wexford

yes there is a dog

and it's an identifiable breed, this looks like a setter; edit, (thanks George Fitzpatrick) its a springer spaniel

the men sitting on the bridge brings to mind the series of "lunch a top the skyscrapers" in 1930s new york

Foxglove I saw it First!!!

danny, sometimes the finger is mightier than the .... I just love to see that a man can feel comfortable parking himself and wheelbarrow in the road for a chat with the (fantastic description that my dad also used) ... cornerboys

Laying the foundation stone

You may be more familiar with its current name, Bewley’s Hotel Ballsbridge

Edit: “The Square and Compasses are really the most well known Freemason symbol. The meaning behind it is quite literal, with the square representing morality in that Freemasons need to ‘square [their] actions by the square of virtue with all mankind’.
The compass then measures the ability to wisely conduct actions within certain boundaries. In other words, together the Square and Compasses remind Freemasons to explore their desires and passions without stepping outside the realms of moral behaviour.”


via William Murphy

The ‘Star of David’ or more properly Solomon’s Seal, is another symbol, and harks back to the Temple of Solomon.
I wonder how many guests even notice as the enter the hotel?

The bazaar was held Easter 1882 in the Dublin
Exhibition Hall (1865) on Earlsfort Terrace where the concert hall now stands. It's aim was to raise funds for the Masonic School in Ballsbridge... where the Clayton Hotel is now.

O Mac Map updated.

At the DIA. Builders went bankrupt during construction.

From an account of the laying of the first stone, reported in the Illustrated London News on Saturday 17 October 1857 "The scene was most impressive. The hilltop where the proposed monument is to stand commands a vast and lovely view, and, erected, will be visible from far and near. His Excellency delivered to the people an animated, touching, and impressive speech, which showed that he felt the subject one calling forth his warmest sympathies and the full flow of his unfailing eloquence. The silver trowel used on the occasion, and presented by Sir Thomas Esmonde to the Lord Lieutenant, was a beautiful work of art, the production of Mr. West, the jeweller, of College-green."

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John Spooner Who has the trowel today? O Mac Very impressive!

O Mac Is that the right tower

Suck Diesel I think so, it must be?