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Kingstown Gents' Bathing Place

Old postcard image of Kingstown gents' bathing place, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. This is from the era of segregated bathing areas, common during the late 1700s and early 1800s. This was left over from the Victorian attitude to modesty.

Killiney Hill Road Tower

Martello tower located on privte grounds at junction of Killiney Hill Road, County Dublin. Photo taken form the road, provate gates can be seen in foreground. This tower is unusual in that it is located at a distance from the coast, unlike the other towers, which are located quite close to the shore. It is also on quite high ground.

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Kingstown Beach

Old black-and-white postcard image of the pebble beach at Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin. Many people can be seen sitting on the shore and children and dogs are venturing into the water. Sandycove is visible in the background.

Loughlinstown Playground

A view of Loughlinstown playground. The playground has a rubberized impact absorbing surface.

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Loughlinstown Playground - Climbing Wall

This piece of equipmwnt is designed for children to practice their climbing skills.

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Lady swimmers Blackrock

Black & white photograph of three lady swimmers taken at Blackrock baths circa the 1940’s, Miss Moylan, Peggy Bishop, and Nellie McGurke (later Mrs.Eddie Heron)

By kind permission of Billy Morrison and also thanks to Manolo Demery

Larkin’s Forge in the 1950s

By kind permission of the Larkin Family.

People's Park, Dun Laoghaire

The People's Park was originally known as The Gardens. It was designed in the formal Victorian manner. Features of this kind of garden are fountains, flowerbeds, ornate iron railings and gates and formal stone walls. The park still retains some of these features.

© Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Public Library Service

Martello Towers List and Location Map

This is a list of the sixteen martello towers built south of Dublin, between Bray, Co. Wicklow and Sandymount, Co. Dublin. The map shows the location of these towers along the coastline. Not all of the towers are still standing.

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Martello tower, Killiney Hill Road

Martello tower located at Killiney Hill Road, Killiney, Co.Dublin. Entrances to towers were located at a height for security purposes. Overhanging the entrance, macicolations with holes in the floor to shoot or drop things on unwanted callers, can clearly be seen in this image. Behind the machicolation was a "murder hole", a square opening in the floor above the entrance, likely to have been used for hoisting ammunition or equipment up to a gun platform.