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A NEW BOOK documenting the history of Dublin through its buildings has just been released.
Stones of Dublin – A History of Dublin in Ten Buildings features some amazing photographs that juxtapose modern and historic Dublin scenes.
The book was written by Lisa Marie Griffith, a historian and walking tour guide.
Griffith said that through her work as a guide she discovered that many Dubliners have never been into the capital’s most significant buildings.
For many, history is something distant and aloof but it needn’t be. The truth is that these buildings tell our collective story and they are each highly accessible. Getting to know them is a very rewarding experience.
City Hall
In this photo, modern commuters stroll past Dublin City Hall, which is in the process of being secured during the War of Independence.
O’Connell Street
This montage positions the Spire’s predecessor, Nelson’s Pillar, and a Dublin suffering the aftermath of the 1916 Rising with the O’Connell Street of today. The street and much of the inner city were ruined from a heavy naval bombardment from the British warship Helga.
View of Christ Church Cathedral from across O’Donovan Rossa Bridge
The busy thoroughfare of 2014 is juxtaposed with pedestrians on Inns Quay from 1968.
Across the river from Christ Church Cathedral
This shot shows the view of Christ Church Cathedral as it was before the Wood Quay development was completed.
More information on Stones of Dublin is available here.
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They should have to list all prices on print ads or social media ads , its getting ridiculous these days not knowing the price of tickets until a day or 2 before there put on sale
@colm connolly: Amen, then the shock went it’s collosal price compared to the advertised one.
@colm connolly: a day or 2 for the prices if your lucky…there never on ticketmaster until 9am Friday morning of ticket sale and you have to grin and bear it….Aiken promotions also do the same.
Mcd and ticketmaster have been an absolute joke lately, these cheaper imaginary tickets never existed, how many people got tickets to celine dion at the lower price point??
@Dee Ni Annrachain: the lower price point t was still over €100
The booking fee is what gets me. Booked 2 tickets during the week for an event next year. Service charge of €7.15 per ticket and a facility charge of €1 per ticket. An extra €16.30 on to the booking. If you’re buying 4/6 tickets for a family that additional charge is ridiculous. Booked an event for this year in the same venue (Three arena) and the facility charge wasnt included so is this now a new charge on top of the existing charges?
@Conor Church: I don’t get the whole “fee” thing. I am selling an event for €50 in a venue, but you need to pay me €7 to buy the ticket and €1 to use the venue? It should be illegal to give a price that is simply not true. If I can’t attend for less than €58, the advertised price should be €58.
Can they define ‘reasonable’ number of tickets?
Prices should listed prior to sale times, especially standing as that’s usually the majority of tickets.
I don’t know how Ticketmaster are allowed to exist. They clearly have a monopoly on the big venues. People complain about touts adding to the price of the ticket but ticketmaster are huge touts because they force you to pay the higher price for every single ticket! And I’m not even talking about their touting site. I mean come on, if I go into a shop, and I am buying a loaf of bread for €1.50, I’m not told when I get to the till “There’s an extra €0.50 high-ranking charge on that”
Screw these greedy ar$eholes. They’ll never change. You are the problem, not them. They are just exploiting your behaviour. Behaviour they know they can rely on. I haven’t paid for a ticketmaster or MCD event in well over 10 years and I doubt I ever will again. Go out more to smaller venues. Support local or Indie performers and still have some money left over
@Cocker: well you’ve missed out on some great concerts.
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