Hang on.
What’s that disappointed bridge pier doing there?
*scratches head*
Discovered on the excellent South Dublin County Libraries image archive.
‘Sibling’ of Daedalus’ ponders
I never knew about the pier and I’m not too sure it’s mentioned in the buke. So this is what S/mt Strand would have looked like to Leopold Bloom? A mini-Brighton The photos are from c.1900 because the little boy in the first one is wearing an Oxford Suit which was around from about 1895-1915.
I thought whoever put it up [the image] had made a mistake and it was Belfast, because it says Belfast on the sign [second pic], but I think it’s referring to day trips on a boat, so indeed there was a pier.
What always amazes me is how good the infrastructure was for middle-class Dubliners c.1900. Lovely railings, parks etc. Of course if you lived in the slums a very different story.
