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When the State was built it was ‘state-of-the-art’ for the time. I can’t recall ever seeing such a photo before. I was also wondering was the house on Royal Canal Bank and as you said there is a house 27 Royal Canal Bank, in fact there is a photo of it on the web, it has a blue door. The map includes Bars, Cafes, Picnic Areas, Tourist Attractions and Available Accommodation. We always considered the nearby Bohemian to be a superior cinema. Rita. This link MAY work …. I would have to recommend an article from the IWAI’s IWN that was commisioned by the then editor in 2001. posterity. Like you my eldest sister remembers going for the milk at the end of kellys lane for her nanny hamilton. Can you think of anywhere else, other than the Bank, that the address might refer to? The canal meets the River Rother at the Lock Keepers Cottage just outside Playden. For a nice simplified map showing the whole of the Rideau and the locations of all the lockstations, you can't do better than the map in the Parks Canada Rideau Canal brochure. The Royal Canal Way is a picturesque National Waymarked Trail that unfolds from the Dublin banks of the waterway and reaches all the way to County Longford. He died in 1875. I . The William the Conqueror pub is located right on the harbour and worthy of investigation. The railway line approached the Broadstone from about north-north-west. There probably aren’t any photos Hello. Guide to The Royal Canal. And this is looking across the widened road to where the canal was. Remarkably, even after locating dozens of files in the National Library about the school and its pupils and teachers, as well as some other history through the Rathmines CoI Library, I couldn’t find a single historical photo of it or Blaquiere Bridge. The Aqueduct and carpark outside Broadstone Station was surfaced with smooth tar, so we were all expert roller skaters! Our Royal Canal Greenway interactive map is the most detailed map currently available for anyone planning their day out cycling/ walking or even a multi-day trip along the Royal Canal Greenway. I would appreciate it if any of our readers can point me towards seeing it at this stage. Back to the crossroads and on your left was another lane the left side of which contained the back entrances of Royal Canal Bank dwellings. ( Log Out /  I agree with you about the hand I will send on a picture taken in the Basin where we used to play ‘Cowboys & Indians’. Sec. Are they going to reinstate the bridge to bring the Luas into the new DIT campus? We got our local groceries from Moore’s or the Auburn Dairy, and the big shopping from Liptons of Phibsboro crossroads on Saturdays. The final photograph in that book is one I took from my bedroom window looking across the Basin towards St. Joseph’s Church, Berkeley Road. But even the OS map of 1837/44 shows the lock as the fifth, with four more (nos 4, 3, 2 and 1) between that point and the Royal Canal Docks, and another lock, a sea lock, between there and the Liffey. One night one of my uncles and a (Protestant!) Weekly Canal Maintenance Schedule - January 11th, 2021 to January 15th, 2021 Best of luck on your house, lovely and On the other side of 27 lived Mr Mangan, a music teacher and gaeilgoir, who I mentioned in an earlier contribution to this thread. 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It went by the name of Phibsboro Sunday & Day Schools (or Blaquiere Bridge Schools). Hope this is helpful, Pat: great to hear from the expert as usual! It was then and still is indeed a gem! a fair bit of time after the infamous gangs, thank goodness! It is difficult to relate them to the original layout. It may be found at At the ‘Pin Mill’ and at the ‘Bends’ where the canal crossed the railway line from Heuston (then Kingsbridge) Station which ran under the Phoenix Park and through Glasnevin Cemetery and on down by Whitworth Road. Let’s start at Royal Canal Bank end of Kelly’s Lane and walk up the slope towards Phibsboro Road. Zoom to. Across the dividing lane from Costello’s there are two shops I replied that it should be one with four-wheel drive. He made the death mask of Michael Collins and the statue of Pádraig Ó Conaire which used to grace Eyre Square in Galway. I think there was a school up the lane beside the shop. Read earlier contribution from Francis Byrne. where would I look for old photos of phibsboro road. Could it possibly be a remnant of the line of the canal leading in to the harbour? View a full-screen map of the Royal Canal Greenway route. The western side of the junction is better defined and, as the name of the road is Royal Canal Bank, we can be assured that we’re in the right area. It flows from near Folkestone, following the old cliff line bordering Romney Marsh. The answer is that the terminus of the Royal Canal, as originally conceived, was not at the Liffey but at the Broadstone. County Dublin: a bleach and flour mill. Then up behind the Library and down the linear park to the Basin, where there are currently 6 cygnets & one parent. The big wall on the right was the State Cinema. Hello, Note that buoyage reverses from red on starboard (right) to red on port (left), north of Champlain Canal Lock 12 at Whitehall, and on the entire length of the