Why Is This Man Doing This?

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Maxi writes:

Does anybody know why this guy is power washing off the Carroll Transport sign on John Rogerson’s Quay [Dublin]? It has been there for decades as far as I know…Just interested to know why somebody has decided to remove it.


49 thoughts on “Why Is This Man Doing This?”

  2. I like the “Finn’s Hotel” sign near Trinity (South Leinster Street?). There’s a few more on Talbot Street I think.

  3. No respect for the city’s vernacular design heritage and too much time on his hands

  4. They’re clearing off space so someone can write “grift” on there, just like every other flat surface in the city.

  5. I’ve no idea, and it seems a shame. But for any question of “why is this man doing X?”, a good working answer is usually “sexual pleasure.”

  8. F*cking disgusted. I worked in that building when we were developing the O2 building next door. Really amazing piece of land. I think it’s been renovated since, but there were amazing pieces of art deco in the offices during my few months.

  10. Why, oh why do people feel the need to know about everything that’s going on?

    Who gives a toss????

    • I’ve only ever seen it on bridges (the first of which was the Sean O’Casey bridge). Is it on footpaths too? Speaking of urban art…I was gutted when Karma’s “Thug Life” was removed from the Dublin Dockland’s Association’s headquarters. But what was stranger still was when someone removed (what I assume) was the city sanctioned art that used to hang the length of the DDDA’s headquarter’s across from Jury’s. It only brightened up that length of quays. I thought I saw a piece of it during the tall ships festival, tucked behind some street off the Grand Canal Docks. Anyone?

  12. Does it not refer to the grumpy old troll who lives under the bridge? I believe “Dora the Explorer” is the source material for this one… (Damn kids!)

    • Does no one know the story of the Billy Goats Gruff anymore? Source of the original bridge/troll narrative paradigm. Kids these days. Tsk

      • Can’t believe someone thinks it originated from Dora. Although I did read someone asking what the Rocky theme was as they never heard it before. I now understand the reasons behind the saying “Kids should be seen and not heard”.
        One is that they say stupid things.
        Secondly, they make me feel old.

  16. People go mad with those yokes. Knew a fella broke his pelvis hosin’ the moss off the bungalow roof.

  18. Many of these ‘ghost signs’ are such a great part of a city’s history….there are many websites devoted to old signage in London and New York. Awful to see a classic sign obliterated.