Monthly Archives: June 2012

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.

South Dublin County Libraries

Sibling of Daedalus

STOP!

Folding that tricolour.

Conor Walsh writes:

I play lacrosse for Ireland and we will be competing at the European Lacrosse Championships in just over week’s time in Amsterdam.

This will be the first time that the Euros have a tiered group stage and Ireland are in the top division alongside England, The Netherlands, Germany, Finland and Sweden.

We are in the Top 10 in the world rankings after a 9th place finish in the World Championships in 2010. We finished 7th in the last Euros in 2008 and we are hoping to improve on that with a medal-winning finish in the Netherlands..

Training camp starts tomorrow, June 16, with our opening game against current holders England on June 20.

We will be competing alongside the Women’s team who are grouped against England, Austria, The Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland.

It would be really great to get some publicity to help garner some support for both teams ahead of what will hopefully be a successful campaign at a major sports event.

IrelandLacrosse.ie

Ireland Lacrosse (Facebook)

(Pics Joe Caulfield)