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  • Richmond Street Sth. - old and new

    About this street, with folklore and photos old and new.

    Despite the downturn of recent years, new developments are taking place around here.

    This old restaurant was closed since the 70s at least, now re-opened with a new theme (tea!).
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    Do what you love - love what you do.

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    A new Spanish restaurant at the corner of Richmond Place.
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    • #3
      great photo's ad...thank you...
      Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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        A Lebanese and a fusion (Seagrass) restaurant next to Jerry O'Connell's.
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          A new cycle lane that starts at Lennox St. and runs along the canal as far as Leeson St.
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            The canal and its ancient bridge (March 2012).
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              The Portobello Hotel

              Resplendent in the March sunshine.
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                i stood there many times.........great view..
                Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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                • #9
                  I stood inside many times - and often fell over!
                  Do what you love - love what you do.

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Auld Decency View Post
                    I stood inside many times - and often fell over!
                    what about the bandbox cafe....
                    Here Rex!!!...Here Rex!!!.....Wuff!!!....... Wuff!!!

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                    • #11
                      The old haunt looks great....
                      The mind is everything. What you think you become.

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                      • #12
                        Originally posted by Auld Decency View Post
                        I stood inside many times - and often fell over!
                        great pics,,big changes since I was a kid there,,I was raised in Bannaville
                        I'm a Freeborn Man of the Travellin' People

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                          Portobello House

                          This started out as a hotel at the harbour which opened in 1807. In 1858 it was taken over by a Catholic order of nuns, who used it as an asylum (St. Mary's) for blind girls. A few years later they successfully appealed to the Guardians of the South Dublin Union for some finance (it cost £10 to keep a girl for a year), though the Irish Times in an editorial frowned upon this proselytising by "Romanists", while they lauded the efforts of the Protestant-run "Home for Orphans" at 7 South Richmond Street (which advertised frequently for "fresh souls to save" in the same newspaper).

                          Ten years later the Asylum was sold to a Mr. Isaac Cole, who renovated it and returned it to its original function as a hotel, to accommodate 100 persons. It was popular among officers visiting the nearby Portobello Barracks (who would occasionally pop across South Richmond Street to the Grand Canal Tavern for a drink) and claimed it was the nearest hotel to the RDS grounds. A troupe of entertainers on tour were staying there when the 1916 Rising broke out, and Davies pub across the road by occupied by the rebels. They couldn't get a wink of sleep that night due to the excitement. Later the building became a nursing home.

                          This must be one of the first pictures of the place:
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                          • #14
                            Great bit of history there AD....thanks for sharing....
                            It is what it is.

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                            • #15
                              great photos thanks

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