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Drawing on the Marathon History of the Phoenix Park
What do Irish Marathon Runners and Irish Artists have in common? Well, apart from the fact that a Marathon Runner can be an Artist and an Artist can be a Marathon Runner they do have something else in common; from … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Leisure, Military History, Nature, Nature Walks & Trails, Places, Social History, Travel
Tagged artist, Drawings, dublin, Duff, Hurricane Sandy, Irish Diaspora, line, Marathon, New York City Marathon, park, Park ranger, phoenix, phoenix park, Sheelagh, Wayne Reid
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Stationary Grandeur
Standing resplendent, beside Dublin’s river Liffey, at a point where St.John’s Road West meets Victoria Quay, is the magnificent Heuston Station Building. Formerly known as Kingsbridge Station, the front of this impressive structure was designed in 1846 by English Architect … Continue reading
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Time Capsule – I May be a General Yet
At the outbreak of WWI on 28th July 1914, Ireland was governed from Britain and was considered by the British, to be as much a part of their Empire as any other country under British dominion, at that time. In … Continue reading
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Disparate Ireland 