How well do you know Dublin?
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@Ctesiphon wrote:
Flagship? Not really. Commercial? Yes, but maybe not in the traditional sense. Also, notice the lack of windows…?
@Ctesiphon wrote:
Another hint? It’s very close to one of the other buildings featured over the last couple of pages. If one were to visit each of those, the location of this would be immediately apparent.
@Ctesiphon wrote:
Sorry KB2- not Guinnessland. Though not a million miles away either
@Ctesiphon wrote:
it’s D8
From a stumped Sherlock Holmes: The car park at the back of the statoil garage on Ussher’s Quay.
😀
I’m a frayed knot.:)
Contrary to what some might think, I’m not revelling in anyone’s frustration. I’m dying for someone to get it. If anyone’s desperate for a sound night’s sleep, pm me and I can put you out of your misery.
Also, I’ve been tinkering with some crossword-style clues, if anyone’s interested?:o
Go on then – do your worst 🙂
Yes I’d have assumed it to be in the Dublin 8 area alright – still for the life of me can’t think were.
Must take a wander about soon. Still trying to work out the aforementioned building that it’s close to as well!@Paul Clerkin wrote:
scrub that aungier street is still d2
It is, but I think adjoining streets like Bishop Street (for example) are D8.
@GrahamH wrote:
Go on then – do your worst 🙂
My worst, you say?
When the Dominicans look in the mirror, they will know their place. (8)
You might feed your sheep here, as long as they aren’t white, or black. (5)
Don’t rely on Fergus to meet you at the races. (9)
By itself. (6)I’m not sure if this’ll make things better or worse. I feel apologies in advance might be in order.
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When the Dominicans look in the mirror, they will know their place. (8)
You might feed your sheep here, as long as they aren’t white, or black. (5)
Don’t rely on Fergus to meet you at the races. (9)
By itself. (6)Oh great! Crossword clues! I love crosswords! I love crossword clues! I hope he’s going to have some for us who do the simplex! l’m so ‘xcited!
:p
My colleague, who has considerably more crossword experience than I, has suggested that the third clue needs revision. Also, he thinks I shoud clarify that the four words for a (sort of) sentence – something like ‘Baggot Street beside hospital’ or ‘bridge with stone arches’ – that gives the location of the building but not its name. Lastly, he thinks the first clue is a stinker, but I’m not changing it.:)
So the revised clue for word three is:
Here, on Fergus, I’ll buy and sell you at the races. (9)
If I have time before these clues are guessed, I’ll try to do up a little crossword and scan it in.
@ctesiphon wrote:
So the revised clue for word three is:
Here, on Fergus, I’ll buy and sell you at the races. (9)
So, it must be somewhere in “Newmarket”. Or near there.
the second word must be Green.
I wonder does the first word have something to do with the opposite of dominiks’s place as ‘refelected’ in theliffey – this would be close to Newmarket. Though i can’t think of an eight letter word to fit this.
@Seamus O’G wrote:
So, it must be somewhere in “Newmarket”. Or near there.
Ding ding ding!!! Go to the head of the class, Seamus. 🙂
But the second word’s not ‘green’, dodger. And you’re way closer to the first word than you might realise.
I’ll leave it open for now- the full ‘sentence’ is worth working out, I think.
Em, if there’s anybody out there who hasn’t yet started this Saturday’s version of “The Listener” crossword in The Times, could they give us a hand here.
🙂
Yeah ctesiphon, your colleague speaks wise words – bail us out here would ya?
The Dominican clue would indeed appear to suggest a mirror image site on the opposite side of the Liffey, which fits Newmarket rather nicely, near which there is another convent according to my Dublin map (
([whisper]Graham, just while we’re waiting for further clues, was your last photo actually the Luce Sports Hall and the railway track, or should we keep thinking[/whisper]);)
@ctesiphon wrote:
When the Dominicans look in the mirror, they will know their place. (8)
You might feed your sheep here, as long as they aren’t white, or black. (5)
Here, on Fergus, I’ll buy and sell you at the races. (9)
By itself. (6)In order, they form a sentence that gives the location:
Opposite
Gray’s
Newmarket
SquareSemi-industrial comes closest, Graham. It’s the Beverly Records Management warehouse on Newmarket.
Sweet dreams, one and all.:)
The full shot. Note the gracefully curving tyre marks in the foreground from the local boyos.
The corner of the building (left). The epitome of ‘the decorated shed’?
The derelict warehouse nearby (re previous clue), and the corner of Gray’s pub (right).
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