Deleyaman soundcheck Change Things at Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin Oct. 10th, 2018
Deleyaman and Jules Maxwell Irish Tour 2018
Oct. 4th Limerick City Gallery of Art, Limerick
Oct. 5th Roisin Dubh, Galway
Oct. 6th 126 Gallery, Galway
Oct. 8th Roadside Tavern, Lisdoonvarna
Oct. 9th Visual, Carlow
Oct. 10th Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin
Oct. 11th Spirit Store, Dundalk
Oct. 13th Portico, Portaferry
Change Things written and performed by Deleyaman
A day in Dublin City | Temple Bar | KOCHI TO IRELAND | GoPro hero 7 black | Ireland Travel Videos
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The culture of Ireland includes language, literature, music, art, folklore, cuisine, and sport associated with Ireland and the Irish people. For most of its recorded history, Irish culture has been primarily Gaelic. It has also been influenced by Anglo-Norman, English and Scottish culture.
Temple Bar is a busy riverside neighbourhood, spread over cobbled pedestrian lanes. Crowded pubs host live folk music and DJ sets, and diners pack restaurants serving Asian, American and Irish cuisine. Quirky boutiques stock clothes and crafts by local designers. The National Photographic Archive highlights Ireland’s past, while the Project Arts Centre and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios shows contemporary art.
The things to do in dublin :
Shop Grafton Street.
Stroll St. Stephen's Green.
Visit the Little Museum of Dublin.
Behold the Book of Kells and Trinity College.
Stop by St. Patrick's Cathedral.
Tour the Guinness Storehouse.
Enjoy a Taste of Irish Nightlife at Temple Bar.
Cross Ha' Penny Bridge.
The Temple Bar in Temple Bar
See how fast the girl moved when she realised that she was in front of a camera.
Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. Unlike the areas surrounding it, Temple Bar has preserved its medieval street pattern, with many narrow cobbled streets. It is Dublin's cultural quarter and has a lively nightlife that is popular with tourists. Temple Bar is in the postcode Dublin 2 (D2), and has an estimated population of 3,000.
The area is the location of many Irish cultural institutions, including the Irish Photography Centre (incorporating the Dublin Institute of Photography, the National Photographic Archives and the Gallery of Photography), the Ark Children's Cultural Centre, the Irish Film Institute, incorporating the Irish film archive, the Temple Bar Music Centre, the Arthouse Multimedia Centre, Temple Bar Gallery and Studio, the Project Arts Centre, the Gaiety School of Acting, the Irish Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Ireland.
After dark, the area is a major centre for nightlife, with many tourist-focused nightclubs, restaurants and bars. Pubs in the area include The Porterhouse, the Oliver St. John Gogarty, the Turk's Head, the Temple Bar, Czech Inn (formerly Isolde's Tower), the Quays Bar, the MEZZ, the Foggy Dew and Eamonn Doran's, Purty Kitchen, as well as the newly flourishing Bayfire. Two new squares have been created in recent years — Meetinghouse Square and Temple Bar Square. Meetinghouse Square has been used for outdoor film screenings in the summer months. Since summer 2004, Meetinghouse Square is also home to the Speaker's Square project, which is similar to Speakers' Corner in London.
Meetinghouse Square is home to the Temple Bar Food Market every Saturday. The Cow's Lane Market is a fashion and design market which takes place on Cow's Lane every Saturday. The Temple Bar Book Market is held on Saturdays and Sundays in Temple Bar Square.
In July 2005, visiting American singer Aimee Mann described her shock at encountering overflowing pubs, drunks, urine stains and pools of vomit
Rayne Booth - Curator Temple Bar Gallery & Studios
Rayne Booth, Temple Bar Gallery Curator, discusses the Temple Bar Gallery
Temple Bar - Barra an Teampaill (Dublin)
Temple Bar (Irish: Barra an Teampaill) is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. Unlike the areas surrounding it, Temple Bar has preserved its medieval street pattern, with many narrow cobbled streets. It is promoted as Dublin's cultural quarter and has a lively nightlife that is popular with tourists. Temple Bar is in the postcode Dublin 2 (D2), and has an estimated population of 3,000.
