• Home
  • PRINTS
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
Menu

Andy Sheridan

  • Home
  • PRINTS
  • Blog
  • About
  • Contact
Looking north towards Manor Street

Looking north towards Manor Street

Stoneybatter

May 3, 2020

The derivation of the name Stoneybatter is interesting;

In the second century a 'Royal road', one of the five great roads of Ireland, stretched from Tara in Meath to Glendalough in Wicklow, crossing the river Liffey at the Ford of the Hurdles (near the present-day Liam Mellows Bridge).

Liam Mellows Bridge

Liam Mellows Bridge

Liam Mellows Bridge with the Joyce Bridge in the background

Liam Mellows Bridge with the Joyce Bridge in the background

Looking north towards the Liam Mellows Bridge & Church St. beyond

Looking north towards the Liam Mellows Bridge & Church St. beyond

Since this road was paved, which was a rarity at the time, it was known in Irish as Bothar-na-gCloch, or 'Road of the Stones'.

Walsh’s, on the corner of North Brunswick Street…back in happier times with the doors open.

Walsh’s, on the corner of North Brunswick Street…back in happier times with the doors open.

Manor Street, with the Glimmerman (formally Lysters) - with its elaborate High Victorian facade, attributed to J. J. O’Callaghan

Manor Street, with the Glimmerman (formally Lysters) - with its elaborate High Victorian facade, attributed to J. J. O’Callaghan

Georgian terrace on Manor St. - in the right is 83 Manor St., once the home of Austin Clarke, the celebrated Irish poet, now the home and workshop of luthier James Beatley

Georgian terrace on Manor St. - in the right is 83 Manor St., once the home of Austin Clarke, the celebrated Irish poet, now the home and workshop of luthier James Beatley

The corner of Manor St. & Manor Place

The corner of Manor St. & Manor Place

This subsequently changed over time, with the influence of the English, to become Stoney-Bothar, itself further corrupted to 'Stoneybatter'.

Kavanagh’s, by George L. O’Connor, 1901

Kavanagh’s, by George L. O’Connor, 1901

Looking south on Manor Street

Looking south on Manor Street

Tags Dublin, Stoneybatter, AndySheridan, Photography, Longexposure, Ireland
← Feature - The Irish TimesAustralia bushfire fundraiser @ Whelans →

Latest Posts

Featured
Oct 6, 2024
Joan as Policewoman
Oct 6, 2024
Oct 6, 2024
Aug 26, 2024
A Lazarus Soul
Aug 26, 2024
Aug 26, 2024
Oct 31, 2023
Macnas
Oct 31, 2023
Oct 31, 2023
May 8, 2023
Oratory of the Sacred Heart - Dún Laoghaire
May 8, 2023
May 8, 2023
Jan 6, 2023
Sack - Whelans - 23rd December 2022
Jan 6, 2023
Jan 6, 2023
Aug 23, 2022
June Blake’s Garden
Aug 23, 2022
Aug 23, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
Shellac
Apr 29, 2022
Apr 29, 2022
Apr 10, 2022
Stephen James Smith
Apr 10, 2022
Apr 10, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
Rònan Ó Snódaigh & Myles o’reilly
Mar 29, 2022
Mar 29, 2022
May 12, 2020
James Joyce Bridge
May 12, 2020
May 12, 2020