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- Jun 29, 2023, 10:10am
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 52 ft
- Ireland Leinster Dublin City Smithfield 53.347588, -6.26943553°20’51” N 6°16’10” W
Day 1
Free Travel Snafu
June 29, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Turns out my Free Travel card has expired as of 25 May.

Just as well the Aircoach machine wasn't working when I caught it at the airport on May 29th! I was travelling alone as MTC had taken a taxi to Vincents.

It would be easier to get into the Kremlin with a shotgun than apply for a renewal. Which I did the next day. The card. Not the Kremlin.

Anyway, the barriers were open on entry and I coat-tailed MTC at Tara St. on exit.

Then, like Caesar of old, we crossed the river....

There is a road between the buildings and the river because the Duke of Ormond insisted Humphrey Jervis to reverse his plans which were to have the buildings backed right up to the river. Everyone else followed this plan.

Capel Street can be thankful to COVID for its revitalization.

First stop was the remains of St. Mary's Abbey, once the wealthiest abbey in Ireland.Read more
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- Jun 29, 2023, 10:17am
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 49 ft
- Ireland Leinster Dublin City Smithfield 53.349743, -6.27098553°20’59” N 6°16’16” W
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British Justice
June 29, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
Strongbow gave the monks the land. Apart from Oxmantown, there was nothing else on the north side. Very much like today.

Oxmantown was named after the “Ost men”, Vikings who were dumped out of Dublin by the Normans.

At Green Street (after the abbey's green) was the site of Dublin's most notorious jail. The adjoining court house saw the trials of Wolfe Tone, Robert Emmet and, later, the Fenian leaders. There was also a debtors' prison.

There is a 1798 memorial in the park. You can see the outline of some of the prison walls.Read more
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- Jun 29, 2023, 10:21am
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 46 ft
- Ireland Leinster Dublin City Smithfield 53.346413, -6.27097753°20’47” N 6°16’16” W
Day 1
Not a good player, a great player
June 29, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A short detour to Ormond Square, birthplace of Johnny Giles
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- Jun 29, 2023, 11:11am
- ⛅ 16 °C
- Altitude: 33 ft
- Ireland Leinster Dublin City Smithfield 53.347722, -6.27163653°20’52” N 6°16’18” W
Day 1
Decaying Fruit Market
June 29, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ⛅ 16 °C
A massive covered market opened in 1892. No longer used.

Anywhere else it would have been converted into a food hall, like in Madrid or Genoa.
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- Jun 29, 2023, 11:17am
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 59 ft
- Ireland Leinster Dublin City Smithfield 53.348694, -6.27818853°20’55” N 6°16’41” W
Day 1
Law and Booze
June 29, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Down by the Four Courts, the Bridewell and Jameson's Distillery.

Passed St Michans church, built by the Vikings in 1095, before they converted to Protestantism apparently and handed over the place.

Then into yuppy Smithfield.Read more
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- Jun 29, 2023, 12:02pm
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 75 ft
- Ireland Leinster Dublin City Stoneybatter 53.350841, -6.28711553°21’3” N 6°17’14” W
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Arbour Hill
June 29, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
Up Arbour Hill to the cemetery where the 1916 leaders are buried.

This whole area was a huge British army barracks complex, including a prison naturally.

Inmates now mainly priests and Christian Brothers. A bit like the penal law days.Read more
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- Jun 29, 2023, 12:07pm
- ☁️ 17 °C
- Altitude: 56 ft
- Ireland Leinster Dublin City The Coombe 53.339088, -6.27383553°20’21” N 6°16’26” W
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Down to the river
June 29, 2023 in Ireland ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C
The floozy in the jacuzzi is now ensconced in a small park near Houston Station. Then on to the 1798 memorial park, the Croppies Park.

The stone used to build Grattan Bridge came from St Mary's Abbey.

We crossed back to the civilised south via Fr. Matthew Bridge. This is the site of the only bridge in the mid 1600s. It’s the location of the original Ford, “áth” crossing the river.

Then down antique alley, Francis Street, past the Iveagh Market, also derelict. Given the general upmarket ambience, this market has a better chance of development than its north side cousin. Though An Taisce seems to have done its best to thwart all hope.

A delicious lunch at the Hyatt hotel.

Then down under the synod bridge of Christ Church cathedral.

A pint in Neary's and then the dart home.

TA review 5/5 for all of MTC's hard work researching the walk.Read more
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