Oswego Canal. Thanks, Kara. He took great pleasure in timing his own measured passage under the bridge as it was lowering to emerge at a very steady pace with the bridge about one foot over his head. with my mother margaret and father Joseph ( joe ) and granny Wade. Small houses on the right hand side (McEvoy, Murray, Greene, Howard, Delaney,Brennan, Hickey, Then Jackie Sheridan’s stable with, finally Tommy Foley’s stables and milking parlour behind double red gates proclaiming “Melrose Dairy, prop T. R. Foley”. … while the next one is from the same place, looking south, towards the white building again. The screen in the ‘Phizzer’ was about 7 or 8 feet from the ground and the front seats were only about 4 feet from the screen, or wall! My best friend was David Falls from Myrtle Street. My father also grew up on Goldsmith Street and he would play cricket on Geraldine Street at the entrance to the park which someone has referred to above. I don’t suppose you have any of your great great grandfather’s files: he might have been involved in mortgaging the Royal Canal to a [retired] lady of ill-repute. I’d appreciate any little piece of information. Choose from two versions – with shaded relief or without: State highway map with shaded relief (pdf 12.2 mb) State highway map without shaded relief (pdf 9 mb) Use the city index. The Broadstone Harbour with King’s Inns in the background, early 1820s, As it happens, the Royal Canal Company quickly realised that there was more money to be made from grants for extending the canal to the Liffey, and on 10 April 1809 William Gregory, Secretary to the Directors General of Inland Navigation, certified that. The Canal System and Bridge Heights in Cape Coral. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. Our parents didn’t allow us up the canal but we went anyway. All the locks on the Royal Canal are manually operated. If there is any interest in further particular information about the area I will be glad to supply what I can. Well, like many of those who have contributed to this story I also came upon it by chance. The stables were at the back of the shop. Between the Bends and Broombridge there were old train carriages on a shunt line which we called the ‘Ghost Train’ and there was also a small farm. There are pay-and-display parking spaces down past the grassy area, so let’s drive down there and park the car. One of our contemporaries there was Paddy Liddy, the noted writer, artist and Dublin guide. The phrase “Broadstone Branch” suggests that it was less important than the line from Royal Canal Docks (the Spencer Dock was a later addition, north of the Royal Canal Docks); that’s why I’ve used the phrase “Broadstone Line”. By a curious coincidence, I later worked in Dakota Printing and even later I was involved in the production of Bernard Neary’s ”Dublin 7”. View a full-screen map of the Royal Canal Greenway route. You new there was a band there not only by the music but also by the clouds of dust blowing across the top of Primrose Avenue. Recently refurbished, it’s a smart, friendly, traditional pub, boasting real … I haven’t seen any photos of the aqueduct myself. There is an account of the Broadstone’s history on the Irish History Podcasts site. Very interesting; thanks, Dalgan. Eventually the trains left altogether. The dry dock outside our scout hall was always fascinating to me, I was young and innocent and always assumed it was a swimming pool! B. Beck of St. Peter’s Road, Phibsboro. Turning left at the corner you have Wade’s shop, then Miss Doogue’s sweetshop (The Black Cat). It is typically completed in three days. Hi, I have really enjoyed this thread, your memories really bring this beautiful place to life! The map includes Bars, Cafes, Picnic Areas, Tourist Attractions and Available Accommodation. chance come across an attendance ledger? Pat as a youngfella on the van with my father I remember delivering sweets to shops on mountjoy street back in the sixties. at Broadstone I note from the correspondence above that some are keen for information on Phibsboro Road and the people who lived say, in the area around Hamilton’s shop. However, the MGWR had to keep the canal going, so canal and railway were in operation at the same time. Robertstown is on the Grand Canal, rival to the Royal, although the latter did lease the former for ten years in the 1850s. freddiehamilton@eircom.net. These enterprising brother’s had a few pigs in a yard somewhere local and had a contract to collect the slops from local restaurants. We can deduce, I think, that this section of the canal was filled in before 1936, and Ruth Delany in Ireland’s Royal Canal 1789–1992 The Lilliput Press Dublin 1992 says it was infilled in 1927. Looking at the Google Map it seemed to be to the left of Kellys Lane (it has Kellys Lane and Phibsboro Place transposed!) The Broadstone, from The Tourist’s Illustrated Hand-Book for Ireland 3rd ed David Bryce, London 1854. A true canal is a channel that cuts across a drainage divide, making a navigable channel connecting two different drainage basins. Was there also a railway running from Whitworth Road to Broadstone? We have several Phibsboro readers, and perhaps someone knows of an old illustration of the bridge from the other side and of the school. Don’t