Amiens Street

[val]

Lovely photo
Is that the train station?
Think this one was taken at the same place what do you think?

[Jimmymac]

Lovely photo
Is that the train station?
Think this one was taken at the same place what do you think?

Don't look like it Val,Oh yeah it is Amiens St train station It is now called Connelly station,after James Connelly who was executed in Kilmainham Gaol in 1916.

[val]

Don't look like it Val,Oh yeah it is Amiens St train station It is now called Connelly station,after James Connelly who was executed in Kilmainham Gaol in 1916.

Thanks xx

[Bang Bang]

Lovely photo
Is that the train station?
Think this one was taken at the same place what do you think?

I have a more recent shot of the same subject, Jimmy, ( Although not as good as yours, Val )

What do you think of this one?

[Bang Bang]

Memorial ; Dick McKee, Finglas.

The Nether Cross, Finglas.

[Bottler]

The truth is that Matt Talbot was on his way to Dominic St chapel. As he walked along Granby Lane he had a heart attack from which he didn't recover.

He was taken to the Mater hospital where he was pronounced dead by a doctor. As he was being examined one of the nuns present (the Mater used to be run by nuns not so long ago) noticed the chains and the marks where he had carried out mortification of his body. It was those nuns and a Garda who started the religious thing about Matt Talbot.

I could go on with a long story about Matt Talbot. But I think I'll leave it for another day. I'll just say for now that Matt Talbot was a nutcase.... a blackleg who refused to take payment for overtime, meaning he was always picked for it to the loss of his workmates who hated him because he was ultimately depriving their families.

More later.

hiya Rashers, (this might be the 2nd reply as i hit submit reply and seem to have lost it) I'm really surprised to hear about Matt Talbot as I always thought he was a true Trade Unionist.He must have been dispised by his workmates.There is truth in the saying "get the name of being an early riser and you can sleep all day"Thanks for enlightening me.
Bottler

[Rashers]

hiya Rashers, (this might be the 2nd reply as i hit submit reply and seem to have lost it) I'm really surprised to hear about Matt Talbot as I always thought he was a true Trade Unionist.He must have been dispised by his workmates.There is truth in the saying "get the name of being an early riser and you can sleep all day"Thanks for enlightening me.
Bottler

The priest that married me told me more about Matt Talbot too. This was a priest in the Our Lady of Lourdes parish too. He asked why if MT was such a saintly man did he pass a certain door on his way downstairs to bring his envelope of money to the priests. You see behind that door was a woman nursing her husband who was very ill and couldn't work to feed his young family.... that woman was Matt Talbot's own sister.

[GILLER]

I think the tin church was moved to finglas