DUN LAOGHAIRE 02/07/2025

Today I visited Dun Laoghaire and when I arrived the weather way beautiful but within about two hours it began to rain while the rest of Europe was suffering from an extreme heatwave. Towards the end of my visit I discovered that GeoTagging was not working which was annoying.

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QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN The Queen Victoria Memorial Fountain in Dún Laoghaire holds a complex and often contentious place in the town's history....

QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL FOUNTAIN

WAS THE SENIOR COLLEGE IN DUN LAOGHAIRE The building shown in the photographs served for many years as the Senior College Dún Laoghaire (SCD). Established in...

WAS THE SENIOR COLLEGE IN DUN LAOGHAIRE

SYMBOLS ON SUSSEX STREET The distinctive symbolic artwork seen on several walls is the work of Signs of Power, the professional name for the...

SYMBOLS ON SUSSEX STREET

URBAN EXPRESSION AND DEPRESSION Photographs taken on Sussex Street in Dún Laoghaire on 3rd July 2025 capture a scene of stark contradiction. One wall of...

URBAN EXPRESSION AND DEPRESSION

ROGER CASEMENT STATUE Born in Sandycove, County Dublin, in 1864, just a stone's throw from the sculpture's current location, Casement's early...

ROGER CASEMENT STATUE

WATERFRONT IN POOR CONDITION My collection of photographs highlights the "poor conditions" of the sea interface at Newtownsmith Sandycove,...

WATERFRONT IN POOR CONDITION