Some great Newcomen Bridge, North Strand, historical images.
Built 1790. As was customary at the time, bridges were named after directors/major shareholders of the canal company, 1789 -1807. In this case, Sir William Newcomen, the company secretary
#NewcomenBridge #RoyalCanal #LockKeeper #FMLH
Marino Mart to Fairview - view from Dublin Bus.
Slightly accelerated pace of 1.5 😃
Thursday 19 February, amazingly no rain
#Marino #MarinoMart #Fairview #DublinBus #FMLH
New Building Development on Philipsburgh Avenue. Site of the former CYMC premises. 42 one bedroom age friendly apartments for older people. Has a completion date of Spring 2027. Photos taken 18 February 2026 #PhilipsburghAvenue #Fairview #ComingSoon #FairviewCYMC #FMLH
Flood damage at the Clontarf Baths.
Updates by Barry Henaghan TD and Alan Betson/The Irish Times
#Flooding #Clontarf #ClontarfBaths #ClontarfPromenade #FMLH
Flooding in Fairview this morning.
Burst water main in Fairview Park. Uisce Eireann carrying out repair works. There are water outages in the area and severe traffic disruption with Annesley Bridge Road closed in both directions. Video credit to Noel Toolan #Flooding #BurstWaterPipe #FMLH
Fairview Flooding. Video and some dynamic photos of the Dublin Fire Brigade on scene and tackling the flood #DublinFireBrigade #Fairview #Flooding #Burstwaterpipe #FMLH
Exploring an underground pub cellar that is currently undergoing a refurbishment except that some parts have not been finished due to possibly paranormal interference. Watch to the end #Exploring #paranormalactivity #scary #cellar #FMLH
Sneak Preview
Dublin City Council refurbishment work on the building at the Jewish Graveyard, Fairview, is nearing completion
Grave yard dates from 1718. Mortuary Chapel building built in 1857 - corresponds to 5618 in the Hebrew calendar
#sneakpreview #FMLH
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Fantastic to see all the dog owners around Marino Park and surrounding roads get together to organise a Christmas Dog Party. Great sense of community. Many thanks to everyone who sent on photos and videos. See you next year #Christmas #DogParty #MarinoPark #Community #FMLH
Flooding in Clontarf
RTE reporting on Storm Bram and the sea encroaching onto the Clontarf Promenade
Looks like only the tail end of the storm appeared to hit Dublin. Visited this area last evening - plenty of people out walking/running on the paths. Water gone although ground very soggy #FMLH
Sand bags and the new flood defences on the Clontarf Promenade, 6 December 2025. The recently laid flood defence barriers are thanks to the work of Barry Heneghan TD with the collaboration of the Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Kevin Moran #flooding #flooddefence #OPW #FMLH
Free Christmas Concert with local choir, The Songmartins.
Sunday 7 December at 5 pm in the Ierne Social Club on the Gracepark Road.
Donations and raffle in aid of St Francis Hospice #FreeConcert #Songmartins #Choir #Ierne #FMLH
Delighted to get a sneak visit into this venue which is currently undergoing a major refurbishment.
New back entertainment venue is impressive.
More previews and updates to follow
#SneakPreview #Refurbishment #Entertainment #DanceFloor #FMLH
Original Clontarf Railway Station, just down from the bridge at the Howth Road. Steps up to the station are still there.
Bus approaching the bridge in the 1940s. Repair work on the bridge on the Howth Road, 1962
#RailwayBridge #HowthRoad #RailwayStation #Clontarf #FMLH @irishrail.bsky.social
Building progress at the site of the former Fairview CY site on Philipsburgh Avenue. Builders are now working Saturdays #Fairview #FairviewCY #BuildingProgress #PhilipsburghAvenue #FMLH
Marino Mart, from Dublin City Libraries and Archives, early 1970s #MarinoMart #DublinCityLibraries #Archives #DCC #FMLH
An awful pity that tonight's Spooktacular in Bram Stoker Park had to be cancelled due to the heavy continuous rainfall.
A lot of work had been put into it by @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social - Thank you.
There is another DCC event in May Park tomorrow, Friday 31 October, from 2 pm to 5 pm
The 73 now serving Marino and Fairview from today, 19 October. Significant changes on the route. Now travelling through Gardiner Street rather than O'Connell Street. Not travelling through Dame Street. Less frequent off peak service #73DublinBus #SignificantChange #OConnellStreet #123DublinBus #FMLH
The 123 was discontinued on Saturday 18 October 2025 after 31 years of proudly serving the area
#123DublinBus #Service #Discontinued #DublinBus
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Building progress at the Fairview CY site, Philipsburgh Avenue, 12 October 2025. To be continued.
#FairviewCY #BuildingProgress #PhilipsburghAvenue #TBC #FMLH
This Friday, 10 October
7 pm in the Carelton Hall
Talk by John Healy on the work of Liam Devlin in the Marino Housing Scheme, 1925-1927
Talk is free and all welcome Organised by Marino Residents' Association for the Dublin Festival of History @historytcd.bsky.social @olddubliner.bsky.social
#FMLH
Irish Times on the latest €75 million package offered from Cairn Homes to Clontarf Golf and Bowling Club #CairnHomes #Clontarf #GolfClub #BowlingClub #FMLH
Ordnance Survey of Ireland - map of Dublin published in 1860. Has some fantastic detail. Looking forward to reading your observations or insights in the replies #Dublin #Maps #OSI #HistoricMaps #FMLH
Starting this Friday - The Ballybough and North Strand History Festival
Lots of great events. All Free but numbers are limited. Book on Eventbrite
#Ballybough #NorthStrand #FMLH
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Griffith Avenue Mile - the build up in the 30 minutes prior the start #GriffithAvenueMile #Athletics #TheMile #GriffithAvenue #FMLH
Great news
Our Fairview Marino page on Facebook has just hit 10,000 followers and growing
Thanks for all the reposts, likes, mentions, shares & insights in the comments. All much appreciated
Marino House - a fantastic building and history
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Building progress update
Fairview CY
6 September 2025
#FairviewCY #PhilipsburghAvenue #BuildingProgress
#PitchAndPutt #FMLH
Top Circle, Croydon Park, Croydon Gardens.
Decent tree growth over the past number of years.
Past number of years meaning .......
#CroydonPark #CroydonGardens #Marino #123DublinBus #FMLH
St. Joseph's Secondary School in Friday's Irish Independent.
Principal, Alexandra Duane, speaking about the secretaries' and caretakers' strike.
Strike now suspended following the intervention of the Labour Court #StJosephs #Fairview #Strike #Education #FMLH
Businesses - Corrigans, The 1884 and the New Mandarin - Malahide Road just up from the junction with Brian Road #Businesses #MalahideRoad #BrianRoad #TheCrunch #FMLH
