gunpowderoffice

Lovely bit of history!

It seems to be a popular point for taking pictures:



This one I found in a book. The tram tracks are a bit different.

Surprisingly, the "Gun Powder Office" survived the Rising without being shelled or blown up by its own contents getting too hot. ;-) By 1916 the "Kelly's Fishing Tackle Manufactory" on the lower signage had become "M. Kelly & Sons Fishing Tackle", and was moved up to top billing on the wall, while the Gun Powder Office lettering got smaller and lower-down on the building.

Aftermath of 1916:

What a super shot! There is so much going on here you could stare at it for ever and find new things all the time. The jewellers on the corner of Eden Quay "Hopkins and Hopkins late of Law and Sons were there right up to the mid '70's at least. See all the dung on the street (great for roses) and the man pushing the handcart with the milk churn? Brilliant!

And we have a winner! John Spooner John Spooner added a note on the picture over Bonafide Travellers. John, do you never sleep?

Wasn't there a law which prohibited selling of alcoholic beverages on Sundays other than to 'bona fide travellers'? There's an advertisement on the 2nd tram (centre-right) with 'Refreshments on Sundays. Bona fide travellers'

National Library of Ireland on The Commons From time to time. I see that Arabian Nights was on at the Gaiety Theatre

Here's the none-too-complimentary review from Freeman's of May 20th 1890, which refers to Miss Vaudray's be-feathered hat (click for a readable version).

Over market gardens tidy, Taverns for the bona fide

John Spooner Ooh, you're ringing vague bells with me about Dubliners heading out to Wicklow hills on a Sunday to go to public houses.

Respect,.,!!!

is it me or does the river seem high? Also, can anyone verify if the street lanterns on the bridge are the same or have they been replaced with replica's?

Tammy According to this interesting Dublin street lighting site, the gasoliers were "restored" around 1998-2003 - www.archiseek.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=3968

this was before the bridge was widened so the lamps on this side may have been changed.

beachcomber australia Re your note, Walter Osborne's 1889 painting shows a bookseller near the same spot (just a little further to the left where the hand-cart is). See comments here -

Yours for half a crown (i.e. 2/6)

Irish Independent - Thursday 06 August 1896 - but it was advertised extensively until about 1914 (still 2/6)

Several articles in following years quote it, until the late 1920s, even though one quote is prefaced: "The otherwise very reliable and excellent little Dictionary of Dublin says: [etc etc]" (Weekly Freeman's Journal - Saturday 05 December 1914)

The word on the street is that National Library of Ireland on The Commons has a copy

(Evening Irish Times - Monday 26 May 1913)

26 Christchurch Cathedral

Major Spoiler : archive.org/details/dictionaryofdubl00cosgiala/mode/1up

Number 24 not only has the Gunpowder Office but also the big sign advertising the photographery business Chancellors, who advertised their Movable Boudoir to convey Sitters to the Galleries. Nothing else of interest at all in picture 24.

Another Spoiler Alert! Flickr is sometimes amazing! Via British Library For example no. 19 More - www.flickr.com/photos/britishlibrary/tags/sysnum000792938