Old B&W Photos of Dublin - Part 2

[dinny]

Used to go to the backroom for sessions in the 1970s , great pub for the younger G

Great place....loved it......it was the only place we could get a drink underage...we were stuck out in the corridor out back with a table and a few stools

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

An de Ma was arguing about the price of spuds with Martin Murphy, while de Da was havin a Pint an a chaser in Searsons
An I was down the lane in Richmond Cottages with me Granny

Jaze Richmond Cottages....was where me oul pal Paddy Laycock lived... wha was yer Granny's surname....?.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

We graduated to Searson's when we got older......more women frequented the place....all the young country women from Rathmines

Oim glad ye didn't say skivvies

[dinny]

Oim glad ye didn't say skivvies

I'm a gentleman I would never say skivvies

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

I'm a gentleman I would never say skivvies

Ahh sure oi know yar ...Me too...but oi bet ye id the oul Bushy Park routine eh ?.

[tommie]

Jaze Richmond Cottages....was where me oul pal Paddy Laycock lived... wha was yer Granny's surname....?.

Granny Eliza Brennan, she lived in the bottom floor of the buildings there
The adjoining cottage to the left of it is where me auntie Lil lived
Also there was a water pedestal right in front of the cottages where us kids got into trouble for wasting water

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Granny Eliza Brennan, she lived in the bottom floor of the buildings there
The adjoining cottage to the left of it is where me auntie Lil lived
Also there was a water pedestal right in front of the cottages where us kids got into trouble for wasting water

Oil axe my mate if he knew them.....he grew up there in late 40s

[dinny]

Ahh sure oi know yar ...Me too...but oi bet ye id the oul Bushy Park routine eh ?.

Once to often

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Once to often

Lol...say no more

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Little Ship Street where me Ma's Ma lived before demolition.

[archangel]

Halfway House 1921

Hi, You probably have these already, worth another look, I hope, Why did the "Bhoys" blow it up if it was their meeting place, ?

[cosmo]

logs down the coal hole, Marlboro st.

Wallace coal stocks,

early quay shot with Carlyle bridge in view.

[DAMNTHEWEATHER]

Hi, You probably have these already, worth another look, I hope, Why did the "Bhoys" blow it up if it was their meeting place, ?

It was 'burned' by the Brits in early summer 1921 following an ambush using homemade grenades on Brit troop transport right outside the pub.... where it was reported the Brits lost 32 of their soldiers.

[tommie]

Oil axe my mate if he knew them.....he grew up there in late 40s

A pic of granny Brennan

[tommie]

And a pic of Aunty Lil