#MeathStreet

by Stephen Davis on Sep 22nd, 2017 - 2838 Views

Capturing the Liberties Series – Meath Street In a new series for the FRG website, professional photographer, Stephen Davis, will be photographing Dublin’s most ancient quarter.   We start with the busy and mercantile Meath Street.                                Read More »

by David Carr on Sep 30th, 2015 - 2854 Views

The Bull Ring Market gets Revamped! Building work on Meath Street is nearing completion and is set to turn what was once the old Bull ring, through a massive refurbishment, into a brand new market. The facade of the aged building is to get a total facelift and the whole ground level will include a market... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 17th, 2013 - 7212 Views

Here are a series of photos I took earlier today, of the interior of the newly refurbished St. Catherine’s Church on Meath Street. Whilst penning previous articles about the re-opening of the local church, I found it hard to locate images of the new interior online, so I decided to take some pics... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 14th, 2013 - 2790 Views

The reopening of St. Catherines Church has been getting a lot of mainstream media attention over the past few days, with the doors open for locals, and the media, to view the incredible restoration work that has taken place. The layers of paint that had built up over the decades were completely damaged... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 7th, 2013 - 10457 Views

Myself and Alan Finn took a trip down to the Liberty Market on Meath Street to see what kind of fare one of our local markets has on offer for local shoppers this Christmas. We were met by the general manager, Michael FitzGerald, and a pretty packed market! We were there from about 11am for an hour... 

by Damien Hughes on Dec 6th, 2013 - 3158 Views

The 4th issue of The Hub & Thomas Street News, the final issue of 2013, is out now. Published this week by The Digital Hub, the December 2013 issue of the local newsletter contains some very interesting locally-focused stories indeed! Download/Read ISSUE 4 of THE HUB & THOMAS STREET NEWS (August... 

by Damien Hughes on Nov 10th, 2013 - 5063 Views

Similar to the Thomas Street – Improving the Public Face of an Historic City Centre Street report we just added, this report is not breaking news, but it is relevant to our area, hence we are adding it to FRG.ie, to help build a repository of news and useful information related to our local area. The... 

by Damien Hughes on Nov 2nd, 2013 - 3932 Views

After almost a couple of years spent fixing the extensive fire damage, and renovating the building completely, St. Catherine’s Church on Meath Street is about to finally re-open it’s doors. According to The Liberty (an excellent local newswire run by the journalism students at Dublin Institute... 

by Alan Finn on Dec 21st, 2011 - 2340 Views

The Royal Hospital is currently hosting the 7 Up Winter Wonderland and will do so till the 9th of January 2012. It houses a circus, fun fair with a selection of rides, Christmas market and an ice rink. I visited it myself and while I found the prices expensive for some of the rides (in excess of 4 euro),... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Aug 30th, 2011 - 2102 Views

SICCDA Aqua Aerobics for Older people Guinness Pool, Watling Street Wednesday 14th September – Wednesday 16th November. Cost for 10 Weeks: €25.00 Please Contact: Kay King (SICCDA), 90 Meath Street for an application form  Read More »

by Alan Finn on May 10th, 2011 - 8519 Views

We are based in Dublin on James Street, and we came up with the idea to do a project titled “The Liberties, Then and Now”. We wanted to an insight what it was like for the people living in this area going back to the 50’s, 60’s, and so on. We interviewed local people who were working and living... 

by Alan Finn on May 10th, 2011 - 3591 Views

I = Interviewer – Alan Finn R = Respondent – John Laurence I: First of all I’d like to say thank you on behalf of the Fountain Resource Group for doing this interview. Just to get you into the swing of the interview, in 1984 I made my confirmation can you guess where my suit came from? R:... 

by Fountain Resource Group on Sep 22nd, 2010 - 2872 Views

The South Inner City Community Development Association, a fellow community organisation based on Meath Street, are running a series of jobs courses. Each course lasts for four weeks = 8 mornings = 24 hours and will take place on Mondays from 10am to 1pm and Wednesdays from 10am to 1pm Week 1 (Starting...