Underneath Dublin?
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There’s another queer little building on Newmarket – coulda been a weighouse.
That little building still stands. It’s marked on the ordnance survey map as a fire station, but was originally built by St Luke’s, the nearby church. It served as a mini police station, run by the church before the establishment of civil police. Apparently the fairs in Newmarket were bawdy events.
More details in this report http://www.dublincity.ie/Images/St.%20Luke’s%20Conservation%20Plan%20(2MB)_tcm35-52824.pdf
Regarding the tunnel from Sandford Park School in Ranelagh – The building was completed in 1897, so is relatively modern. Having schooled there for nine years, I also heard the rumour, but didn’t believe it for a moment. Neither did any of the staff or students. Despite fairly extensive building work in the grounds, no evidence was ever found, nor was any reason for such a tunnel ever suggested.
I started a rumor in Bolton Street recently that there is a tunnel going from Bolton street under the road to the Linenhall buildings. My friends didn’t belive me at the start but I when I fabricated a story about it being regularly used until 1994, when it collapsed due to a minor earthquake, and was surveyed shortly after by my fictional engineer uncle, who swore to it’s existance, they belived me and went off into the basement to look for a possible entrance to the tunnel.
Long live the legend
@PTB wrote:
I started a rumor in Bolton Street recently that there is a tunnel going from Bolton street under the road to the Linenhall buildings. My friends didn’t belive me at the start but I when I fabricated a story about it being regularly used until 1994, when it collapsed due to a minor earthquake, and was surveyed shortly after by my fictional engineer uncle, who swore to it’s existance, they belived me and went off into the basement to look for a possible entrance to the tunnel.
Ye mean feckin bollox! 😀
Last Monday at a workshop regarding future development of DIT at the Grangegorman site, I discovered that a tunnel underneath Rathdown Road linking Grangegorman with the Broadstone side exists although it’s no longer in use.
Also, while we’re at it, has anybody ever heard of an extension that branches off from the tunnel that runs beneath the Phoenix Park and terminates at Ãras an Uachtaráin? A small emergency platform. I don’t believe it and can’t remember where I heard it. It’s a groovy rumour though.Can anyone please enlighten me as to the origins of a cellar which apparently runs under a building
between Bachelors Walk and the Lotts and may go up as far as Capel Street with a possible exit from Ormond
Quay? Would be fascinated to find out more about its age etc.Could you tell me where you read this? So that I can start to investigate its validity ….am doing research on this abbey.
Couldn’t be bothered looking through all the page but I was told the Rotunda’s archives are below O’Connel Street.
Not fantastic but pretty cool!
I remember being in tunnels years ago that ran below Parnell Street to the other side of the road but they were blocked off after 10 feet or so. Apparently there are several of these tunnels linking buildings on both sides of the street.
I can also remember seeing road works near the custom house / bus-aras area about 20 years ago that clearly exposed a tunnel system underneath the road.
Reviving a fascinating old thread that was started in 2001 – 2010 in hopes someone can help me.
I am not an archaeologist at all and live in Canada. My 2x great grandfather Thomas Gregory lived in Clontarf, Dublin, Ireland and was killed in a mine collapse in that area sometime between 1874-1880. I recently learned that his body was not discovered for approx. 100 years until sometime in the late 1970’s-1980’s when excavation work was being done and an old mine had been uncovered. There were 6 bodies found and one was confirmed as Thomas Gregory’s.
I’m told there was a newspaper article written about this discovery but I am unable to get my hands on it. I am unable to find his death record. I’m guessing the coroner, city council archaeologists, media would have been involved in this discovery but I don’t know who to contact to try to track down this information.
I am desperate to solve this family mystery and am hoping this forum might be able to help me.
Look forward to hearing back. Thank you.
try this bunch – they’re very helpful
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