The area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame Street to the south, Westmoreland Street to the east and Fishamble Street to the west. It probably got its name from the Temple family, who lived in the area in the 17th century. Sir William Temple, provost of Trinity College Dublin in 1609, had his house and gardens in the area. Alternatively, it could have been named in imitation of the Temple Bar in London. However it got its name, the earliest historical reference to the name Temple Bar is on a 1673 map.
Fishamble Street in Temple Bar was the location of the first performance of Handel's Messiah on 13 April 1742. An annual performance of the Messiah is held on the same date at the same location. The republican revolutionary group, the Society of the United Irishmen, was formed at a meeting in a tavern in Eustace Street in 1791.
During the 19th century, the area slowly declined in popularity, and in the 20th century, it suffered from urban decay, with many derelict buildings. Its unfashionability probably saved it from Dublin's property developers, who destroyed much of the city's historic architecture during the 1960s.
In the 1980s, the state-owned transport company Córas Iompair Éireann proposed to buy up and demolish property in the area and build a bus terminus in its place. While this was in the planning stages, the purchased buildings were let out at low rents, which attracted small shops, artists and galleries to the area. Protests by An Taisce, residents and traders led to the cancellation of the bus station project, An Taoiseach Charles Haughey was responsible for securing funding [1]and, in 1991, the government set up a not-for-profit company called Temple Bar Properties to oversee the regeneration of the area as Dublin's cultural quarter.
The area is the location of many Irish cultural institutions, including the Irish Photography Centre (incorporating the Dublin Institute of Photography, the National Photographic Archives and the Gallery of Photography), the Ark Children's Cultural Centre, the Irish Film Institute, incorporating the Irish Film Archive, the Temple Bar Music Centre, the Arthouse Multimedia Centre, Temple Bar Gallery and Studio, the Project Arts Centre, the Gaiety School of Acting, as well as the Irish Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Ireland.
After dark, the area is a major centre for nightlife, with many tourist-focused nightclubs, restaurants and bars. Pubs in the area include The Porterhouse, the Oliver St. John Gogarty, the Turk's Head, the Temple Bar, Czech Inn (in the former Isolde's Tower), the Quays Bar, the Foggy Dew, Eamonn Doran's and the Purty Kitchen.
Two squares have been renovated in recent years — Meetinghouse Square and the central Temple Bar Square. The Temple Bar Book Market is held on Saturdays and Sundays in Temple Bar Square.
Meetinghouse Square, which takes its name from the nearby Quaker Meeting House, is used for outdoor film screenings in the summer months. Since summer 2004, Meetinghouse Square is also home to the Speaker's Square project, which is similar to Speakers' Corner in London and to the Temple Bar Food Market every Saturday.
The Cow's Lane Market is a fashion and design market which takes place on Cow's Lane every Saturday.
Temple Bar, especially the area around the Central Bank, has been known stereotypically to attract subcultures such as emo and goth, sometimes referred to as 'bankies', and other dark subcultures who tend to lurk more around Forbidden Planet.
In July 2005, visiting American singer Aimee Mann described her shock at encountering overflowing pubs, drunks, urine stains and pools of vomit . This and other increasingly adverse coverage has led to the introduction in October 2005 of a Play Nice campaign to help the area recover its bohemian image.
In 1999 Stag Parties and Hen nights from the UK were supposedly banned (or discouraged) from Temple Bar, mainly due to drunken loutish behaviour, although this seems to have lapsed
(wikipedia)
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VAI Get Together 2019 - Experiment
Get Together is Ireland's National Day for Visual Artists and this year it took place at TU Dublin, Grangegorman on Friday 14th of June. The programme included Panel Discussions, Artists Speak, Visual Artists Café, Speed Curating and Specialist Clinics.
Get Together 2019 took its theme from the belief that we, as artists, must always have the right to experiment.
