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2024-03-19T08:41:05+00:00text/html2007-03-30T18:58:48+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.458213 -6.221248O1846 : Ward River, Swords, Co. Dublin
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There was a corn mill to the right of this picture, powered by this weir on the river. It was demolished in 1953.text/html2007-03-30T18:17:43+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.463557 -6.218013O1847 : North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin
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The Council Offices are at the bottom of this street.text/html2007-03-30T17:55:03+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.461761 -6.218089O1847 : North Street, Swords, Co. Dublin
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These are former teachers' houses that belonged to the Church of Ireland. They were built in 1890 at a cost of £250 each. One is now a parish office the other a curate's residence.text/html2007-03-26T20:16:43+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.445090 -6.126971O2445 : Robswall Castle, Malahide, Co. Dublin
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This tower house was once occupied by the Cistercian Monks of St. Mary's Abbey, Dublin and all fishing boats entering the harbour of Malahide gave a donation of fish to the monks. They also benefited from ship-wrecks. When the monasteries were suppressed by Henry VIII, he granted Robswalls to his Solicitor-General for Ireland, Patrick Barnewell C.1540. At one time it had its own small harbour hewn out of the rocks underneath and had a three-storied circular staircase. It is minus a storey to-day.text/html2007-03-26T20:02:15+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.447949 -6.137382O2345 : Hick's Tower, Malahide, Co. Dublin
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Hick’s Tower, which is a converted Martello Tower. One of 74 such towers built in Ireland between 1804 and 1815, Malahide’s tower was built in 1805 by the British Government in fear of a Napoleonic landing in Ireland. The walls of Hick’s Tower are 6ft. thick and the ground floor stored 30 barrels of gunpowder, cannon balls and water tanks with a capacity of 465 gallons. The first floor housed the living and sleeping quarters for the soldiers while the top floor, with a parapet, held a 24 pounder cannon. The tower was built to be bomb-proof and the original entrance was 10 feet from the ground. The swivel gun on the parapet had a range of approximately one mile. No nails, only wooden pegs were used in its construction, in case a spark from a soldier’s boot would blow the tower asunder. The mortar, holding the granite blocks together, is exceptionally strong, as it is comprised of lime, ash, hot wax and ox-blood. Architect, Frederick Hicks took over the tower in 1910 and, with colossal labour, cut windows in the wall and added a roof and made it into a home.text/html2007-03-26T19:49:43+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.454305 -6.141620O2346 : The Island, Malahide, Co. Dublin
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The Island (which actually a peninsula) is noted for its golf course and its flora.text/html2007-03-26T18:37:24+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.451798 -6.153773O2246 : The Diamond, Malahide, Co. Dublin
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The main cross roads in the town and its focal point. Malahide (Mullach Ide) derives from around the 12th century, meaning the Sandhills of the Hydes, who where a Norman family from the Donabate area. It is situated 16 kilometres north of Dublin city, on the train line to Belfast and lies between Swords and Portmarnock. It is one of Dublin's wealthiest and desirable suburban towns.text/html2007-03-25T11:56:23+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.343595 -6.248548O1634 : Pearse Station, Westland Row, Dublin
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The station was opened in 1834 as the city terminus of the Dublin & Kingstown Railway which was the first 'commuter' line in the world. The station was extended and rebuilt in the latter part of the 19th century when the present overall roof was installed. A feature of this rebuild allowed for the conversion of the terminus into a through station which eventually happened when the City of Dublin Junction Railway completed the final link up of all the city railways.
The station has two through platforms (Platforms 1 & 2). There is also one terminal platform (Platform 3) which is occasionally used for special services. A fourth platform exists, but is unsuitable for modern passenger services and is used as a siding. This platform [and the now covered in adjacent 5th platform] has been used as a set for several movies, 'Michael Collins', 'Limerick' in Angela's Ashes, 'Galway', in Norah Barnacle and the 2005 remake, Lassie, starring Peter O'Toole.
The station was previously called Westland Row Station, but was renamed in 1966 (after the Pearse Family, notably brothers Patrick and Willie) as part of the Easter Rising celebrations that saw many of the Republic of Ireland railway stations renamed.Although a number of Intercity lines operated out of the station in the past, nowadays no Intercity services regularly terminate at the station.text/html2007-03-24T18:13:47+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.346942 -6.293462O1334 : Heuston Station, Dublin
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The train shed was designed by Sir John McNeill and has recently been restored.text/html2007-03-24T15:55:52+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.346942 -6.293462O1334 : Heuston Station, Dublin
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Heuston was called Kingsbridge Station from its opening in 1844 until its renaming in 1966 after Sean Heuston, an Easter Rising leader who had worked in the station offices. This elegant station designed by Sancton Wood is the principal mainline station in Dublin with services to nearly every major destination in Ireland.text/html2007-03-24T15:37:42+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken52.137071 -8.650646W5598 : Mallow Station, Mallow, Co. Cork
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Mallow Station is the junction (on the main line between Dublin and Cork) for the Kerry line to Tralee via Killarney. An application has been put forward to Iarnród Éireann by Kerry County Council inquiring as to the possibility of changing the official name of Mallow train station to Kerry Junction. KCC have been getting increasingly worried about a downturn in tourist numbers travelling to Kerry by rail. A study carried out on behalf of KCC found that tourists intending to travel to Kerry by train often end up in Cork by mistake! text/html2007-03-24T15:16:04+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.363918 -6.225180O1836 : Clontarf Road Station, Dublin
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Clontarf Road Station was opened by Iarnród Éireann in 1997text/html2007-03-22T16:49:28+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken52.385323 -9.299936R1126 : Main Street, Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick
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Abbeyfeale was first settled in 1188 when Brien O'Brien founded a Cistercian abbey on the banks of the River Feale. Virtually no trace remains of the abbey, the only identifiable remnants being those used in the construction of the Roman Catholic church.text/html2007-03-22T12:12:47+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.460077 -6.225688O1747 : Rathbeale Road, Swords, Co. Dublin
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Rathbeale Road, is the R125 to Ratoath and Dunshaughlin.text/html2007-03-21T19:20:18+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/10111Peter Gerken53.461761 -6.218089O1847 : Courthouse, Swords, Co. Dublin
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Swords Courthouse was built in 1845 and designed by Alexander Tate