Compiled by Louise Whelan
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In 1977 The Blades played their first ever gig as a then six-piece band at the teenage disco run by the residents association. The line up that night was the late and sadly missed Laurence Cleary, his brother Paul Cleary, Pat Larkin, Johnny Burke, Joe Donnelly and Liam Fagan.
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A memorial plaque tribute for renowned local sportsman, John “Wembo” Young was officially unveiled back in August in Ringsend Park on the big astro pitch which will also be renamed, The John Young Astro. This touching, bittersweet occasion was to honour John,
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Donnybrook, once a thriving village, has in recent years succumbed to the invasion of the dreaded high-rise. With the new monstrosity at the bottom of Eglinton Road, and a six-storey, 85-unit co-living complex where Kiely’s once stood already a fait accompli (adding to that the disappearance
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Anthony (Tony) Jordan, whose death a year ago we still mourn, was the man who reclaimed for Sandymount the poet William Butler Yeats. Tony organised annual poetry readings on Yeats’s birthday here on the Green. Always imaginative and inclusive, he involved a range of local people,
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The East Link Bridge replaced the numerous ferries that carried traffic across the river. The bridge which is a bascule bridge or a moveable bridge (particularly common in Belgium) was opened to road traffic in 1984. RTÉ noted that, “in its first 12 hours of operation
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This picture c. late 70s / 80 shows the Clanna Gael Fontenoy Camogie girls. L – R. Jennifer Rigby, Christine Chamberlain, Patricia McNamara, Veronica Nealen, Liz Joyce, Janet White, Jeanne Murphy, Eileen Byron, and (out front) Loraine Rigby.
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When nature calls we all share a common objective – to get rid of waste substances from the body. While we may not use this particular phrase, nevertheless, access to a toilet is a basic need, especially in a city with an expanding population. When this service is diminished
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I recently passed a handsome brass plaque at No.163 Pearse Street, erected in 2008 to honour the firemen who died in a fire on the premises in 1936. The most distinctive plaques in the city (generally blue in colour) belong to the Dublin City Commemorative Plaque Scheme,
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