Compiled by Louise Whelan
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On 9th July past McCloskey’s of Donnybrook closed its doors for the last time. Situated in the centre of the village, and at the heart of the community, the pub will be a big miss.
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The sad news of the passing of Sinéad O’Connor on July 26th came as a collective shock. It was almost like we lost a family member, someone we knew. Born in Pembroke Road, Dublin 4 on December 8th 1966 Sinéad grew up in Glenageary in South Dublin, and attended Dominican College, Zion Hill.
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On June 12th 1963, Numbers 2a, 3 and 4 Fenian Street tenement houses collapsed. This resulted in the deaths of two young girls, Linda Byrne aged 7 and Marion Vardy aged 8.
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The chimneys are often referred to colloquially as the Pigeon House, the name of the original generation station that first generated electricity in July 1903. That station itself took its name from the caretakers lodge built to provide refreshments for workers building the Great South Wall, a project which took decades to complete and started in 1761.
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Did you know the first Bloomsday commemoration took place in 1954, on the 50th anniversary of the
events portrayed in Ulysses? The event was the brainchild of the Irish literati of the day, and saw Patrick Kavanagh, Flann O’ Brien, Anthony Cronin, A.J. Leventhal (registrar Trinity College), John Ryan (editor of the Envoy) and Tom Joyce, a cousin of the authors, attempt to retrace the steps of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus.
B.J. Quinn Today we are in a boom time for bicycles. Throughout the lockdown, rusty bikes were dusted and sales of new ones skyrocketed. The quieter roads, anxiety over public transport, and a surge in people taking up exercise has […]
Read more →Theresa Doyle & Christy Doyle On January 2nd last Donnybrook mourned the passing of one of its oldest and most loved residents, Thomas (known affectionately as Tommy) Doyle. Tommy sadly passed away in Vincent’s Hospital only nine months after his […]
Read more →Peter McNamara Dublin City was once home to one of the most advanced and extensive tram networks in Europe. At the turn of the 20th century, Dublin United Tramways could boast of being one of the finest services on the […]
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