Archive for 'Community'
Waste Management Christmas 2008 / New Year
Dublin City Council have issued the following notice regarding waste collection etc.Â
Dublin City Council Waste Management Services 2008 Christmas/New Year Arrangements
Wishing you a Green Christmas & New Year
The Christmas & New Year period is traditionally one of the busiest of the year for our Waste Management Services. In light of this the following arrangements have [...]
Posted: 01:58 PM under Community.
Tags: christmas, new year, waste
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History of the Jewish Cemetery
On the 28th of October 1718, Alexander Felix (David Penso), Jacob Do Porto, and David Machado Do Sequeira, on behalf of the Ashkennazim leased a plot of land in Ballybough from Chichester Phillips of Drumcondra Castle.
Situated on present day Fairview Strand - this plot of land measuring “half a rood and five perches” or roughly [...]
Posted: 12:49 PM under Community.
Tags: 5618, cohen, gravestone, history, Jewish Cemetery, jews
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FRA: O’Donnell site development
Fairview Residents’ Association
Cumann Mhuintear Fionnradharc
Dulin City Council have received a planning application from Apex Estates regarding the former Pat O’Donnell site with an entrance at 18 & 20 Richmond Avenue. The site already has permission to build an apartment complex and the new application essentially seeks to add an additional 7 apartments in an extra [...]
Posted: 06:32 PM under Community.
Tags: Fairview, Fairview Residents' Association, fra, Pat O'Donnell, Richmond Avenue, Richmond Estate
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Bram Stoker
Abraham “Bram” Stoker (8 November 1847 - 20 April 1912) was an Irish writer of novels and short stories, who is best known today for his 1897 horror novel Dracula. During his lifetime, he was better known for being the personal assistant of the actor Henry Irving and the business manager of the Lyceum Theatre [...]
Posted: 05:46 PM under Community.
Tags: Bram Stoker, dracula, Fairview, Suicides Plot
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FRA: Marino 123 restricted
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The 123 bus no longer travels through Marino on its northward journey owing to the health & safety concerns of drivers entering Brian Road.
A number of elderly residents have been affected by this change.
The City Council are now consulting with Dublin Bus & the Traffic Advisory Group in an effort to address the issue. Dublin Bus [...]
Posted: 03:15 PM under Community.
Tags: 123, Brian Road, bus, Marino, parking, pay & display
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Fairview Park
Situated in the heart of Fairview between the DART line and River Tolka, this 20 hectare park is noted for its seasonal bedding displays and also features playing fields, a children’s playground and tree-lined walks.
The park is laid out on land reclaimed from the sea adjoining the harbour. Originally a tidal mud flat which was [...]
Posted: 06:44 PM under Community.
Tags: dpt, Fairview, Fairview Park, fionnradharc, playground
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Life Drawing Session
Life Drawing Sessions take place at the Carlton Hall, Shelmartin Ave., Marino every Monday from 11:30 to 1:00pm.
Relaxed, informal sessions. Professional and amateur artists. Poses of short duration. No tuition.
15 euro per session. Â Just turn up with your sketchbook!
For further information you can contact Aran McMahon on 087-6716500 or Glen McMahon on 086-2439089
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Posted: 10:56 PM under Artist, Community.
Tags: art, carleton hall, life drawing, Marino
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History of the Jews in Fairview & Marino
The first Jews to come to Ireland in significant numbers were Morano Jews, that is to say Jews who readily converted to Christianity but practised their Jewish faith assiduously. These Jews came from Spain and Portugal and were believed to have fled the Inquisition. Within a few years there were enough Jews to found a [...]
Posted: 10:05 PM under Community.
Tags: 5618, Annadale, Cromwell, history, Jewish Cemetery, jews, Philipsburgh Avenue
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History of Fairview from “5618 and all that”
The little village of Fairview which until the end of the 18th Century was known as Ballybough, has down the years seen the coming and going of many varied groups, sects, landowners, scholars, farmers, industrialists, law enforcers, wayfarers and colourful characters.
Croydon Park House at the top of Fairview Avenue (now Richmond Avenue) was once the [...]
Posted: 08:18 PM under Community.
Tags: 1916, 5618, bombing, Bram Stoker, Clontarf Island, Cromwell, Dean Swift, dracula, Esmonde, floods, glass, history, James Joyce, jews, Joyce, Suicides Plot, Thomas Clarke
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Drumcondra
Drumcondra (Irish: Droim Conrach, meaning the Ridge of the Condraighe, who were a tribe from the 2nd century) is a residential area and inner suburb on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. It was the central area of the district of Clonturk, and the two names were used equally for, for example, the religious and civil parishes.
The poplation of Drumcondra in 2002 [...]
Posted: 07:44 PM under Community.
Tags: Aidan Gillen, Bertie Ahern, clonturk, Drumcondra, video
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