#Kilmainham

by John Keane on Dec 14th, 2023 - 1338 Views

  The Darker Side of Bully’s Acre: Grave Robbers and Riotous Behaviour Grave robbers or ‘sack em up’ men. by John Keane Graverobbers, also known as bodysnatchers ‘sack-em-up’ men or ‘resurrectionists’ were busiest in Ireland from the late 17th century to 1832, when the Anatomy Act... 

by John Keane on Nov 23rd, 2023 - 936 Views

Bully’s Acre Kilmainham by John Keane – A fascinating history from our newest addition to the FRG Journalist team This cemetery lies within the grounds of the Royal Hospital Kilmainham, at the Richmond Gate end of the Royal Hospital directly opposite the historic Kilmainham Gaol. Kilmainham... 

by Aidan Crowley on Dec 6th, 2022 - 926 Views

Future Of Inchicore Public Library Heritage Building In Major Doubt – Aidan Crowley brings us the story The future of the old art deco style Inchicore Public Library building, on Emmet Road, is in major doubt, with plans for its refurbishment or re-development currently stalled. It is now almost... 

by Jacqueline Spain on May 31st, 2016 - 1947 Views

Kilmainham Gaol has recently opened a new Visitor’s Centre at Kilmainham Courthouse. A lot of work was done to the entrance of the old Gaol. The outside has been paved with Leinster granite paving and bollards, making the surrounding civic space a more efficient space for pedestrians and cyclists. Irish... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Apr 6th, 2016 - 5529 Views

In December 2013 the Lyons family purchased St. James’ Church. The historic St. James’ Church will become the Pearse Lyons Distillery which is to open its doors in Spring 2017. Deidre Lyons, co-founder of Alltech and wife of Dr. Pearse Lyons, president and founder of Alltech, are renovating... 

by Jacqueline Spain on Jul 28th, 2015 - 2623 Views

Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton TD, announced on the 27th July 2015, that PAREXEL International Corporation (NASDAQ: PRXL) is opening a new global decision-making hub for the Company in Kilmainham, Dublin 8. PAREXEL has plans to hire an additional 130 people over the next... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Oct 30th, 2014 - 3102 Views

      D8 Planning Updates – Week Starting 13/10/14 – 24/10/14 All the planning updates for the Dublin 8 area for the last two weeks    13/10/14 – 17/10/14   AREA 2   COMMERCIAL:   Area Area 2 – South Central Application Number 3232/14 Application Type Permission Applicant Bernard... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Oct 20th, 2014 - 4304 Views

D8 Planning Updates – Week Starting 29/09/14 – 10/41/14   There have been a number of important applications and decisions in the last two weeks of planning proposals. The old Crumlin swimming pool (incidentally where I learned to swim and spent many a happy time) has been closed for the last... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Sep 30th, 2014 - 3087 Views

Children from the Multi – Denominational school in Griffith Barracks  D8 Planning Updates – Week Starting 15/09/14 – 19/09/14 IN this week’s planning applications, there are three proposals of note.  A new office block will be built on the site of 32 -36 Thomas Street (beside “Plus... 

by FRG.ie Admin on Aug 26th, 2014 - 7037 Views

Dublin 8 Planning Updates – Week Starting 11/08/14   The big news in this week’s planning updates is that the Office of Public Works have submitted for planning permission for the conversion of Kilmainham Courthouse into a museum.  The courthouse has been disused since July 2008.  The... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on May 2nd, 2014 - 3393 Views

The big news in this week’s planning permission is permission has been granted for a large residential development in Clancy Barracks. The residential units will be built in the existing barracks as it is a protected structure. The oldest of the barracks dates from the late 18th century and has been... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Apr 30th, 2014 - 2856 Views

Our apologies for the delay in posting last week’s planning updates, there were a number of technical issues that needed to be contended with but are now running smoothly. The big use in last week’s planning updates (sorry again!) was the regeneration of St Theresa Garden’s has entered an “Observations”... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Apr 17th, 2014 - 4112 Views

The Green Party were the first of the main political parties (and I use that term loosely given their present circumstances) to propose the idea of a directly Elected Mayor for Dublin.  It is an idea that immediately caused controversy, governments, as a rule, are usually quite reluctant to devolve... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Apr 16th, 2014 - 3503 Views

This week’s planning permission updates is reasonably quiet. Eight new houses are being constructed on the South Circular Road just coming into Rialto Village from the James’ Hospital end.     Diageo have applied to make storage alterations to their main brewery on Victoria Quay, to those following... 

by Eoghan Brunkard on Mar 27th, 2014 - 2881 Views

  This weeks planning decisions for Dublin 8,  no major grandbreaking developments.    AREA 2   COMMERCIAL: Area Area 2 – South Central Application Number 2378/14 Application Type Permission Applicant Fourcourt Promotions Location Unit 3, Long Mile Road Business Park, Long... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 16th, 2013 - 4378 Views

Kilmainham Superquinn held a Christmas Evening at their Heuston South Quarter store last Friday, the 13th of December, and Alan Finn and I popped along to see what all the commotion was about! Ultimate Chocolate Biscuit Cake!Two Love/Hate stars – Stephen O’Brien and Aaron Heffernan –... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 10th, 2013 - 3199 Views

The UK rock group, Elbow, have announced that next year they will play at the Royal Hospital in Kilmainham, right here in Dublin 8. The gig is pencilled in for Wednesday June the 25th 2014, and tickets go on sale from Tickmaster.ie from this Thursday at 9am. They are priced at €49.50. The band are... 

by Betty Brunkard on Dec 10th, 2013 - 5659 Views

In 1545, the archbishop obtained a license to unite the Church of St. John the Baptist of Kilmainham and that of St. James, both without the suburbs, to the Church of St. Catherine, within the suburbs of Dublin. In 1556, the Lord Lieutenant Fitzwalter kept his court at Kilmainham and it was here that... 

by Betty Brunkard on Dec 8th, 2013 - 2892 Views

In 606 a.d, Saint Magnend was abbot of a monastery here, giving rise to the name Kill Magnend or ‘church of Magnend. This was later corrupted into its current name of Kilmainham. Saint Magnend’s feast day was celebrated on the 18th of December each year and Kilmainham became an important place of... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 7th, 2013 - 2850 Views

We are in the process of going through the old articles from the old Fountain News digital newsletter, and the plan is to add every single one of them to the Newswire on this site. We are about a third of the way through that, and in the process, revisiting some interesting local articles. One of the...