The Visual Artists Café was an area where Arts Organisations and Artist’s Support Agencies gathered to provide information about their services, while catching up with friends old and new.
Throughout the day there there were presentations by exemplary artists speaking about their work in the Artist Speak series. We heard from artists Dan Shipsides, Mary Duffy, Basil Al-Rawi, Cecilia Danell, Victor Sloane, Margaret Tuffy, Comhghall Casey, Tinka Bechert.
In the video you will see artists showing their work to curators and specialists in Speed Curating and Clinics.
What is Speed Curating?
Ever wish you could get a chance to sit down with a curator to introduce yourself and show them your work? At Speed Curating 40 of the top curators in Ireland are waiting for you to do just that.
Before booking, you have the chance to read about the curators in the programme and decide who to meet. On the day, you have 10 minutes to talk about what you’re working on, how you think you could work together or just introduce them to your practice.
This fast-paced but friendly environment offers a chance for curators to meet artists they might never have come across, or to see new bodies of work in development. Multiple exhibitions and working relationships have developed from VAI’s Speed Curating events, and everyone walks away feeling the benefit of having discussed their practice with fellow professionals.
What are Specialist Clinics?
Do you have an area in your practice you need help with or would just like some advice on where to go next? Get help in 20-minute one-on-one meetings with experts in their field. Whether you want to know where to start after a gap in your practice, would like to know how you can take your career to the next stage, or would just like someone to review your work or your website and give you feedback, Clinics offer focused time to do this. To get the most out of the session, you can send questions in advance, as well as information about your work.
Key Note Address: Asal Bagheri, Film Theorist & Critic
Panel Discussions:
Illustrating a Point
Ben Crothers, Fiona McDonnell, Holly Pereira, Jacky Sheridan, Stephen Maurice Graham.
Research & Experimentation
Marta de Menezes, Nicola Triscott, Robin Price and Tere Badia.
Curators
Aedín McGinn (Toradh Gallery, Meath); Ann Mulrooney (Science Gallery Dublin); Anne Mullee (The Courthouse Gallery, Clare);
Annette Moloney (Independent Curator); Arno Kramer (Independent Curator); Astrid Newman (ARC Residency, The LAB); Brenda
McParland (Municipal Gallery, dlr Lexicon); Brendan Fox (Independent Curator); Catherine Hemelryk (CCA Derry~Londonderry); Cleo Fagan (Superprojects); Davey Moor (Independent Curator); Dawn Williams (Crawford Art Gallery); Deirdre Robb (Belfast Exposed); Dermot Browne (Independent Curator); Emma Brennan (Catalyst Arts); Emma-Lucy O’ Brien (VISUAL, Carlow); Enid Conway (Bloomers Magazine); Eva Kenny (Independent Curator); Eve Woods (Pallas Projects & Studios, Dublin); John Daly (Hillsboro Fine Art); Julia Gelezova (PhotoIreland Foundation); Julia Moustacchi (Independent Curator); Kevin Kavanagh (Kevin Kavanagh Gallery); Maeve Butler (Void, Derry); Maeve Mulrennan (Galway Arts Centre); Mary Grehan (Independent Curator); Michael Hill (Temple Bar Gallery + Studios); Miguel Amado (Cork Printmakers); Miranda Driscoll (Sirius Arts Centre, Cork); Mirjami Schuppert (Independent Curator); Niamh Brown
(Ormston House, Limerick); Olivier Cornet (Olivier Cornet Gallery, Dublin); Patrick Murphy (RHA Gallery, Dublin); Peter Mutschler (PS,
Belfast); Séamus McCormack (New Contemporaries & Independent); Simon Fennessy Corcoran (126 Artist-Run Gallery); Siobhán Kelly (Catalyst Arts, Belfast); Tanya Kiang (Gallery of Photography); Teresa Crowley (The Molesworth Gallery, Dublin); Therry Rudin (Damer House Gallery, Tipperary); Valeria Ceregini (Independent Curator)
About VAI:
Visual Artists Ireland (VAI) is the Representative body for professional visual artists in Ireland. Since our foundation in 1980, VAI has undertaken to provide equitable and independent advice, supports, and events that support artists at all stages of their career.
