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. Are there other houses with just Royal Canal as address. 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”. I have great memories from then. Ranks took over in 1957. bjg. It may be found at A six-day, 144km undertaking, this linear trail’s terrain consists of grassy towpath, gravel and tarmac. We have several Phibsboro readers, and perhaps someone knows of an old illustration of the bridge from the other side and of the school. Alternatively, you can go to Constitition Hill and visit the Broadstone itself. Francis and I were also altar boys together in the Mater Hospital – under the watchful eagle-eyed Sister Damien. bjg, Published just for the extended family and friends. There was a guy who lived beside it, can’t remember his first name, but his surname was Brady. View a full-screen map of the Royal Canal Greenway route. I would like to see the Irish Times archive that you refer to Dalgan. 26 with a livery stable and Richard who had premises near the bridge in Robertstown, Kildare. My friend Francis Byrne lived in Kellys Lane, in a very old low cottage just beside the pole in the centre of the lane. I always wanted to know the name of the soldier in the I.R.A monument beside the State Theatre. The canal continued on down where the park now is and eventually to the Broadstone Harbour. This photo was taken from a car on Whitworth Road, looking (more or less) south. Alas it is gone now replaced by new townhouses. I have written an (unpublished) article on the subject, but you’ve just added more information! In 2009 The Irish Times celebrated 150 years and in doing so made its archives free to air on the internet. This building is to the east of the bridge: note that the Royal Canal Bank, having crossed the canal, emerges beside this building. On the other side of 27 lived Mr Mangan, a music teacher and gaeilgoir, who I mentioned in an earlier contribution to this thread. On Liffey Junction, see the 25″ Ordnance Survey map here. Could it possibly be a remnant of the line of the canal leading in to the harbour? I suppose you have seen the engraving,1836 I think, showing Dublin from Blacquiere Bridge. Replying to myself to pass on some more information from Andy Clarke. Table reproduced from ‘Waterways Ireland’ Guide to the Royal Canal pages 64-67 Details on our Smart-Tag system can be found at Royal Canal Smart-Tags We used to play in the dry dock before it was filled in to build the Dakota Printing works. Royal Canal House was the headquarters of the Royal Canal Company until it was bought by the Midland Great Western Railway in 1845. bjg, To Martin O’Reilly. Hi, I have really enjoyed this thread, your memories really bring this beautiful place to life! What keeps it in my memory was that the crusts were always burned and not very nice for a young child of my tender years. Shandon Mill is the stone building adjacent to the 6th lock on the Royal Canal. As the Lock above the mills is at a higher level, it was possible to take water from here and pipe it through the mill, returning it to the canal below the lock.’ If you spot this remarkable house, you’re opposite the entrance to the basin. You obviously have a store of memories which I would urge you to do the same. The Royal rises particularly steeply from sea level at the Liffey until Blanchardstown: apart from the sea lock (now being restored), there are twelve locks, eight of them doubles (staircase pairs in British canalspeak; in Ireland a double counts as one lock). Incidentally, Whitworth Road runs alongside the Porterhouse North pub, north of Cross Guns Bridge, one of the very few Irish pubs that serves any good beer … although there is much to be said for a pint of Guinness in the Gravedigger Kavanagh’s. goodliving, hardworking people. We will be walking again soon with Phibsfest and again all wellcome. All other areas are gulf-access canals and show bridges and their heights. I remember standing at the cross Guns Bridge with my Dad watching the last barge go down the canal i think it must have been 1953. Note that I cannot publish photos here unless I am sure that I do so with the consent of the owner of the copyright, which is often hard to trace for old photos. There doesn’t seem to have been any provision for a bridge across the start of the Broadstone Line. He died in 1875. Did you by any In this map you can see the complete canal system of gulf-access locations within Cape Coral. Louise, Hi, great site. How can I email a jpeg of Foster’s Aqueduct to you? Table reproduced from ‘Waterways Ireland’ Guide to the Royal Canal pages 64-67 Details on our Smart-Tag system can be found at Royal Canal Smart-Tags 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. Next door the Myles family. All Off Kellys Lane there was a lane that ran parallel to Phibsboro Road. View a full-screen map of the Royal Canal Greenway route. bjg. I can’t remember the name of the lady who ran it. Was the dock kept full (of water) or empty when you knew it? posterity. Find out what data we publish on our open data portal. I left Ireland in 1975 so do know how long St. Michael’s continued to use the building. Farrell is a Longford name and the Royal Canal, and later the Midland Great Western Railway (MGWR), was an obvious route to prosperity for active folk like your relatives. I have information that the small building on the north east corner of Blaquiere Bridge was once a schoolhouse. Approaching the southern end of the Royal Canal Bank, The line curves towards the (former) aqueduct and the Broadstone. bjg. Click on a ward to see all streets in that ward. great grandfather, Thomas Tiernan, was an engine driver on the railway, possibly Broadstone? The whole thing is beautifully kept: a credit to Alfie Byrne and his successors. My thanks therefore to the author of this article not only for its interest but for enlightening me after so many years. There was a reference also to the shop with the big boot over it opposite Berkeley Road church which I recall but I can’t remember the significance of it. 