmospheric depictions of 1920s New York with the steam and silhouettes of people. Captured so well in Once Upon A Time In America (1984):
Picture credit -heimdalsgata
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Donal
Ciarán
Sam
Come Here To Me! 
Or the gestation of this icon
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Christchurch Place in the 1930’s
The Scotch House just down from your photo Jay.
Signed up to your blog recently and absolutely loving it. Wonderful pictures.
I love the top picture. I cross O’Donovan Rossa Bridge every work night and it’s great to be able to imagine it, as it was.
FXR – I can only see your links in little more than thumbnail size. How can I see them in greater detail?
Try this for the Scotch House.
http://pix.ie/frpost/2757109/in/album/433870
And this for Christchurch Place.
http://pix.ie/frpost/2757105/in/album/433870
The lamp post in the top picture appears to be no. 143 (see link below). manufactured by Dublin Corporation between 1920 and 1944. There used to be other examples of the same lamp post in St. Patrick’s Close but they are all gone now. Most of the old lamp standards that remained in situ around the city were moved to Merrion Square park. Others are scattered around the place badly maintained and looking shabby.
http://i532.photobucket.com/albums/ee327/Falconer1st/Lamposts/Lamp6.jpg?t=1328189419
Thanks FXR.
Hi again FXR. I was just showing the Wood Quay picture to an older workmate of mine. He’s ex-Irish Press. He says you’re mixing your Irish and Scotch up. The Scotch House was on Burgh Quay (bit of a haunt of his along with Mulligans) and the picture you’ve posted is of the Irish House.
Hello Gypsy
Your’e right. When I got the one of the Irish house it was originally marked wrong.
The Scotch house is this pub:
http://pix.ie/frpost/2760938
Thanks
That’s correct. It is the Irish House on Wood Quay. Now replaced by the Civic Offices.
http://maps.google.ie/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=wood+quay+dublin&aq=&sll=53.401034,-8.307638&sspn=7.026086,14.128418&vpsrc=6&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Wood+Quay,+Jamestown,+Dublin+8&ll=53.344803,-6.272083&spn=0.001717,0.005493&t=m&z=18&layer=c&cbll=53.344893,-6.272103&panoid=RYHwJ2CSjm2su1QoobONdw&cbp=12,138.44,,0,-2.5
My great grandfather’s shoemakers premises (No 10 Wood Quay in 1867) also came under the same axe.
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If you are referring to Samuel Lewis, he’s my gt-gt-gt grandfather. Would like to make contact with you. My email is david@nicoll.co.nz
I’m sure you may already have found this Polo but just in case you haven’t.
Pettigrew & Oulton’s Dublin Directory 1842 of 1842 lists a Samuel Lewis, boot and shoemaker, at no.s 10 and 15 Wood Quay. There looks to have been a whole bunch of bootmakers along Wood Quay. Things have gone downhill since considering the present residents.
Click to access str95.pdf
Thanks for that FXR. I was aware of it. In fact most of the premises on Wood Quay in 1866 were connected with shoemaking, as were most of those on Castle St. which, in those days, was considered a sort of continuation of Wood Quay.
Love this blog.
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By the way. I’m due to give a talk on my great grandfather’s family at the family history day in the Gilbert (Pearse St. library – Dublin City Library and Archive) on 24 March next. Don’t have a time yet. If anyone is interested in going, and it is usually a very good day with around 8 different contributions, it is well to book, as the demand is usually high and the lecture theatre is relatively small.
I’ll post details when I get them.
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The night before is what should be another interesting evening. The dockers are trying to promote the idea of a permanent museum to dock workers. They are limited to 130 guests and I think so far they have potentially over a hundred so anyone interested can contact them. Of course the number of people who will actually turn up is another thing.
They have a Facebook page:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Dublin-Dockers/125678274169048
“The Dublin Dock Workers Preservation Society are holding a photo exhibition on the 23rd March 2012 in the Port area. Those looking for an invitation should contact Alan Martin 087-2095974. Thanks to Claire Carrick and Catherine Darling our collection has now exceeded 1,000 and can be seen on http://www.bluemelon.com/alanmartin“
This is another view from across the bridge;
http://pix.ie/frpost/2762798
And this one that could be called “Just Before the Great Big Brown Envelope Concreting Project”.
http://pix.ie/frpost/2762797