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    Can anyone tell me if Granville St. is still standing.?
    If so are there any photos?

    Thanks.
    Rare.

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    Originally posted by Rare Bennett View Post
    Can anyone tell me if Granville St. is still standing.?
    If so are there any photos?

    Thanks.
    Rare.
    Not Grenville Street?

    If so this is it now -- looking along Grenville St towards Mountjoy Square.
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    Last edited by Rashers; 03-05-2012, 12:26 PM.
    'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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    • #3
      My Mam was raised there,from 1916 until 1932.

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      • #4
        I am almost sure I posted photos on .ie before of this street and Nelson Street
        will have a look on my hard drive

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        • #5
          Sorry..Grenville St.
          I remember you posting an old picture on IE Bigby.. I just wondered if it still existed.
          I don't recall the Nelson St pictures (Age)

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          Thanks for the picture Rashers.

          Maire my father also lived there...... From 1914

          Rare.

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          • #6
            Originally posted by Rare Bennett View Post
            Sorry..Grenville St.
            I remember you posting an old picture on IE Bigby.. I just wondered if it still existed.
            I don't recall the Nelson St pictures (Age)

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            Thanks for the picture Rashers.
            in! lol
            Maire my father also lived there...... From 1914

            Rare.
            I bet they knew each other Rare,I remember a big family lived in the same house as my Mam,they were called Shepard I found them on the 1911 census.I also found my great Grandmother Annie Griffin,then age 46,a widow living in grenville street,I believe when my Mothers family came back from India,around 1915 they moved there to be near my Granny's Mother,as my grandfather was sent to France to fight in world war 1.We have never been able to trace my Great Grandparents marriage though,wonder if they lived in sin! lol

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            • #7
              My Great Grandmother, "ANNIE GREEN" was living at number 28 GRENVILLE ST when she married my Great Grandfather. His name was "Patrick SMULLEN" and he was living at 32 SACKEVILLE AVENUE in 1890. Sometime after the 1901 census was taken he left Dublin with his family and moved to Mohill, Co. Leitrim

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              • #8
                My Grandparents lived at No14 (a room @No 14). There was 8 of them.

                Rare.

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                • #9
                  My wife's family are sheppards and lived in Granville street, 1910 census.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by seana View Post
                    My wife's family are sheppards and lived in Granville street, 1910 census.
                    Granville or Grenville?
                    'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Rare Bennett View Post
                      Can anyone tell me if Granville St. is still standing.?
                      If so are there any photos?

                      Thanks.
                      Rare.
                      Good te see ye back in here Rare, hope yer keepin well. Well old pix of Grenville St are like hens teeth but I had a few in the stash. The tenements pic below shows No's 30 and 31, in 1913....Pic 2 is 1968.........Interesting to note that in 1911, in No. 27, seems 42 people lived in 9 rooms.This link will take ye to the street as it is today..... https://www.instantstreetview.com/@5...6.02h,8.51p,0z
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                      We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View Post
                        Good te see ye back in here Rare, hope yer keepin well. Well old pix of Grenville St are like hens teeth but I had a few in the stash. The tenements pic below shows No's 30 and 31, in 1913....Pic 2 is 1968.........Interesting to note that in 1911, in No. 27, seems 42 people lived in 9 rooms.This link will take ye to the street as it is today..... https://www.instantstreetview.com/@5...6.02h,8.51p,0z
                        Part of my old play area. You can see the tower of Hill Street playground where I was captain for awhile.

                        I'm trying to remember the name of the saw mill that's almost out of picture to the left. They made wooden pallets there and employed a lot of young lads from age 14 and younger who lived in the area.

                        There used to be a lane to the right off Grenville Street. The lane led to the A&E of Temple St children's hospital, and the family that lived in the lane, the Richardson's (I went out with one of the girls) kept hens, pigs and goats. One of the goats hated my grandmother and used to puck her each time we passed through on our way to collect the Infant Aid milk.... but that's another story. On of the Richardson men was a decorated hero in the British navy during WW2 and his name is carved into a memorial in London (I think), but again that's another story.
                        'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Rashers View Post
                          Part of my old play area. You can see the tower of Hill Street playground where I was captain for awhile.

                          I'm trying to remember the name of the saw mill that's almost out of picture to the left. They made wooden pallets there and employed a lot of young lads from age 14 and younger who lived in the area.

                          There used to be a lane to the right off Grenville Street. The lane led to the A&E of Temple St children's hospital, and the family that lived in the lane, the Richardson's (I went out with one of the girls) kept hens, pigs and goats. One of the goats hated my grandmother and used to puck her each time we passed through on our way to collect the Infant Aid milk.... but that's another story. On of the Richardson men was a decorated hero in the British navy during WW2 and his name is carved into a memorial in London (I think), but again that's another story.
                          Interesting memories there Rashers....I noticed a saw Mill shows up on the old maps right nuff....Just learned this =

                          The Old Church of St. George, commonly called "Little George's" in Hill Street (formerly Temple Street Lower) Parish of St. Mary, Dublin was built in 1668 by the Eccles family for their workmen and also as a chapel-of-ease to the nearby St. Mary's Church.

                          At this location there is now a small recreation ground of (originally) one third of an acre created in 1894 by Dublin Corporation at a cost of £700 and formally opened by the Lord Mayor in November of that year. The project was planned in 1891 when the idea was proposed to Dublin Corporation by the Open Spaces Association. The space required was reclaimed from a graveyard [‘Old St. George’s’, which still survives to the north of the site.

                          The tombstones were all moved to the periphery of the park (where they still remain), the church was demolished and all monuments were rehoused in the tower which was left standing. There was originally a small house within the grounds and the intention was to use this for the park caretaker but there is no record as to what happened to it.

                          The space is still in use today as a sports field and playground and has been often renovated. Only the walls and railing provide evidence of the original appearance of the park. As can be seen from my photographs the tower remains intact and stands facing the main entrance to the park.

                          The Tower is now in the Dublin City area, but in the past it was considered to be in the Drumcondra area. The tower of the church is now classed as a "Protected Structure".
                          We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Rashers View Post
                            Part of my old play area. You can see the tower of Hill Street playground where I was captain for awhile.

                            I'm trying to remember the name of the saw mill that's almost out of picture to the left. They made wooden pallets there and employed a lot of young lads from age 14 and younger who lived in the area.

                            There used to be a lane to the right off Grenville Street. The lane led to the A&E of Temple St children's hospital, and the family that lived in the lane, the Richardson's (I went out with one of the girls) kept hens, pigs and goats. One of the goats hated my grandmother and used to puck her each time we passed through on our way to collect the Infant Aid milk.... but that's another story. On of the Richardson men was a decorated hero in the British navy during WW2 and his name is carved into a memorial in London (I think), but again that's another story.
                            This one's not far...playgrounds.....and the tower on it's own... a nice touch.
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                            We'll sail be the tide....aarghhhh !!

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by DAMNTHEWEATHER View Post
                              This one's not far...playgrounds.....and the tower on it's own... a nice touch.
                              That top one is Mountjoy Square playground, the house at the corner to the right is Oznam House owned by the St Vincent DePaul (where we as kids were brought for Christmas concerts etc) is on the corner of Grenville Street and Middle Gardiner St.
                              'Never look down on a person unless you're helping them up'.
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