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Originally posted by Graham Hickey
And also in Trinity, does anyone know what the little cottage on the other side of the College was built for – it faces onto College St just beside the 15 bus-stop.
Anyone I have ever been with at the stop have commented about how charming it is, tucked away in a little leafy oasis in the middle of the city traffic.
It would appear to be late Victorian.Chief Steward’s House
This building, formerly the residence of the College’s Chief Steward, now houses offices for retired Fellows of the College. http://www.tcd.ie/Maps/cs_hse.htmlNot much information, I know, but better than nothing.
Originally posted by Whatsup
What do you guys think of the Boyne River Bridge? I must say it looks very impressive and from what little I have seen, wounderfully lit at night.Any good photos about? Dont drive that way often. I found:
http://www.nra.ie/News/NewsAnnouncements/d801.HTML.htmlDon’t have access to an indo today! But if it was a big white arched bridge, then thats the one. There was some good linkage to photos and websites in a previous thread on this subject:
https://archiseek.com/content/showthread.php?threadid=2003I had a bit of a walk-about on it last week and must say I was very impressed. I think it will look great once it is opened. The pedestrian areas are much larger than I thought, although it will be interesting to see what sort of use they get (if the bridge was in the region of the boardwalk, it would be a nice place to sit and a nice “extension” of the boardwalk, although there is no room for a new bridge down there). That area of the quays doesnt really get very much pedestrian traffic at all.
Originally posted by FIN
sorry for my ignorance…where is this bridge???At the intersection of blackhall place and the quays. Down near the Guinness brewery. I think the below link should work.
http://www.maporama.com/share/Map.asp?ADDRESS=usher%27s+island&CITYCODE=18691445&CITYNAME=Dublin&ZIPCODE=&XgoPointX=23295&XgoPointY=2961364&XgoSetLogicalScale=3&AREACODE=I1&NumberCurrentStep=0&SESSIONID={A47195DE-578C-48D7-BE3C-A0DABF4E7D13}With the official opening tomorrow, now would be a good time to go see the Ussher. There has (quite literally) been an army of maintainance people crawling all over it this week, hanging paintings, painting walls, power-washing the Berkely etc. The Ussher looks really, really good at the moment & with the weather like it is the views of college park are super.
taken from soc.culture.irish
Mysterious underground tunnels under ClontarfExcavation work on the Dublin Port Tunnel has uncovered mysterious underground tunnels in the Clontarf area. Surveyors on the project have stated that the network of tunnels which stretch for several miles are too deep to have been an old sewerage system and are obviously man-made. The tunnels were uncovered late last week and are currently being mapped and investigated by archaeologists from Irish Antiquities Division of the National Museum of Ireland and surveyors from Duchas.
The construction company in charge of the project remains tightlipped but speculation is rife in the Irish historical community. According to Fergus McLinden, an archaeologist at Queen’s University Belfast “We’re guessing wildly here as we haven’t seen the shafts and tunnels yet but they may have been old mines of some sort. They’re quite deep underground and hewn out of solid rock”
“As to what else they could be, we have no idea. There were no major British military installations in the area so they’re unlikely to be escape routes. There is also some speculation that they may have been connected to the St Anne’s Park in Clontarf, but they seem too expansive for that.”
Local historian and politician Barry Ahern had an alternative theory to offer. “Clontarf Castle was originally an important Knights Templar preceptory, before they fell foul of the Inquisition. This was after they were famously rounded up on Friday the 13th, 1307, thus giving birth to the superstition concerning the date of Friday the 13th. What makes all of this particularly intersting is the local legends in Clontarf concerning hoards of buried treasure and valuables that the Templars may have secreted in the area at that time. No-one really has any idea what could have been buried by the Templars. Nearly everything has been suggested from hoards of coins to important documents and religious Templar artefacts. Some have even suggested that Clontarf could have been the last resting place of the Ark of the Covenant…”
Meanwhile further tunnelling is being carried out at a slower pace in case further tunnels are uncovered that may collapse or cause damage to the drilling equipment.
This is not the first hold-up on the Port Tunnel project. In recent weeks, contractors have had to investigate cracking in a house in Marino. CIE have also complained about the tunnel causing movement in the railway line on the main Dublin-Belfast line.
