baggotstreet

good to see ( childhood memories)

Streetview

Marvellous - and to add to the architecture the once familiar street furniture of Dublin - a CIE 'circular' bus stop flap and a Stanton 6B concrete street lamp standard.

I wondered how Baggot Street got that name ... "Baggot Street (Irish: Sráid Bhagóid) is a street in Dublin, Ireland. It is named after Baggotrath, the manor granted to Robert Bagod in the 13th century. He built Baggotrath Castle, which was partly destroyed during the Battle of Rathmines and demolished in the early nineteenth century.The street was called Baggot Street in 1773. ... ... : Via en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggot_Street

Walked/bused that route everyday for 5 years. (Office off Baggot St. Living northside). Bus stop still in same place. (Handy for junction with Pembroke St). 24 Baggot Street was (is?) a "holistic medical" centre. I wonder if the chap pictured is on his way for a session in a flotation tank? (Shadow is interesting. Did one of the Wiltshires perhaps capture their own elbows protruding from the base of a signpost?)

Much better known and loved as Baggot Street Hospital.

GoofleMaps 3D is fun to fiddle with -
www.google.com/maps/place/City+of+Dublin+Royal+Hospital/@...

[Aside] I'm still 'banned' from the NLI website; don't think it is my end, as I have cleared cookies etc, and tried different browsers and mobile phone. Missing marvellous megazoom!

" ... The hospital was extended and the current façade of red brick and terracotta tiles was added, based on the designs of Albert Edward Murray, in 1893.[4] It was renamed the Royal City of Dublin Hospital following a visit by Princess Alexandra in 1900. ..."
From - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_City_of_Dublin_Hospital#Closure
So 1900+

beachcomber australia Sorry! I'll ask the boffins. Can you add a screenshot of what you're seeing, please? Picture worth a thousand words, and all that!

National Library of Ireland on The Commons Thanks! It's the same as previously -

That quite a door for a back door, but surely they wouldn't hang the sheets out in front either. Just had a look up Baggot St. on Google Maps but didn't see a roof like that anywhere. Perhaps it was demolished to build some ugly office block.

[http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] If it is Baggot Street, I would have plumped for Lower (the end closest to Stephen's Green), but that would really mean the area where Bank of Ireland head office is. Most of the Georgian fabric has miraculously survived down that end. Baggot Street Hospital dominates one side of Upper Baggot Street, and on the facing side, don't think there was room for a terrace of houses between Baggot St. and Fleming's Place/Burlington Road... Where's Niall and his OSI maps when you need him?

Think I've found it on an OS map, but have not yet figured out how to link to that spot. Yes, Lower Baggot St, but it has been demolished. Between East James St. and Herbert St, there was a small lane called Adelaide Place. That's it on the lower left with the gas lamps. Approx here. Oh wait. Try this OS map link.

Think This Might be it or at least half of it link text In the early 1830s Catherine McAuley started training courses in the Baggot Street Convent to qualify able students who wished to become governesses or teachers in various schools throughout Ireland. When the principle of denominational training was accepted, the ‘Sedes Sapientiae’ (Seat of Wisdom) Training School in Baggot Street was recognised as a Teacher Training college for girls in 1883 and later transferred to Carysfort Training College, Blackrock, Dublin. Until then only 27% of Catholic teachers and 52% of Protestant teachers had graduated from training colleges.

DannyM8's building looks exactly right, and [http://www.flickr.com/photos/eyelightfilms] has the location. In this Google image of the school that stands there now, I see what looks like a graveyard, but no such thing is marked on any map I can find The school is Scoil Chaitríona CBS primary school..

Is that the edge of Baggot St. bridge on the bottom right or am I completely lost?

Hi Sharon, I think so though I have not tried to research it yet!

It looks about right on the OSI map - particularly the couple of buildings on the left, then an empty bit. If so, it looks a bit different now.

Looking at it on Streetview (I'm not too good at uploading the Streetview link) it appears that the building down about 100 yards on the left is the current IBEC building! The street doesn't appear half as wide and open today, were the buildings rebuilt closer together?

National Library of Ireland on The Commons I think the island with trees in the middle of the road makes it look narrower.