See here for more stories of the Grand Canal Docks ***** The Evolution of Artichoke Road In 1736, a popular Huguenot settler named John Villiboise obtained a lease from Lord FitzWilliam on some marsh-land just east of Merrion Square, at present-day Hogan Place, south of what would become Grand Canal Docks. Monsieur Villiboise built a […]
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