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. Info on one of their Managing Director, Patrick Egan, here: Hi, Find local businesses, view maps and get driving directions in Google Maps. Click to view our Navigation Guide. In 1790 the Earl of Westmoreland, the Lord Lieutenant, laid the first stone of a lock at Phibsborough, at what is now Cross Guns Bridge. Frank tells me the the name Micky Murry was the local kids’ name for the drainage stream.”. The map includes Bars, Cafes, Picnic Areas, Tourist Attractions and Available Accommodation. In September 1929, it was announced that, following the purchase of the Irish Omnibus Company by the Great Southern Railway, the Broadstone terminus was to become a bus garage, with most trains being transferred to Amiens Street. ..I cant see it on google maps so I wonder if it’s been demolished? Shortly after it opened in 1936, it was issuing an average of 900 volumes daily, with up to 1500 on Saturdays. The big wall on the right was the State Cinema. You can’t drive in from the North Circular Road, but you can walk down the steps by the side of the cinema. I hope that these few memories will be of interest to other readers. The big question for me is, is this the house which is on the birth cents? I’m a Kiwi just signed up for the Waterways Blog. We got our local groceries from Moore’s or the Auburn Dairy, and the big shopping from Liptons of Phibsboro crossroads on Saturdays. If it is 27 Royal Canal Bank then it is opposite the top of Primrose Avenue where the poles are. I clearly remember this as he had a very attractive older sister, Olive! She was a Ring and lived in Broadstone. Route is rated as ‘Easy’ and suitable for ‘Infrequent Cyclists’. The inclined planes on Dukart’s Canal, The machine demands a sacrifice: Shannon cranes, Cots -v- barges: defining Irish waterways, Waterways Ireland’s workboat Inis Cealtra, The steamer Dover Castle for sale in 1840, The Doonass bleach mill and Conway’s Canal, L & M Keating: the modern Henry, Mullins & McMahon, The National Parks and Wildlife Service and the Lakes of Killarney, The Ulster Canal 02: the southern strategic priority, The Ulster Canal 05: studies and appraisals, The Ulster Canal 07: the supposed benefits, The Ulster Canal 11: some information from Waterways Ireland (and the budget), The Ulster Canal 12: departmental bullshit. bjg, If I’m interpreting Bernard Neary (A History of Cabra and Phibsborough) correctly, the mill was originally Robert Mallet’s Ironworks (known as Mallet’s Folly; Peter Clarke in The Royal Canal calls him John Mallett) up to 1860, when the Murtagh Brothers took over and set up the Dublin North City Milling Company. On Phibsboro Road also about halfway between Broadstone and McGowans Pub there used to be some class of transformer station that was built on the roadway. He made the death mask of Michael Collins and the statue of Pádraig Ó Conaire which used to grace Eyre Square in Galway. A plan of the city of Dublin - as surveyed for the use of the division(a)l justices to which have been added plans of the canal harbour and its junction with the Grand Canal, the Royal Canal, and LOC 2004626017.tif 9,945 × 6,846; 194.79 MB Great to see the continuing interest in this area of the Royal Canal. If you’re still with me let’s go back to the “crossroads” and carry on to Phibsboro Road passing the gate of Wades’ backyard, (stable,fuel shed,hens). The answer is that the terminus of the Royal Canal, as originally conceived, was not at the Liffey but at the Broadstone. The Longford Branch (presently dry) runs from the main line at Killashee to the town of Longford and is 8 km long. of the houses as they were then, We lived on the North Wall quite close to the Dock in the late 30s and my late brother and I very often watched the Bridge being lifted; mainly for an old coaler, the Saint Mungo, to enter and unload its cargo of coal in the adjacent coal yard. Street-level view of the far side of the aqueduct, The Foster Aqueduct (courtesy Pat Conneely). Albert was a famous sculptor up to his death in 1945. 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. 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. I would like to give you some information about the scouts. The previous owner did a lot of the basement works before I bought it, so the new ceilings, stud walls etc. Here is the Library itself: an elegant building, beautifully fitted out inside with wooden shelves and a wooden area for the staff just inside the door. Looking north at the Library in the Canal. An evening celidhe dancing show with pipers and kilted dancers was presented on alternate Wednesdays. Then up behind the Library and down the linear park to the Basin, where there are currently 6 cygnets & one parent. 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. Move curser to bottom of chart and click next to move to next table. Move curser to bottom of chart and click next to move to next table. Street-level view of western abutment (from south). And, thanks to Dublin Corporation, most of the route has been preserved and can still be visited today. 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. The map includes Bars, Cafes, Picnic Areas, Tourist Attractions and Available Accommodation. I’m not local to the area and I couldn’t say whether there are other places with just Royal Canal as the address; we have some occasional commentators who know a lot about the area and maybe one of them will be able to chip in here. Looking from the Broadstone across the absent aqueduct. I see that there were two Saint Mungos, both owned by Heitons; the first was sunk in the first world war while the second (pic here) was built in 1920 and scrapped in 1953, which fits the dates you give. Her brother, Jim, was Best Man at my parents wedding. Well, like many of those who have contributed to this story I also came upon it by chance. Are you interested in using some of the data we publish on our maps to create your own interactive maps and tools? Angela Rolt’s 1946 photograph of the Canal Hotel at Robertstown. Crossing the bridge on the OUTSIDE of the railings overlooking the traffic, which thankfully was much slower than now; and 2.
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