Temple Bar - Places to Visit in Dublin, Ireland
Getting deeper into the streets and small neighborhoods of the city you are travelling to is the trick you should play because that is usually how you will manage to gain experiences and how you will get the chance to explore lots of different things about this city you are visiting for the first time in your life.
When one visits Dublin, there are different places that he/she is usually willing to visit, such as heading to the Trinity College Museum ( visiting any of the different parks that are found there, like the Phoenix Park for example ( or even mixing between the need to know more about the famous company for drinks - Guinness - and between trying some samples as well by visiting the Guinness Storehouse ( This is usually a simple part of the plan which any ordinary person will be willing to follow when it comes to Dublin - of course in addition to different other historical places as well - but people will still be thinking about those places which might not be always paid much attention to, not because they are not well known, but simply because they are not as famous as those other destinations.
At the first glance, one would think that Temple Bar is actually a bar or a pub which one could visit and spend some time at when in fact it is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. The Temple Bar area is bounded by the Liffey to the north, Dame street to the south, Westmoreland street to the east, and Fishamble street to the west.
Unlike the other parts that are considered in the center of Dublin, the Temple Bar is promoted as Dublin's cultural quarter that has a lively nightlife and is always found to be crowded with tourists - so you will be checking one of the important parts of the city and at the same time will get the chance to enjoy a drink at one of the bars found there.
One of the most famous destinations in Temple Bar area is the Temple Bar Pub - maybe that's why it was given the same name, to bring people to it more often - but there are other popular venues as well which include the Palace Bar, Oliver St. John Gogarty's and the Auld Dubliner.
If you think that Temple Bar name was given to the street since the old days then you are wrong because the first mention for that name was in 1673 in Bernard de Gomme's map. The name of the street is believed to be taken from the Temple family whose progenitor, Sir William Temple, built a house and some gardens there in the early 1600s.
As much as this area carries history, it is now a place where lots of tourists head to in order to experience the beautiful corners of the place and at the same time pass by some of the cultural institutions which are located there. From those cultural institutions that one could pass by there, there is the Institute of Photography, the Irish Film Institute, the Button Factory, the Arthouse Multimedia Centre, Temple Bar Gallery and Studios, the New Theatre, the Irish Stock Exchange, as well as other cultural institutions which one could get the chance to pass by and enjoy as well.
Being the capital - as well as the largest city in Ireland - Dublin is usually one of the first cities tourists think about when it comes to Ireland and visiting it, but adding to its size and importance as a capital city, one should never deny those different important destinations and sites which could be visited in it that also attract people to this beautiful city.
From the important places that one should visit while being in Dublin, Ireland, there is the River Liffey and having a walk by it ( taking a tour by the bus which will give you a good sightseeing experience around the city ( visiting the O'Connell Street which will combine between the experience of history and that of shopping ( there is also the Mansion House in Dublin which was built back in 1710 ( there is the Four Courts along the River Liffey which those enjoying a walk by the river could pass by and check ( and there are different other places which tourists could choose from according to their likes and dislikes which include the Merrion Square St. Patrick's Park ( and lots of other examples which you will get the chance to explore once you come to the city.
Have you ever been to Dublin before? If yes, have you ever visited the Temple Bar in Dublin? Share with us your experience and tell us how much did you love the place.
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Alan Butler, Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, 22 Oct - 27 Nov 2010 (Advert 2)
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'I KNOW THAT YOU BELIEVE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU THINK I SAID, BUT I'M NOT SURE YOU REALISE THAT WHAT YOU HEARD IS NOT WHAT I MEANT'
an exhibition by Alan Butler at
Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, Ireland. Oct-Nov 2010.
Preview: 6-8pm 21 Oct 2010
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Temple Bar Dublin, Ireland - Night Clubs, Bars and Restaurants. Temple bar district - a Must Visit!
