Underneath Dublin?
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Myths banished
There is a tunnel between the the two front wings of Government Buildings in Merrion Street. As it is only about four feet down it is not, of course intended for any purpose but communication and of no value in WWIII.
There are indeed passages connecting Govt Buildings and the Dail(into the Dail office area,- not so the Taoiseach can appear in a puff of smoke in the Dail chamber), but these are above ground and again for mundane purposes, especially to avoid rain.
There is no passage under Merrion Street, but the cellars under the hotel seem to run well out into the roadway, which may be the cause of that one.
As for the Belfield myth, there are heating ducts from the Boiler house but only the lab rats are likely to escape the fury of the undergrads that way.
On the subject of passages
there is the one between the provosts house in Trinity to front square.“There is no passage under Merrion Street, but the cellars under the hotel seem to run well out into the roadway, which may be the cause of that one.”
If you go to henrietta street at the moment you have the chance to see how far the Georgian basements extended out into the street. One of the basements which had been in need of repair has been exposed back to the springing point of the original brick vault(presumeably to enable reconstruction-which would be worth seeing as its a skill not exercised much these days)
Am I correct in saying that there is no pedestrian underpass running under a (on grade) road anywhere in Dublin?
I certainly do not recall one.
The Guinness tunnell that runs from James’s St.under the bowels of the brewery down to where the barrells used to be loaded onto the Guinness barges at Victoria Quay for transit to the Guinness ships at Sir John Rodgerson’s Quay is certainly worth exploring. This is usually included if one asks for an engineering tour of the brewery from the Chief Engineer.
There used to be a pedestrian walkway under north wall quay from the old railway terminal to the quay wall for passengers
I don’t know if it has been filled in or just blocked offThis is not in dublin but I thought it might be of interest
Brunels early beginnings http://www.museumweb.freeserve.co.uk/brunel.htmI believe there is a vast underground chamber
under the liffy my wifes uncle as a fifeteen yr old and in the employ of the waterworks remembers playing football there in the 1950SI have heard that there are passages under Henrietta street from the time when the law courts were held in the kings inns and judges were living in the street and would use the tunnels to pass back and forth from the Chambers to their houses.
The underground chamber underneath the liffey sounds great. is there any documentary proof? and why was it built?
Apparently there are underground WW2 bunkers beneath Mountjoy Square. Most of them are waterlogged, and have been blocked off. According to the parkie one of the raised hatches near the centre of the park leads to one of the few open chambers.
Originally posted by iuxta
I have heard that there are passages under Henrietta street from the time when the law courts were held in the kings inns and judges were living in the street and would use the tunnels to pass back and forth from the Chambers to their houses.Doubtful,
Henrietta street was built before The Kings inns & when the kings inns was being completed henrietta street was already beginning to decline in stature after the act of union.The “tunnels” in Henrietta street legend is from the time that roadwoks led to the roofs of the cellars (which ran to the middle of the street) collapsing and exposing same
Was on a tour of the gate theatre during the year. the guy in charge told us that thre are dry tunnels from the rotunda, gate theatre running all the way to dublin castle. he had been down them but chickend out somewhere near the gresham. they date from same time as wide streets etc. they can be entered from the carpark at the rear of the theatre.(tell no one!)
they’d have to do down fairly deep under the liffey — and why would they link the rotunda to the castle
I only have the word of a goaty old thesbian who swore the legitimacy of these underground delights. Heed my words all ye disbelievers for when the apocalypse comes, I shall be living a life of culture and sophistication beneath the ground with the cast of such delightful productions as pride and prejudice. ey yes.
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