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    Anyone from Summerhill please drop in and say hello to an oul Summerhiller (is that a new word I just invented? )

    I was born in the front parlour of No 12 Summerhill, one of the old tenements.

    I'd give my right arm to see some photos of the oul neighbourhood as it was back then.
    'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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  • #2
    hi rashers, did you know the flynns, think they lived in num 10 summerhill, i knew joe, dixie, and robert, we were in the emerald cycle club on mountjoy sq. in the early 60"s
    People who jump to conclusions rarely alight on them

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    • #3
      Originally posted by sugarmoon View Post
      hi rashers, did you know the flynns, think they lived in num 10 summerhill, i knew joe, dixie, and robert, we were in the emerald cycle club on mountjoy sq. in the early 60"s
      No luck there sugarmoon. I moved back to Summerhill in 66 and lived for a couple of years in 42, next door to Terry Kelly's pub which was at the corner of Lower Rutland St.
      'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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      • #4
        Originally posted by Rashers View Post
        Anyone from Summerhill please drop in and say hello to an oul Summerhiller (is that a new word I just invented? )

        I was born in the front parlour of No 12 Summerhill, one of the old tenements.

        I'd give my right arm to see some photos of the oul neighbourhood as it was back then.
        Hello Rashers
        Did you know any Kenna's from Summerhill?????
        It's nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice.

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        • #5
          Originally posted by Reggie View Post
          Hello Rashers
          Did you know any Kenna's from Summerhill?????
          No, the name itself doesn't come to mind. Any other info?
          'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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          • #6
            Originally posted by Rashers View Post
            No, the name itself doesn't come to mind. Any other info?
            Well I think the family originally came from the corporation buildings, then moved to Sherrif St and then Summerhill. There is still one living there Joseph. His fathers name was Richard (Dick) and he worked on the docks........
            It's nice to be important, but it is more important to be nice.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by Reggie View Post
              Well I think the family originally came from the corporation buildings, then moved to Sherrif St and then Summerhill. There is still one living there Joseph. His fathers name was Richard (Dick) and he worked on the docks........
              I knew a few by that name but I don't know if it's the same family you're speaking of. I finally left Summerhill in about '66 - '67. (having lived there before that... and been born there).
              'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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              • #8
                Cruise through the streets of Dublin on a motorbike. In this Part One of "Dublin, a Cruise through the City" We see some of the streets forming a part of Dublin's North Inner City.

                'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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                • #9
                  Glorious colours visible during sunsets at Summerhill,Dublin.... with my old school at the beginning and end.


                  'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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                  • #10
                    Can we see too much of Summerhill? Of course not... sure wasn't himself Rashers born there.... it's main claim to fame perhaps.

                    Though back then if you saw a car on Summerhill it was either a doctor, a priest or a polititian passing through.... they seldom stopped.

                    'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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                    • #11
                      Great videos rashers....something that just occurred to me to ask....is dublin a safe city...in that can you walk pretty much around safely at night??? reason i ask is i noticed many of the shop windows when i was there had bars on them...including ones in the city centre??

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                      • #12
                        Great Video well done
                        They are watching me

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Mykidsmom View Post
                          Great videos rashers....something that just occurred to me to ask....is dublin a safe city...in that can you walk pretty much around safely at night??? reason i ask is i noticed many of the shop windows when i was there had bars on them...including ones in the city centre??
                          I've been asked the same in other forums Helen. The response from posters is usually the same. Like most other cities, and not as bad as a lot of them.... Dublin is the kind of city where if you take the usual precautions you'll be safe.

                          As for Summerhill. I was in there with my brother. He was taking photos of the oul area. Some kids asked if we were visitors. "Ask your da or your granda if we're visitors", and they lost interest.
                          'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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                          • #14
                            Rashers, I only remember 2 families with vehicles on our road - the Gallaghers and we used to call the dad the Duke. the man beside MKM's house had a van and sold vegetables and aged 12 or so I used to be on the back of the van selling spuds and cabbage on a Friday night and he paid us good money. 2 shillings for a few hours

                            Of course things had to improve but a lot has been lost too

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                            • #15
                              searching for Tullys of Upper Gloucester Place

                              Hi Everyone. I'm new and have never taken part in a forum before so please be gentle with me! I am hoping that someone may know something of my mother's family George and Lizzie Tully and their children, Bill, George, Mickey, Sarah, Paddy, Mary, Christy, Johnny and Lillie. They lived in Upper Gloucester Place from before 1911 until the houses were pulled down for the building of the new Lourdes church. My grandmother Lizzie and one or two of her sons had a vegetable round (horse and float). I believe that Sarah may have turned the front room into a little shop. Two of their sons Bill and George took active part in the 1916 rebellion and were sent to prison in Staffordshire for several weeks before being released following an investigation. Lizzie's brother Patrick Clinch was also imprisoned in England following the rebellion. Sarah married Paddy Maguire, Mary married Joe McDonnell and Lillie married Jim Roche of Dun Laoghaire. I'd be so grateful if some of you can help me with info.

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