know if anyone’s old enough to remember. Back down to street level for another few photographs. These Concerns lie immediately adjoining the Canal Bridge, on the new road leading to Blanchers-town [sic] at the 12th Lock, about three miles from the City of Dublin. Albert Power also sculpted the statue of Our Lady overlooking the Broadstone junction where Foster’s Aqueduct originally carried the canal over Phibsboro Road into Broadstone Harbour (now the car park). Grey marked areas are freshwater areas and have no access to open water. However next door was Albert Power’s stonework premises. Its strange to read about the Broadstone Extension, my myself & my brother Frank have just returned from Ireland where we have been walking the Royal Canal ( and doing a bit of fishing along the way ), as kids this was our play ground. On one occasion together with my two brothers, one a little older and the other a little younger than me, we decided on a Saturday morning that we would walk in to town to meet him when he finished work. There is a well-known drawing of the aqueduct (search google images for “foster aqueduct” + “dublin”). The photo seems to be from the collection of Maurice Craig and I presume it’s still in copyright, so I can’t put a copy here, but the book is well worth getting. But I remember that we would climb over the back wall into a tree and climb down into the park. In the drawing above, a boat is approaching the pontoon bridge (the structure with railings on either side of it). A great part of Dublin. It’s a lovely area and the basin is a gem. Life was much less hectic then but as far as I recall we were always accompanied there and back. We’re looking at No 4 (you can see the black and white beams) while No 5, opened by the Earl of Westmoreland, is behind us, above Cross Guns Bridge. friend were out playing cards after curfew and were heading home when they were spotted by Black and Tans from the bridge over the canal to the Station. There is a person on the premises who will show them, and proposals in writing will be received by Henry Cosgrave, Esq, No 64, Eccles street. Hi Jonathan, I’ve also had a good search (online only) for an early picture of the school but wihout success. The MGWR terminus building is behind the photographer. Hi Pat thank you for answering me 215 was south of doyles corner just past all saints anglican church on way to the Boadstone but on opposite side of the road. Off Kellys Lane there was a lane that ran parallel to Phibsboro Road. On your right you have Maguires’ garden wall and the four Allen Cottages occupied by the Smiths, The Heveys, my Aunt Teasey and in number 1, Tom Cassidy. RS, Rita: there have been so many comments on this topic that, on some devices, not all comments can be seen on the same page. bjg. There is a picture of the foster acqueduct from 1950s in “Lost Dublin” by Frederick O’Dwyer. Mallett’s Insistent Pontoon is shown here marked “floating bridge”; the map also shows the drawbridge that featured in the attempted murder of Henry Garnett. Shortly after it opened in 1936, it was issuing an average of 900 volumes daily, with up to 1500 on Saturdays. Does anyone remember the shop opposite McGowan’s? Dalgan Kirwan’s post commencing with mention of his gt gt grandfather interested me very much because the latter might well have been acquainted with my 3x gt grandfather Patrick Farrell who had business premises as a ‘Smith’ at 25 Constitution Hill from the 1830s until at least 1847 when I believe he moved to Cumberland St South, probably because activity around the harbour was in decline. I also remembr allowments on the banks by the prison. My friend Francis Byrne lived there in the late 1940s and early 50s. Dee, Any memeries of broadstone playground in the fifties and sixties girls on one side boys on the other ,rounders tennis boys football and hand ball. As Industrial Heritage Ireland points out, the main line ran to the MGWR terminus at Broadstone; the line to the River Liffey, opened in 1864, diverged from the main at Liffey Junction. Aids to Navigation (AtoN) Aids to Navigational on the New York State Canal System conform to the U.S. Coast Guard lateral system of buoyage (red right return). A Happy Christmas and a Prosperous and Peaceful 2015 to all. Description. Here’s a shot looking back up north to the bridge. ), reports of incidents involving cattle running rampage in the schoolhouse and breaking windows (presumably from the days of the NCR cattlemarket), plans for extending the school… all in beautiful old spidery handwriting. The Blacquire picture house was built in 1913 by William King.He ran it until the late 1930s. My mother had a great friend called Annie Gouldsberry. I enjoyed your information on the Royal canal, as I grew up beside it in the 40/50 It was our playground. You can’t drive in from the North Circular Road, but you can walk down the steps by the side of the cinema. This photo was taken from a car on Whitworth Road, looking (more or less) south. I think that the building on the right is a fairly new car park (it’s not on the Google Maps photo, which shows an open car park instead) and that it’s covering the dockyard. Memories. Posted in Ashore, Built heritage, Canals, Engineering and construction, Forgotten navigations, Historical