Those who haven't been to Dublin before will think that Temple Bar is a name of a famous bar that is found in Dublin, but it is actually the name of a famous neighborhood that is situated there and which we will definitely recommend as being one of the top places to be visited in the city (
The Temple Bar is a busy riverside neighborhood in Dublin that is spread over cobbled pedestrian lanes. This neighborhood is actually the most active in Dublin for all the different pubs, restaurants, and bars which are found there as well as the live shows which sometimes take place in the area as well.
There are lots of things to be found in the Temple Bar District in Dublin, there are different restaurants and diner places that serve Asian, American, and Irish Cuisine, there are also those pubs that host live folk music and DJ sets as well as those boutiques that sell clothes and crafts sold by local designers.
It is always considered an interesting place for all the tourists who come from around the world to visit Dublin to go and spend a day at this area for all the different things they are going to experience and which will get them closer and let them know more about the culture of Ireland as whole.
Temple Bar is known to be the touristic place for all those visiting the city for all the great galleries, restaurants, and the cultural spots which they tend to enjoy, not just that, but the location of the Temple Bar is also right next to the River Liffey which we would also recommend for those visiting Dublin ( but it is also considered one of the important places for the local people as well for the same reasons and even for more.
There are different things to keep in mind when it comes to visiting Temple Bar in Dublin - places to visit - and which will be about partying, eating, and even staying in the area. When you go the Temple Bar District, head to the Meeting House Square and check whether there are any free concerts, film screening, or markets on offer on that day. There is also the Irish Film Institute as well as the Temple Bar Gallery and Studios in order to check the latest Irish contemporary art that's on offer.
Getting done with visiting the historical and cultural places which are part of the Temple Bar District, there are also different restaurants and cafes - modern and old - which you could choose from and enjoy sitting at, not just that, but you could also choose a place to have a dessert if you have a sweet tooth.
Finally and the last thing to do in the Temple Bar District is the nightlife that is enjoyed there; it is considered the party hub of Dublin's city centre. We could say in other words that you could actually do everything that is coming to your mind at the Temple Bar area of Dublin and will still manage to enjoy your time there.
There are lots of touristic places that you could visit in Dublin, Ireland, in addition to checking those different things that could be done in the Temple Bar District. There is Dublinia Viking Museum ( the Guinness Storehouse which is one of the most famous places in Dublin ( Grafton Street which is considered the most famous shopping street in the city ( O'Connell Street which is also about shopping and at the same time checking some of the statues found there ( Phoenix Park which is considered the largest enclosed recreational space in an EU capital ( the Four Courts which are supposed to be close to the Temple Bar because since it are located by the River Liffey which is right next to it ( the Mansion House ( the Christ Church Cathedral ( as well as some parks which are scattered all around the city and which are all considered beautiful when it comes to nature.
There are lots of things to be seen in Dublin since it is the capital city of Ireland and that could be even done with the help of the sightseeing bus tours that are done in the city (
That was our experience while wandering the streets in the Temple Bar area in Dublin, Ireland, and those are the things we have managed to do and thus we are bringing them back as some suggestions for you to write down your plan before heading there and starting your journey.
Once you visit the Temple Bar District and manage to do some of the things which we have recommended, bring back your feedback and recommendations and let us know how your trip went!
Temple Bar Dublin, Ireland - Night Clubs, Bars and Restaurants. Temple bar district - a Must Visit!
BENEATH THE SURFACE AN EXHIBITION IN TEMPLE BAR GALLERY
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Declan Long 'In Praise of Extremity' Talk 13th May Studio 6, TBG+S
Declan Long gives a unique talk on Contemporary Art Practice, 'In Praise of Extremity'. Recorded in Studio 6, Temple Bar Gallery + Studios on May 13th.
Declan Long is an Irish Art Critic and Co-Director of the MA 'Art in the Contemporary World' in the National College of Art and Design. He lectures in modern and contemporary art in the Faculty of Visual Culture and was a judge for the Turner Prize 2013.
MuteFish Entertain The Public In Temple Bar
Public entertainment in Temple Bar.
