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I’d say that isn’t the type of “burying” he had in mind
National Gallery on Merrion Square - admission is free
I would prefer something that didn’t involve walking
Head to a hipster pub like P.Mac’s or its sister pub Cassidy’s on Westmoreland Street, drink some overpriced craft beer and play Guess Who or Snakes & Ladders against some random crusty types.
[QUOTE=“The Dunph, post: 511015, member: 116”]I returned to Dublin yesterday evening and was able to have a bit of a look around while driving to Shelbourne Park for the feast of racing that was on. I was anxious to see what improvements the place had made.
The traffic was slow and laborious. I think this owed to the rugby football match that had been on earlier in the day but i thought most of these tards would have dispersed by 7pm. It was hard work trying to manoevure my way up Haddington Road, there were plenty of yuppie types in Leinster jerseys with gelled hair and sunglasses on their heads standing out around the road. I had to let out a few beeps and a few roars to get one fella to move. On a positive note i spotted one lovely lady out jogging, she was stopped tying her laces on the footpath while i was in traffic. She reminded me of an Olympian with all that sort of gear on and she looked very fit as well, she was like an aborigine actually.
I finally got to Shelbourne Park in plenty of time for the dogs, which was awesome fare (refer to the greyhound thread for report). On the way back through the city then around 10.30pm, i noticed an awful lot of taxi’s about. They seem more polite than the taxi drivers in Limerick anyway. I ran a red light at one stage, and received a few heckles from people on the footpath for it. This sort of thing is encouraged and done all the time in Limerick so i was surprised with the reaction. I also noticed a Mercedes across from Milanos that was clamped.
In short, Shelbourne Park is as glorious as ever and if only the rest of Dublin could be more like it. They need to get rid of these Leinster fans too. These tards are only an eyesore about the place and will do nothing to encourage tourism. I look forward to returning to Dublin again later in the summer and seeing what changes have been made.[/QUOTE]
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Had to google it after I saw that, one for the things I learned today thread. The Dame Tavern opposite the stags head used to be called the stags tail 
What ls the tall building at very start? Thought it was liberty Hall but wrong side… Seems to be down towards the sea…
I glanced and assumed it was Liberty Hall too but you are right it is other side
The sea used to be on the other side back then.
Gasometer. Giant store for naphthalene
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Did youse lads grow up under a rock or something? 
The above is a like a New Yorker seeing a video of the city from the 1980s and asking what those two massive twin towers at the bottom of Manhattan were.
There’s a lovely shot of the Gasometer here about 45 seconds in, which is clearly influenced by the video for Pride by U2. I have a feeling it was taken in the very early stages of its demolition, which happened gradually over around six weeks around September/October 1993, it got steadily and steadily less tall until it eventually disappeared from view. Family was broadcast in May 1994.
That was a great programme. Sean McGinley and Ger Ryan gave tour de France performances. Roddy Doyle was well able to write before he disappeared up his own hole.
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I’m watching this right now:
Roddy Doyle was one of Eamon Dunphy’s big targets alongside John Hume circa 1993/1994. I’m sure he found some bizarre way to lump him into his “Offical Ireland”, “not real people” narrative. I’d love to have access to some of Dunphy’s columns from back then actually just to see how bad they were.
Dublin is a kip. I live here, I know.
Close this thread and move on please
Never saw it before in my life!!.. Think it was gone by 1993… I’d no business being down that neck of the woods before then… Nothing down there… Well apart form a gasometer…
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