matters, Industrial heritage, Ireland, waterways, Waterways management, Tagged Broadstone, drawbridge, dry docks, Mallett's Insistent Pontoon, Royal Canal. Coincidentally my parents Joe and May Conneely lived next door in the white-painted house for a year after they were married in 1931. After service in the Royal Navy he joined the Metropolitan Police. During that time I lent a helping hand in converting the basement into a playroom but not before salvaging some old papers giving the above information. Last I heard, the Lough Ennell proposal had become a matter for Irish Water rather than for the local authority, which sent the whole thing back to the drawing-board but if, Gentle Reader, you have more recent information, do please leave a Comment below. Like many of your commentators,the general area was our playground also,as we lived on St Attracta Rd in Cabra, attended St Peters School and St Vincents Primary and secondary School.The Phibsborough CBS were called the Panama Troop as this was the name of the building they occupied. Interestingly, the canal was first built as a defence against the possibly invasion of England during the Napoleonic Wars. It was originally called the Blacquire (before my time! regards Finally among his other works is the coat of arms of the four provinces which hangs over the entrance to The Gresham Hotel. Since my last comment I have wondered about the hooks in the pillars at the top of Geraldine Street. There doesn’t seem to have been any provision for a bridge across the start of the Broadstone Line. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Encouragement to wholesale Dealers, by Grant, at the Coal and Turf Stores, Second Lock, Royal Canal. ), presumably after the adjacent Blacquire bridge on the North Circular Road which crossed the canal where the library is today. The new is good too: the aqueduct crossing the M50 is a wonder to behold. The third dry dock, at the junction with the main line, is here. The Bridge Master is someone I didn’t know about and I’d welcome more information if anyone has it. At the same time I was recuperating from an illness and I availed of the opportunity to browse their archives at some length. Thanks. Online map correction tool; Open data. Doing so allowed it to run its lines beside the canal, which it did most of the way to Mullingar, without having to conduct lengthy negotiations about wayleaves with individual landowners. And to think it all started over an argument about the Royal Canal! At the pole you have the cottage mentioned in previous entries (where my family resided). … with several lanes leading up through them. See All Featured Sections By the early 1970s it became a unit of St. Michael’s House (Mentally Handicapped Assoc.) He used to go around on a bike renting out hardback books. You are correct when you saythat the existing 5th was the 1st lock when work started in1789.However at that time the line was to extend to Bolton St. to connect with the road going north.The Broadstone came later.I detail why in the book or my TCD thesis on the Canal. Jim, I’ve seen the engraving from 1836 and suspected that the view was from the NCR looking towards the city – it’s a pity the canal was culverted back in the 1920s, though it’s nice that the library was built in such a nice location, a little oasis from the mayhem of Phibsboro village! I would like to give you some information about the scouts. The Royal Canal Way is ideally suited for some serious stretching of legs after a long flight or anyone looking for a car-free walk along the river area. Again very well done, I always wanted to know the name of the soldier in the I.R.A monument beside the State Theatre. I’m working on an Architectural project and I need to demonstrate a cultural understanding of this wonderful space. Navigating the Royal Canal The Royal Canal main line is 146 km with 46 sets of locks. I know it was responsible for killing a canal, but surely the MGWR building deserves better than this: locked away, practically invisible, and with its immediate surroundings detracting from its appearance. For a brisk walk of little more than four hours (or eleven miles), simply follow the Royal Canal, starting at Newcomen Bridge on the North Strand Road. We used to get the trolley wheels in the CIE dump behind All Saints Church on Phibsboro Road. There was an earlier reference in this article to a sweet shop called the black cat I wonder was that it. bjg, I have a new picture of the timber yard at Broadstone Harbour if you send me your email, Pingback: Broadstone addition | Irish waterways history. “Mallet’s Folly” was so called as although the mill was intended to be powered by water from the canal the rights were never granted. All other areas are gulf-access canals and show bridges and their heights. On the left, Mr Holden with his daughters Kate and Chris. The linear park runs along the left side of Royal Canal Bank. great grandfather, Thomas Tiernan, was an engine driver on the railway, possibly Broadstone? John was a distant relative of mine hence the interest. Wonderful to read this article and all the informative comments, especially Jim’s from 3/3/15. Find any address on the map of Royal Canal or calculate your itinerary to and from Royal Canal, find