The Tower Shop, which was located on Sandymount Strand directly next to the Martello Tower, will probably be viewed as a not-so-distant memory to many locals. NewsFour spoke to David Dooley, whose grandmother Gabrielle Jones was a long-time worker in […]
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Alyson Gavin, local resident of Sandymount, genealogist and church warden of St. John the Evangelist Church, spoke to NewsFour about the memorial plaque to the local men who fought in WW1. “The reason why I started to research the war […]
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At the time of the 1916 Rising many Irishmen had already volunteered to fight a different war. The Great War in Europe began on July 28th, 1914, and lasted until November 11th, 1918. It is estimated that some 350,000 Irishmen […]
Read more →Before he left Ireland behind for Paris in 1937, legendary playwright Samuel Beckett was a landlord in Dublin 4. Now a house he owned a is up for sale, but it is not cheap.
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Tommy Godwin was born in 1927 and grew up in Ringsend opposite the bus garage. As a boy he played football in the neighbourhood streets every chance he got and grew up to be tall, with wide shoulders and strong […]
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On Sunday, 8th May 2016, Brugh Phadraig will celebrate its 75th year, (1941-2016), with a special commemorative mass celebrated by Bishop James Moriarty, former Club Chaplain, for all the deceased members, leaders and chaplains in St Andrew’s Church, Westland Row […]
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In Glasnevin Cemetery, concealed behind the honoured tombstones of our past heroes, lies an unimposing, humble headstone with the inscription ‘Margaret Keogh, Died for Ireland.’ Who was this woman about whom there is so little known? She was a mere […]
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Sandymount has a number of literary links, from Joyce’s Bloomsday walk on June 16th to the birthplace of W. B. Yeats on Sandymount Avenue. However, a lesser-known but equally relevant literary connection that continues to this day is the residence […]
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Fans of Liffeyside leisure activities will be delighted to see the launch of another unique boat on the river. This time it’s a 16-foot wooden Hard Chine boat, built by artist and boating enthusiast Dermot McNevin. An Lon Dubh was […]
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Given the patriotic surge that has encapsulated the nation regarding the 1916 Easter Rising, it comes as no surprise that family ties to the aforementioned events will come into focus. Irishtown local Frances Bradshaw is no exception to this, although […]
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