THE SAD STORY OF STONEVILLA IN PHIBSBORO [STILL NO HAPPY ENDING]

THE SAD STORY OF STONEVILLA IN PHIBSBORO [STILL NO HAPPY ENDING]

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As you get older you begin to believe that old buildings and other things from the past have merit and as such should be preserved.

Maybe that view of life is not valid and maybe once something has served its purpose it should be replaced with something more appropriate. Anyway, all that I can say with any certainty is that it depresses me to see the gradual decline of this house and other similar buildings throughout the city. I last photographed this derelict building in May of this year and northing appears to have happened since then.

What I suspected would happen does appear to be happening. The building has been surrounded by a high fence in such a way that it has become invisible and as a result, over an extended period, people will forget that it ever existed.

At the very best the house will be demolished and replaced by a block of generic apartments any everyone will be surprised because they will not remember what was there. If you carry out a Google search you will notice that there has been few or no comments relating to Stonevilla since July 2014 but plenty of comment before then.

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FADO ANTIQUES [ 182 PHIBSBOROUGH ROAD DUBLIN 7]

"Fadó fadó", long long ago in Irish

20% off sale according to the notice attached to the door.


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STREET ART AND GRAFFITI AT DALYMOUNT [ REFUGEES WELCOME ]

STREET ART AND GRAFFITI AT DALYMOUNT [DUBLIN 7]

Dalymount Park is an Irish football stadium situated in Phibsborough on Northside Dublin.

It is the home of Bohemian F.C., who have played there since the early 20th century. Affectionately known as 'Dalyer' by fans, it was also historically the "home of Irish football", holding many Irish internationals and FAI Cup finals. It has also hosted UEFA Champions League qualifiers, UEFA Cup and UEFA Cup Winners' Cup matches. However, the ground was largely undeveloped between the 1940s and the 2000s, and has now fallen out of use as a major venue, except for the home games of Bohemians.

The stadium has also been used as a home ground by other League of Ireland teams, including Shamrock Rovers, Dublin City F.C. and Sporting Fingal, and will be used by Shelbourne F.C. for the 2017 Season.

Dublin City Council announced in March 2015 that it would purchase Dalymount Park in a deal including the taking back of Tolka Park which it has been renting to Shelbourne F.C.The council completed the purchase in June 2015 for €3.8million. It was hoped that Bohemians and Shelbourne would become joint sub-tenants to the F.A.I. at Dalymount, and that the ground could be redeveloped. It is thought that Bohemians, the Council and the stadium will emerge from the deal debt-free. The Dalymount deal went ahead despite issues with the Tolka Park acquisition. However. in October 2016 it was announced that Shelbourne FC would be moving in, after months of speculation.

In February 2016 Dublin City Council published plans to demolish and rebuild Dalymount on a phased basis at a cost of €20 million. The work is contingent on works on the neighbouring Phibsborough Shopping Centre site, which is controlled by the National Asset Management Agency. It is likely that Bohemians would need to play elsewhere during redevelopment.







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DUBLIN STREET ART AND GRAFFITI [ST. PETERS LANE DUBLIN 7]

For the many years I have tried to find out if this laneway had a name and anyone that I asked told me that it was ‘Cabra Park Lane’ and while I was not fully convinced I have referred to it as such in my blogs.

Note: Cabra Park is in Phibsboro [Phibsborough] rather than Cabra.

Having purchased a second hand Sony 24-70 GM lens today I decided to to visit parts of the city near where I live and I ended up in Cabra Park and when I got to the lane I discovered new street signs indicating that the laneway is officially ’St. Peters Lane’.

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