all the tourist attractions and Michelin Guide restaurants in Royal Canal. I was always happy that the ‘pool’ was never filled as I was afraid that I might be asked to swim in it, it looked too deep. If you are following the suggested walking route around the Dublin canals, go to this page, which will take you from the abandoned line of the Royal Canal to the abandoned line of the Grand Canal, with some comments on pubs, swimming and Guinness barges along the way. In 1877, the company did away with that nuisance by filling in the harbour and adapting the Foster Aqueduct to provide access to the station from a new road, later called Western Way. Eleanor: nice to hear from you. For a brisk walk of little more than four hours (or eleven miles), simply follow the Royal Canal, starting at Newcomen Bridge on the North Strand Road. Another Royal Canal walk, from Dunsink to Broombridge, is described — with a free downloadable podcast — on this site. You can still see where it passes under the North Circular Road and the New Cabra Road, and if you use Google Maps, select the satellite view and ask it to find Broadstone Dublin, you can follow the line of the tracks. The restoration of the Royal Canal was completed and it was open for navigation in 2010. The Ulster Canal 13: an investment opportunity? Thanks for your questions. The thought of it now makes my hair stand on end! You didn’t have to be able to swim as one dive would take you across. One of our fellow altar boys and schoolmates Eddie Griffin is Parish Priest in Loughlinstown, Co. Dublin. The grassy area was, I suspect, where the canal ran. The conversion of the basement into a playroom in the 1970s included floor tiling, ceiling boards, etc., also a mural (I wonder if that was still there when you bought the place). Are you interested in using some of the data we publish on our maps to create your own interactive maps and tools? Posted in Built heritage, Canals, Engineering and construction, Forgotten navigations, Historical matters, Industrial heritage, Ireland, Operations, Rail. On a few occasions I’ve gone straight on. Street-level view of the far side of the aqueduct, The Foster Aqueduct (courtesy Pat Conneely). She lived and worked there. This building was located behind the library and It was a corrugated half circular structure.My admittadly vague reccollection is that the site was originally a dry doc for boat repairs, which fell out of use due to decline in demand,and this turn of events led to the scouts becoming the occupants, thus fulfilling the old wisdom-one man`s meat is another man`s poison,I suppose it`s fair to say. The North City Mills (formerly Ranks) is adjacent to Cross Guns and was rail connected up to the 1970s, the railway into the North City Mills crossed The Royal Canal adjacent to the 6th lock, the bridge abutments can be seen today. I’ve walked all of that area over many years but particularly this years. The den got the name Panama from that time. Water was supplied from the Royal Canal to power the mill. I hope you are well. 1. Posts about Royal Canal written by bjg. I have written an (unpublished) article on the subject, but you’ve just added more information! The excursion would extend down by the Broadstone to Church Street and the old houses below Broadstone where the apartments or flats are now all had half doors. If so, was that along the bank of the canal spur? On you left is the Kennedys’ back gate. Ireland's sailing, boating & maritime magazine. There has been some mention of Kelly’s Lane. What kind of a shop was it? Aidan Herdman has left a comment on my page about the Broadstone Line of the Grand Canal and has included in it a link to a photograph of Phibsborough cubs/scouts standing at the Royal Canal dry dock. The Royal Canal Way is a 144-kilometre (89-mile) long-distance trail that follows the towpath of the canal from Ashtown, Dublin to Cloondara, County Longford. But its glory was not to last. My name is mentioned several times by my former schoolmate and friend Pat Conneely, and I thank him for mentioning so fondly. Find out what data we publish on our open data portal. And have you any idea why it was called Micky Murry? those letters and papers are preserved for Could the present renumbered 239 Phibsborough Road once have been 2 Cabra Place? Click to view our Navigation Guide. Let me say that I left Dublin in 1969 and have lived in different parts of Ireland ever since. Find any address on the map of Royal Canal or calculate your itinerary to and from Royal Canal, find all the tourist attractions and Michelin Guide restaurants in Royal Canal. Thank you so much and a very happy Christmas. It no longer exists. The line to the Liffey was clearly of less importance; the harbour at the Broadstone was close to the city markets and to many institutions including the Richmond Penitentiary, the Richmond Lunatic Asylum, the North Dublin Union Workhouse, the Female Penitentiary, the Linen Hall and the Queen’s Inns (it’s useful to look around the area on the older Ordnance Survey maps). At the pole you have the cottage mentioned in previous entries (where my family resided). If we walk back north, past the white building, we get a better view of the line of the canal.

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