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This selection of images from the Irish Photo Archive depict the flooding of Fairview, North Strand and East Wall, Dublin in December 1954.

Severe storms during this December week in 1954 brought some of the worst flooding ever seen on the streets of Dublin. Many areas of the city suffered. The north inner city was [...]

Kevin Dolan and Bláithín de Burca played in Smyth’s of Fairview at the Forest Friends Charity gig in April 2013.
Bláithín’s background in traditional Irish singing and Kevin’s raw, Dylan-esque talent work well together to form a singer-songwriter duo with roots and influences on all ends of the musical spectrum.
Below is one of their covers: “Dancing [...]

Marino Local History Society have put together this charming compilation of memories of the 1970s in Marino.
Marino memories

The Society can be contacted by e-mail at marino-history@hotmail.com
You can see the Society’s video of the “Big Snow” of 2010 here.
You can read more about the history of the area starting here.

Maria Philomena Potter (1925 - 7 April 2004), known as Maureen Potter, was an acclaimed Irish singer, actor, comedian and performer.
The daughter of a commercial traveller, born in Fairview, Dublin, Ireland and educated at St. Mary’s, Fairview, on Dublin’s Northside, she had a long career in the Irish theatre, mainly as a comedian, but also [...]

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 [...]

The River Tolka (Irish: An Tulcha) is a river which flows through Dublin, Ireland.
It rises near Dunshaughlin, Co. Meath, passing Dunboyne, Mulhuddart, Blanchardstown, Finglas, then through the north Dublin district of Drumcondra (beside Tolka Park), Glasnevin and Ballybough, before flowing alongside Fairview Park and entering Dublin Bay at East Wall.
The Tolka is, with the River Liffey and the River Dodder is one of Dublin’s main rivers. It is the second largest river entering Dublin City, after the Liffey, [...]

The Marino Waltz was composed by John Sheahan. It was used for a popular commercial for Bord na Móna on Irish T.V. in the 1980s and became an instant hit for John.

John Sheahan intoduces the tune & the Dubliners play the Marino Waltz on the Late Late Show.
 

John Sheahan of The Dubliners Folk Group joins [...]