Have you seen the LOVELY GRAND CANAL, DUBLIN - a beautiful oasis in the city centre?
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- Опубліковано 4 жов 2024
- This is south Dublin we're visiting the beautiful Grand Canal. It stretches from the River Liffey and exits Dublin’s suburbs at Adamstown it then meanders its way through County Kildare to Shannon harbour in county Offaly.
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This part of the canal in the south of Dublin city once serviced the Grand Canal Harbour and the Guinness Brewery, now for the most part it runs alongside the Luas Red line (which you can see here). For those watching outside Ireland, the Luas is the Dublin tram network and I’ve made a separate film on that.
The Grand Canal, one of two canals which almost incircle Dublin’s inner city, the other being the Royal Canal, sits along the south of Dublin, but is in fact 132 km long and connects with the River Shannon I the West of Ireland.
Our journey on foot today begins at the section of canal near Goldenbridge Graveyard and we’ll be dandering down as far as Upper leasson Street. Along the way we’ll see some of the wonderful buildings, some modern, and some dating back to the 17 hundreds that have sprung up along the route. Either because of it’s strategic importance, or more recently because it’s a fashionable place to live.
The style of housing along the route varies enormously as you can see. Having just passed a row of Georgian cottages, we’re now passing typical 1950’s corporation housing stock.
As you can see wildlife is in abundance along the route and it’s amazing to be able to encounter this so close to the city centre.
This canal was owned by the Office of Public Works until, interestingly, after the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 a new all-Ireland body was set up called Waterways Ireland who now control the canal. So, you could say that the Island’s waterways are united even if Ireland itself isn’t.
This towpath we’re walking on would once have hosted mightly horses which would have pulled the barges and their consignments of Guinness or whatever in and out of the city.
It seems to be a very popular place for people to go jogging as you’ve seen. And why not. It almost feels like you’re in the countryside here after all.
There’s quite a lot of new housing and apartments, like everywhere else in Dublin I guess. Sometimes `I wonder who can affort them - Dublin has some of the highest house prices in Europe.
The Portabello area is quite a hip part of Dublin, with lots of nice bars and restaurants. As you can see this is a very picturesque part of the city. Lovely buildings and the embankement is particularly nice here with its lines of mature trees.
We finish our walk at Lesson Street Upper, but of course we could continue all the way down to the River Liffey.
Distinct signs of an urban landscape now as we prepare to leave the canal and enter the hustle and bustle of the city again. But, what a great little oasis the Grand Canal is in south Dublin. A brilliant way to escape from it all.
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That was brilliant! What a diverse city Dublin is. There were some very lovely spot's along we way. My great grandfather on my mum's side was a barge man. Working and living out of Lisburn. I've always loved the the song by the Dubliners "This old Lisburn Barge"!!! I have lots of Family in Dublin . Must ask them if they walk the area. All the very best and thanks again for great shows 👍👍👍
Thanks a lot Des. You’re grandfather would have worked on the canal near the Lagan then. I’ll do a film about that river at some point.
That would be fantastic! Deeply appreciate the time you always take to follow up on the comments.
It’s always interesting hearing everyone’s stories and opinions.
Very nice video, I appreciate your patience and tolerance with the person playing that guitar behind you the whole way.
Thank you so much - yes couldn’t shake the guitarist off. He just kept following me with his discords!
And he plays it , no hands on a bike.
That might explain the discords!
My mother grew up in the Fatima mansions along the canal. Featured in many Hollywood (and Irish) movies such as in the name of the Father, intermission among others. She nearly drowned in the canal when she was 8 and was pulled out by a stranger who happened to be passing.
The Fatima mansions are no more, sadly my mother passed a few years back. But this video was great. True Dublin blended with the new Dublin.
Only our Rivers run free 🫡
Thank you so much for watching and I’m glad you enjoyed that. Great for all to hear your stories of the canal too!
Dublin looks a lot more lively,clean and inviting since my first visit in 1983…how this area would have looked back then.
It’s a city that’s changed a lot Paul.
Excellent…..currently enjoying Kerry and the local community. 🍀😍👍
Great stuff - I must do some films on Kerry!
@@nakedireland …Check out the Dunloe Resort, fine accommodation with in door pool and sauna.
Sounds lovely.
I have vissited Dublin two or three times and I have never been able to visit the Grand Canal. Wonderful video. It`s a pity that I couldn't visit that place.. Thank you tor sharing the video.
You can visit Patricia, but you’ll have to come back and see us again!
You can visit Patricia, but you’ll have to come back and see us again!
I didn't know there were canals in Dublin. Some ugly buildings along it i thought, i think modern architects have lost the skill of building houses that are nice to the eye, they just design function and cheap to build. The old cottages at the bigging were lovely, why can't today's homes have the same character.
I know from experience how expensive Dublin is to rent, i worked there very briefly years ago and looked for a place. I left rather than spend most of my wages on accommodation.
Apart from the barge you showed, is the canal used by pleasure boats? Like our canals here where narrow boats use them, right into the cities too.
I smiled at the end to see a Wexford bus 😂.
Yeah there are too many buildings just thrown up nowadays. Shopping centres are the worst offenders! And yes, there are boats for hire and barges too on the Grand Canal.
@@nakedireland Same in uk, some ulgy buildings thrown up. Nice there are boats for hire, nice way to spent a day, before you have a Guinness 😁.
Same everywhere I think!
@@nakedireland True mate, give me old buildings any day 😊
This is going to sound like the 3 Yorkshire men sketch, but I was shown a 3x3 meter shack , made completely out of corrugated iron. 2 windows no glass, Tropical heat and it had housed 14-20 Australian Aboriginal people. I was taken and shown this by a local Elder who was born in it and lived in it. This is in the Gulf Country, a closed to outsiders community called Doomadgee. Puts Dublin slums or Ballymurphy in another light for me.