#GrandCanal

by Ross Murray on Aug 6th, 2019 - 2085 Views

(The Collapsed section of the canal bank) Repairing The Grand Canal – In this article, Ross Murray reports on the repair work on the Grand Canal at the Suir Road The Grand Canal between Suir Road and Goldenbridge was recently drained of water due to a sewer fault. On Sunday 21st of July, a short... 

by Ross Murray on Apr 23rd, 2018 - 2095 Views

Grand Canal Biodiversity Clean-Up ​Saturday 21st of April was Dublin Cleanup Action Day, an event bringing together a number of groups cleaning up the waterways in Dublin  Over 20 km of Canal was covered and over 4 tonnes of rubbish was removed. The Grand Canal Biodiversity and Clean-up Group were... 

by Ross Murray on Apr 5th, 2018 - 1632 Views

  Unexploded device found on Grand Canal Basin site Builders on the Grand Canal basin site in Dublin were evacuated earlier today when a vintage artillery shell was discovered during excavations. Gardai and Army bomb disposal experts were on scene and removed the device. More on this as details... 

by Betty Brunkard on Sep 17th, 2014 - 11045 Views

A Snippet of Dublin History (Part 8) – Basin Street Harbour Dublin was the first modern city to produce a public water supply, in the 13th century. The River Poddle provided a source of water for the early settlers of the city. About 1670 the reservoir known as the city basin was established. Because...