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The Lilliput Press, 62-3 Sitric Road, Dublin 7
The Lilliput Press occupies a particularly nice site on Sitric Road: an end-of-terrace house that’s amplified by the step in the road. To the northwest, there’s the neat lines of the Dublin Artisan...
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Joe Byrne Bets Here, signage, 142 Upper Leeson Street, Dublin 4
Turning from Upper Leeson Street onto Sussex Road, it’s almost impossible to read the sign in front of you as an advertisement, rather than odd trivia. Who’s Joe Byrne, and who cares where he bets? The...
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Shopfront (Thomas Read), 4 Parliament Street, Dublin 2
Passing Thomas Read & Company on Parliament Street, there’s a feeling of the circus having left town. The shop closed in 1997 after 200 years at the address, though the business began on Blind Quay...
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Shopfronts, 5 and 6 Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill, Dublin 7
Two of Dublin 7’s most vital businesses are based in adjacent shopfronts on Rosemount Terrace, Arbour Hill: Lilliput Stores, a grocery shop and deli that doubles as a community hub, and The Joinery, a...
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Derelict shopfront, South Richmond Street, Dublin 2
There’s no world-weary pretension like 90s world-weary pretension, and correctly or not, that always seems like part of the cultural carbon dating of “there must be a German word for that.” Every time...
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Nuzum Bros., 201 Pearse Street, Dublin 2
The former Nuzum Bros. shopfront on Pearse Street is one of many buildings in the same stretch that are in use from the other side by Trinity College – like many of the others, the grim bricked-up door...
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Shop unit, 112-3 George’s Street Lower, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
The former Knowles Electrical premises on George’s Street Lower makes a strong mark on the corner, with a 45-degree chamfer creating a plane for the shop entrance, and the door itself set back further....
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Frank’s, 18 Frederick Street North, Dublin 1
Though you could make a very good case for enforcing signage guidelines in the name of cohesive streetscapes and that most loaded promise of good taste, sometimes there’s an example that’s so maximal...
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Shopfront, 91 Monkstown Road, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Just a short distance from Knox Memorial Hall, the shopfront at number 91 is smart and symmetrical. Two panes to either side of the door for display, with a small row below the sign board, and the same...
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Model, Thomas Read, 4 Parliament Street
One of the nicest things about running a blog is that, sometimes, people get in touch about interesting things you wouldn’t have seen otherwise. A couple of weeks ago, I got an email from Charles...
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