Pic: Dún Laoghaire Lifeboat and crew. Christmas Eve, 2018 Christmas is traditionally a time for jubilation, but Christmas Eve in…
Stepaside’s Secret Garden
Fernhill is a beautifully situated estate on the slopes of the Three Rock Mountain and currently in the process of…
Discover your heritage this summer
Summer of Heritage returns to the streets, parks, cemeteries, houses, museums and hidden gems of Dún Laoghaire Rathdown for another…
Bloomsday: A Secret History
“Good puzzle would be to cross Dublin without passing a pub” “He entered Davy Byrne’s. Moral pub. He doesn’t chat. Stands a…
Oscar nominee Saoirse Ronan on location at Cabinteely House in 2014
Irish eyes are smiling yet again with Saoirse Ronan’s third Oscar nomination for Best Actress for her role in Lady…
Winter of Heritage: January 22 – February 18, 2018
Perfectly timed to beat the January blues, the doors of Cabinteely House, Marlay House and the Oratory in Dún Laoghaire will…
Dún Laoghaire Calling – The Clash in the Top Hat
When I wrote about the historic Sonic Youth and Nirvana gig in the old Top Hat – on its 25th…
“Sea Bathing for the Working Classes”
I spotted this Great Southern Railway sign dating from 1881 in the Old Punch Bowl pub in Boostertown. It offers…
Alive Alive-O! Hawkers of Dún Laoghaire
Street vendor, pitchman, costermonger, coster, costard, demonstrator, peddler, huckster, tout and hawker are just some of the names to describe those who…
Gilbert & George – Art for All
I first encountered Gilbert & George at 9 years of age when they exhibited a work entitled ‘Drunk With God’…
Tales from the East Pier 