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Dublin Docklands – An Urban Voyage (Contents)

The book was launched in March 2009 by John Gormley, TD, the then Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. It was released as a limited edition of 2,000 copies.

‘Enlightening and rewarding’, said The Irish Times. ‘Fascinating and insightful’, agreed Cara, the Aer Lingus in-flight magazine. ‘If You Do One Thing This Week’, advised the Sunday Independent, ‘delve into this intriguing book’. ‘A stylish and superb insight into the changing landscape of one of the capital’s iconic areas’, agreed Social & Personal.

Who was Sir John Rogerson? How did a Boland’s millworker end up managing Barcelona Football Club? Why was Hanover Quay named after a German royal family? What is Samuel Beckett’s connection to South Lotts Road? Why is Misery Hill so called? Who were the Quakers running merchant ships from the Docklands to Philadelphia? How did U2 score their break at Windmill Lane? Who was Doris of Doris Street? Why was a caged canary kept in the Gasworks?

 

This handsome, illustrated and comprehensive history of Dublin’s inner city docklands was commissioned by the Dublin Docklands Development Authority. Turtle subsequently escorted Nationwide‘s Niall Martin on a grand tour of the Grand Canal Docks for a show that aired on RTE One in February 2010.

Contents

 

Introduction

Timeline of the Dublin Docklands

Reviews

 

Chapter 1: Custom House Quay

 

  • Streetwise
  • The Custom House
  • Custom House Characters
  • Custom House Quay & the Old Dock
  • The Custom House Docks
  • John Henry Foley
  • Jeanie Johnston
  • The CHQ building and EPIC – The Irish Emigration Museum
  • The Crimean Banquet of 1856
  • The Victorian Age
  • Seán O Casey Bridge
  • Connolly Station & the Iron Horse
  • Great Northern Railway
  • Sir Isaac Butt Bridge
  • The Loopline Railway Bridge
  • The 20th Century
  • The Guinness Barges
  • Talbot Memorial Bridge
  • Custom House Docks Development Authority
  • International Financial Services Centre

Chapter 2: North Wall

  • Streetwise
  • The North Lotts Project
  • The Industrial Age
  • The 20th Century
  • Scherzer Rolling Lift Bridges
  • The MV Cill Airne
  • The London & North Western Railway Company
  • B&I (The British & Irish Steam Packet Company)
  • The 100-Ton Crane & the North Wall Extension
  • St Laurence O’Toole Pipe Band
  • The Halpins – Father & Son
  • Bindon Blood Stoney, Port and Docks Engineer
  • Sir John Purser Griffith
  • St Laurence O’Toole Church
  • St Laurence O’Toole GAA Club
  • National College of Ireland
  • St Laurence O’Toole Girls School
  • Luke Kelly
  • The Sheriff Street Flats
  • Spencer Dock & The Royal Canal
  • Luas Bridge at Spencer Dock
  •  North Wall, 2008
  • The Three Arena

 

Chapter 3: East Wall

 

Chapter 4: Westland Row & the South Quays

 

 

Chapter 5: Grand Canal Docks

 

Chapter 6: Ringsend, Irishtown & Poolbeg

 

 

Acknowledgements

Bibliography

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