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Showing posts with label Rathgar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Rathgar. Show all posts
13 February 2026

Bethel Solomons, the prominent
Jewish doctor who won ten caps
in international rugby for Ireland

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A portrait of Dr Bethel Solomons by his sister Estella Solomons (Irish Jewish Museum, ©The Trustees of the Estate of Estella Solomons) Pat...
18 August 2025

The former Belfast Bank
in Rathmines has moved
from a ‘Quid’ in the Psalms
to making the best dough

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The former Belfast Bank, now Reggie’s Pizzeria on Rathmines Road Lower, was designed by Vincent Craig (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2025) ...
27 December 2024

Ernst Scheyer: the life
of a Holocaust refugee
and German scholar in
Kenilworth Square, Dublin

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Ernst Scheyer (1890-1958), a Jewish refugee who fled Nazi Germany and the Holocaust, lived at 67 Kenilworth Square from 1939 to 1956 (Photog...
21 December 2024

The residents of Kenilworth Square
have one Christmas wish: to save
their Victorian square for the future

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‘All we want for Christmas is to Protect Kenilworth Square’ … over 3,000 people have signed a petition organised by Protect Kenilworth Squar...
16 June 2024

An odyssey before
Bloomsday visiting
Joyce’s early homes
in Dublin and Bray

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Terenure in Dublin stakes a claim to James Joyce and his childhood odysseys (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2024) Patrick Comerford Toda...
09 June 2024

A short visit to Dublin
and Bray brings back
good memories from
40 and 50 years ago

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Time moves on at McCloskey’s in Donnybrook … memories of poetry readings, drama groups and rugby matches (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 202...
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30 December 2023

A former rectory in
Harold’s Cross was
inspired by Wyatt’s
‘Celtic Revival’ work

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The former Harold’s Cross Rectory on Leinster Road West was designed by Joseph Maguire (Photograph: Patrick Comerford, 2023) Patrick Comer...