The red facade of Walsh's on Stoneybatter stands out against the muted grey of the surrounding row houses. This pub occupies a narrow building that survived the intense gentrification of the neighborhood by remaining stubbornly unchanged…
Stoneybatter Community and Cottages
This walk leads you through the intimate grid of Victorian artisan cottages and historic streets that make Stoneybatter feel like a self-contained village. You will see how generations of local community, independent shops, and industrial heritage continue to shape one of Dublin's most characterful neighborhoods.
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1. Walsh's
2. Lilliput Stores
Lilliput Stores occupies a slender, red-brick storefront on Arbour Hill with a black-and-white hand-painted sign hanging above the door. It began as a small grocery shop, but the owners transformed the space into a community hub by…
3. The Lilliput Press
The Lilliput Press occupies a modest, narrow building on Sitric Road in the Stoneybatter neighborhood of Dublin. Its front window often displays a rotating selection of Irish literature, history, and memoir. Antony Farrell founded the…
4. Halliday Road
Halliday Road in the Arbour Hill district features a long, uniform row of red brick cottages characterized by their steep, gabled roofs and narrow window frames. These houses were commissioned in nineteen oh seven by the Dublin Artisans…
5. L. Mulligan Grocer
The painted glass sign in the window of L. Mulligan Grocer advertises tea, wine, and spirits in a style that belongs to a nineteenth century corner shop. Inside, the shelves hold jars of dried goods and spirits, maintaining the appearance…
6. Kirwan Street Cottages
The Kirwan Street Cottages feature a series of distinct, low-slung, single-story brick dwellings that deviate from the tall, narrow Georgian townhouses typical of Dublin. Built in the late nineteenth century, these homes provided improved…
7. TU Dublin, Grangegorman
The central quadrangle of the Technological University Dublin at Grangegorman centers on a series of granite buildings that once housed the Richmond District Lunatic Asylum. Opened in eighteen fifteen, the site functioned as a place of…