i think you’ll find haughey bought loads of it after he was minister for agriculture, sold it on for a hefty wedge to developers who then put up a parking lot.
Wayne.F
Nope a wife’s family are one of the family’s that farmed the land Mr Liam Lawlors was one of the few politicians that took advantage of cpo’s for personal gain!
The DAA attempted to acquire all the land from Ballymun exit to M50 fly over and M1 originally! Most of the dogy CPO’s were on the 70’s to mid 80’s
Spaghetti Hoop
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
smoothlikemurphys
To be fair, we’re not exactly short on fields in this place
Spaghetti Hoop
^That’s not in the lyrics!
Big taxis aside, I recall landing at Dublin Airport once with an excited Yank beside me peering out on North Country Dublin who exclaimed, “Oh my! Look at all those lawns!”
We only got an airport in 1940? That’s mad.
Have a think.
Baldonnel was used before this was built.
All affordable housing around it now ….. lol?
They paved paradise and put up a parking lot…
i think you’ll find haughey bought loads of it after he was minister for agriculture, sold it on for a hefty wedge to developers who then put up a parking lot.
Nope a wife’s family are one of the family’s that farmed the land Mr Liam Lawlors was one of the few politicians that took advantage of cpo’s for personal gain!
The DAA attempted to acquire all the land from Ballymun exit to M50 fly over and M1 originally! Most of the dogy CPO’s were on the 70’s to mid 80’s
You don’t know what you’ve got till it’s gone.
To be fair, we’re not exactly short on fields in this place
^That’s not in the lyrics!
Big taxis aside, I recall landing at Dublin Airport once with an excited Yank beside me peering out on North Country Dublin who exclaimed, “Oh my! Look at all those lawns!”