Temple Bar is an area on the south bank of the River Liffey in central Dublin, Ireland. Unlike the areas surrounding it, Temple Bar has preserved its medieval street pattern, with many narrow cobbled streets. It is promoted as Dublin's cultural quarter and has a lively nightlife that is popular with tourists.
The area is the location of many Irish cultural institutions, including the Irish Photography Centre (incorporating the Dublin Institute of Photography, the National Photographic Archives and the Gallery of Photography), the Ark Children's Cultural Centre, the Irish Film Institute, incorporating the Irish Film Archive, the Temple Bar Music Centre, the Arthouse Multimedia Centre, Temple Bar Gallery and Studio, the Project Arts Centre, the Gaiety School of Acting, as well as the Irish Stock Exchange and the Central Bank of Ireland.
After dark, the area is a major centre for nightlife, with many tourist-focused nightclubs, restaurants and bars. Pubs in the area include The Porterhouse, the Oliver St. John Gogarty, the Turk's Head, the Temple Bar, Czech Inn (in the former Isolde's Tower), the Quays Bar, the Foggy Dew, Eamonn Doran's and the Purty Kitchen.
Two squares have been renovated in recent years — Meetinghouse Square and the central Temple Bar Square. The Temple Bar Book Market is held on Saturdays and Sundays in Temple Bar Square.
Meetinghouse Square, which takes its name from the nearby Quaker Meeting House, is used for outdoor film screenings in the summer months. Since summer 2004, Meetinghouse Square is also home to the Speaker's Square project (an area of Public speaking) and to the Temple Bar Food Market every Saturday.
The Cow's Lane Market is a fashion and design market which takes place on Cow's Lane every Saturday.
THE BEST CRAIC // THE TEMPLE BAR // DUBLIN
Temple Bar is a busy riverside neighbourhood, spread over cobbled pedestrian lanes. Crowded pubs host live folk music and DJ sets, and diners pack restaurants serving Asian, American and Irish cuisine. Quirky boutiques stock clothes and crafts by local designers. The National Photographic Archive highlights Ireland’s past, while the Project Arts Centre and Temple Bar Gallery + Studios shows contemporary art.
Dublin Street Art | The Face Behind The Wall
First documentary typed video. Take it easy
Temple Bar Gallery + Studios Creative Generations Project 2014 SD
Street Art- Temple Bar Part 3
RTÉ coverage of re-designed traffic signal boxes in Temple Bar
Mark Swords: The living and the dead
Interview with Mark Swords on his solo exhibition 'The living and the dead' at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin.
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Filmed by Jenny Brady.
Installation shots by Muriel Foxton.
Shackled to Belligerent Ghosts by Stephen Dunne
SHACKLED TO BELLIGERENT GHOSTS
by Stephen Dunne
Triskel Gallery Space | 4 April – 31 May 2019
The process of making is at the core of “Shackled to Belligerent Ghosts”, a new exhibition by Stephen Dunne which launches at Triskel Gallery Space on Thurs 4 April and runs until 31 May. Admission is free. Find out more at triskelartscentre.ie or 021-4272022
Stephen Dunne’s work operates across the registers of painting, drawing and moving image. He produces his work in a spontaneous manner and attempts to draw upon the unconscious as source material. His new exhibition, Shackled to Belligerent Ghosts, will open in the Gallery Space at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, on Thursday 4 April 2019.
Dunne said, “For me, the challenge is in finding the most potent collisions and contradictions within the work. To draw out tensions in the editing process and to build a framework of suggestion that allows the most open space for the viewer. I believe that through this process hybrid ideas can emerge that are greater than something I can come up with on my own. An attempt to escape my limitations and to expand the possibilities inherent in the work.”
The process of making, where each thing leads to the next through an experimental and intuitive approach is at the core of this work.
A graduate of the M.A in Fine Art painting at the Royal College of Art and of NCAD, Dunne is an Irish artist based in Dublin. For the last three years he has been a studio member at Temple Bar Gallery & Studios where the works in this exhibition were made. Recent exhibitions include “As Above, So Below: Portals, Visions, Spirits & Mystics” & “Wilder Beings Command” both at the Irish Museum of Modern Art.
