Phoenix Park Racecourse, Co. Dublin
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My Father God rest him, was a great race-going man. He did like a Saturday afternoon or a mid-week evening meeting at the Phoenix Park. I remember him telling me that it was difficult to identify the winning horse in a very close finish as the winning post was at an acute angle to most of the viewing areas. He used this anomaly in an effort to profit by betting on "photo finishes" with the bookmakers.
Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan
Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection
Date: August 1954
NLI Ref: NPA MOR256
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Photographer: Alexander Campbell “Monkey” Morgan
Collection: Morgan Aerial Photographic Collection
Date: August 1954
NLI Ref: NPA MOR256
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soilse
Traffic seemed to be a problem even back then. Is that the Irish Metal Box factory at lower left? I used to pass it by on the bus when commuting from Blanchardstown in the late 90s.
DannyM8
http://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ Seán correct, I see on one of the old maps that it is the Ashtown Metal Box Co.
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The ring of trees has survived and grown. Google Maps satellite 3D - www.google.com/maps/@53.376458,-6.3363974,310a,35y,177.56...
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Name ALL those cars ...
Niall McAuley
A poster reference to this racecourse was helpful in dating this one to after the opening of this course in 1902:
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
It seems there was a big meeting on the 7th August with Mr Beau winning the "Fifteen Hundred" for trainer P.J. Prendergast.
KeepItQuiet1972
Was it sold for housing? I worked in racing for a time and many people I met lamented the loss of the track. Not the first sporting venue lost to housing unfortunately. Great photo. Still looking for the winning post.
soilse
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected]/ Thanks Danny. That’s the name I was trying to think of.
Carol Maddock
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nlireland With commentary on Radio Éireann from the distinctive voice of Mícheál Ó hEithir. The Fifteen Hundred was at 4.45 on Saturday 7th August, and the whole meeting was the grand finale of Horse Show Week. (Evening Herald)
National Library of Ireland on The Commons
https://www.flickr.com/photos/[email protected] thank you, Miss Maddock.
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/realquiet Simon the finishing post is located near the area at the bottom of the photograph where there is a split in parked cars.
WRENNEIRE
Silks!
Inverarra
Great photo. Thanks. A stray horse and a stray car.
suckindeesel
The horses are in the parade ring
Aidrean S
From 1939 to 1950 the track was managed by Mr Peard's son Harry, and thereafter it was run by his widow Fanny. Mrs Peard retired in 1969, and the track closed for the first time at the end of the 1981 season. The course re-opened for the 1983 season, owned by a consortium that included Vincent O'Brien and Robert Sangster. Due to financial difficulties the track was permanently closed for racing in late 1990.