Grand Canal Leafy Paths

Grand Canal Lock C2 features a pair of original wooden gates, painted black and iron-bound, set against weathered limestone walls. This lock marks a transition point for barges traveling from the Grand Canal into the Liffey River, a route…

The Huband Bridge crosses the Grand Canal with a single, steep limestone arch. It carries the name of Joseph Huband, a director of the Grand Canal Company who secured the funding to bridge this stretch of water in seventeen ninety-one.…

The Patrick Kavanagh statue features a man slouched on a bench, his legs crossed, with one arm draped casually along the backrest. John Coll cast this bronze figure in nineteen ninety-one to honor the poet who spent his life walking these…

Wilton Park sits where the Grand Canal meets the leafy streets of Dublin four. The site holds a cluster of sleek, modern office blocks clad in glass and warm terracotta tones. Before these buildings arrived, this ground served as the site…

A bright red barge sits moored along the Grand Canal bank, its steel hull sitting low against the dark water. This is La Peniche, a decommissioned cargo ship originally built in the nineteen twenties to haul freight across French…

The copper-roofed structure sitting directly on the edge of the Grand Canal serves as McCafferty's at The Barge. This building occupies the site of a nineteenth-century industrial lock-keeper’s house, long before the waterway became a…

The La Touche Bridge crosses the Grand Canal with a distinct humpback profile, built from solid masonry that has weathered since the late eighteenth century. It takes its name from the La Touche family, Huguenot bankers who financed the…