Local History

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

Let Me Call You Sweetheart

One of Ringsend’s most endearing residents, Michael (Micko) O’Neill, passed away on October 29th. Micko was well-known to everyone in the area and loved by most who met him, that is apart from sporting rivals, I’m sure. Born in 1921, […]

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Artful characters

Do you remember the guy who used to camp down at Sandymount Strand that locals called ‘Moses’? Did you ever speak to the man or ever find out his background? Or how about the man who used to live down […]

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Dublin Bus celebrates 30 years of service to the community

Dublin Bus celebrates 30 years of service to the community

Dublin Bus was created when the original CIE separated into the subsidiaries of Iarnród Éireann, Dublin Bus and Bus Eireann back in 1987. Since then, Dublin Bus has gone through many changes. The population of Dublin has grown significantly over […]

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JJ Ledwidge: The Calm Quiet Champion

JJ Ledwidge:  The Calm Quiet Champion

JJ Ledwidge was born in 1877 and grew up at Arran Quay in Dublin. He won two All-Ireland Gaelic Football Championships, representing Dublin with the Geraldines club in 1898, when he scored two goals in the final, and again in […]

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Murder mysteries at the South Wall

Murder mysteries at the South Wall

The Pigeon House and its accompanying buildings are a well-known part of Ringsend’s sailing and industrial history, but perhaps lesser known is the story of the tumultuous Pidgeon House murders of 1761 and the Ringsend family at the centre of […]

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Ringsend – a history

Ringsend - a history

Joe Curtis, a retired surveyor, has written a number of books about local areas on the Southside, such as Dundrum and Blackrock. His latest book is a historical book about Ringsend focusing on the history of industry and local activity […]

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Dockworker: The Struggle to Find Work

Dockworker: The Struggle to Find Work

As part of the Five Lamps Arts Festival this year, a group of former dockworkers from the Dublin Dockworkers Preservation Society (DDPS) got together with playwright Niamh Gleeson to stage a series of performances in which they recounted their working […]

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Fair City Leave Site

Fair City Leave Site

A town in the Dublin 4 area that was built in the eighties, 100% state owned, has the most predictable climate known to man and its inhabitants known throughout the country for both good and evil deeds, is set to […]

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May celebrates 100 years

May celebrates 100 years

May Roddy, a well known lady from Sandymount has recently celebrated the hundredth anniversary of her birth on April 29th. A party was held in her honour at her residence, in which her family, friends and neighbours presented her with […]

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Monkstown RC plaque honours war dead

Monkstown RC plaque honours war dead

November 24th last year saw Monkstown FC, on Park Avenue, Sandymount, unveil a new plaque in their clubhouse in commemoration of past members who perished in the First World War. The event saw a large turnout comprised of club members, […]

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