Mountjoy translated as the "Hill of Happiness"
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Morning Mary is at a loss to know where the Mountjoy Barracks was located in Dublin. This particular building does not look like and of the usual military buildings that we would be familiar with. Possibly the officers quarters?
Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_1492
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Photographer: Robert French
Collection: Lawrence Photograph Collection
Date: Circa 1865 - 1914
NLI Ref: L_IMP_1492
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Deirge (Del)
I seem to recall my grandmother referring to Mountjoy as a place to send people and I was under the impression it was a prison. But my memory may be faulty and mixed-up.
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From the wiki for Phoenix Park ... " ... Ordnance Survey Ireland is located in Mountjoy House near the Castleknock Gate. The house was built in 1728 and was originally known as Mountjoy Barracks as it quartered the mounted escort of the Lord Lieutenant who resided in the Vice-Regal Lodge (now Áras an Uachtaráin). ..." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phoenix_Park
Deirge (Del)
Well I've found this description by a guest (I assume he may be singing of this establishment): archive.org/details/78_the-mountjoy-hotel_william-mcellig...
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia good find! The home of GeoHive?
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Google satellite view - I think the roof, chimneys and aspect are right - www.google.com/maps/@53.3634078,-6.3478616,94m/data=!3m1!1e3
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]] [https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia] We could send a nice framed copy of this photo to the Ordnance Survey if they give back the original access we had to the old online maps! Give them a shout on Twitter
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland] I suppose so. The OSI seem to be rather secretive and not at all user friendly. There is an hilarious ha-ha nearby - www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50060... "The walls, gateway and sunken ha-ha which surround the site of the Ordnance Survey of Ireland are a notable feature within Phoenix Park. They form the boundary of the oval enclosure to the former house of Luke Gardiner, a Keeper of the Park and developer of much of the Georgian north inner city. The site was assigned for use as a cavalry barracks c.1780. Although there is some localised collapse of stonework, the wall and ditch, by-and-large, are in very good condition.
Niall McAuley
At the NIAH: built as Castleknock Lodge and commonly known as Mountjoy House, this was the suburban villa of Luke Gardiner, built at different stages, with the possible involvement of Edward Lovett Pearce.
Niall McAuley
DIA is equally dubious: ELP 'may well have been its designer' (Casey). For Luke Gardiner.
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From the OSI Wiki page -
See - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordnance_Survey_Ireland
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The NLI is always amazing! Painting "c. 1820(?)" including the ha-ha - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000189652
Swordscookie
I was at a loss too as to the location but should have known better. I was in and out of that place many times during the 1960's qnd 70's! The military ran the place until quite recently!
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Streetview has a glimpse through the trees (November 2021) - goo.gl/maps/LsqBpyBy3NKpi4QC7
Niall McAuley
The building to the right does not look like what is there now, which the NIAH says was built in 1874.
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[https://www.flickr.com/photos/gnmcauley] Beg to differ! I think the 1874 building is in the photo. Counting windows, chimneys, bricks, roof tiles, etc ... www.google.com/maps/@53.3630642,-6.3462907,3a,15y,324.78h... There is that condensed script in the titling again ... Complete aside - nearby in the Imperial numbers are two fabulous photos of 'Tom the Fiddler' in his chariot - catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000329725 catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls000329726
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/beachcomberaustralia I was going to post Tom the Fiddler on Monday! Back to the selection dartboard.
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ I notice that their entrance gate is obscured by Google in streetview, do they still consider themselves a ‘military’ institution? Mountjoy Barracks became the Irish headquarters of the Ordnance Survey in 1825
suckindeesel
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ That would be Mountjoy Prison, colloquially known as ‘The Joy’