Day 50 in Dublin - Artist Guggi pt 1
Really cool to be invited over to Guggi's place in Dublin to film a chat... He's certainly lived an interesting life from his art to his music... And ofcourse giving Bono his name along the way.. Awesome story... Hope you enjoy pt 1 :)
Merrion Square Dublin - Beautiful Georgian Garden Square
MERRION SQUARE Dublin - Beautiful Georgian garden square on the south side of Dublin City in Ireland.
The Merrion Square in Dublin has the famous Georgian garden square that gave this area a whole different level of importance when it comes to the history of Dublin city along with the famous important characters that might have left their prints in the world and also happen to be Irish people from Dublin.
Being located in the heart of Dublin city, the Merrion square in Dublin is surrounded by Georgian redbrick houses from three different sides with the fourth one being the side where the government buildings, the Natural History Museum, Leinster House, and the National Gallery of Ireland are located.
The Merrion square is not only a Georgian famous place in Dublin because of the way it was built in the old days and who were the people living in it, but it is also considered different because of the national cultural institutions that are found there, which include the National Art Gallery of Ireland and the Archaeological and National History sections of the National Museum of Ireland.
At the same time, there are some cultural organizations that happen to be placed in the Merrion square along with art studios, media companies, and other creative businesses that only show how important this square is perceived when it comes to its location along with the history that it carries.
Actually, we have to say that the Merrion Square is one of the places to pass by when it comes to visiting Dublin city in Ireland because it is not only a wealthy area where different governmental buildings, organizations, and businesses are placed, but it is also a place where some statues are found inside the garden related to those famous figures who used to live in this square, such as Oscar Wilde, the famous poet, novelist, and satirist who have a statue that faces his childhood home, no.1 Merrion square where he resided from 1855 to 1876. Not only Oscar Wilde has a statue inside the garden of Merrion square, but there are other famous figures to have their places such as Daniel O'Connell and William Butler Yeats, as well as others.
When the Merrion square is mentioned, the first thing to consider is the park or garden that is placed in the center of this square and which is where the people could come visit and enjoy their times, it it also the place where the statues are found and where Brian King, the revered Dublin artist designed the I'm High Pyramid in the square as a remembrance for Ireland's military dead, this structure that rests on a steel frame and is made of granite slabs with thickened glass panels contains figures representing members of the Defense Forces and Army Personnel.
There were actually several other statues which we came across inside the garden in Merrion square, such as the sculpture of Andrew O'Conner which is named The Victims, which was part of the war memorial for Washington DC.
The importance of this place does not only appear from those famous figures who used to live in or even the sculptures and statues which are found inside the garden, but it could be also seen from those embassies that happen to be situated in Merrion square.
Looking back into the reasons behind the appearance of this square, we found out that this Georgian square appeared when the Earl of Kildare chose to build his Dublin home in this part of the city's south and then constructed the Leinster House which is the second largest residence building in Dublin, which led to the appearance of three other residential areas, and one of them was the Merrion square.
The interesting thing about this place is that back then, it only allowed those living in the area to enter the garden and they even had their special keys, but now it is an open garden which all the people are allowed to come inside, walk through, and even sit there by any of the benches to enjoy the good weather and the green areas surrounding them.
Dublin is known as the capital city of the Republic of Ireland and it is situated on the country's east coast on the mouth of the River Liffey ( There are different touristic attractions to be visited in Dublin, such as Dublin Castle which dates back to the 13th century, St. Patrick's Cathedral, the National Museum of Ireland, along with the parks, shopping streets and areas ( and other known landmarks to be found in this city.
Dublin is definitely a touristic city where one could also get the chance to see the famous beer company, Guinness Storehouse factory that is located in Dublin and get the chance to have a tour inside ( visit the St. Stephen's Green city centre park in Dublin which opened back in the 80s ( or check any of the other famous things related to this beautiful city in general.
Merrion square Dublin, a must visit!