Friday 12 August 2011

Broadstone Station, Dublin

Back to Dublin today for a shrine perched up above Phibsboro Road and Constitution Hill at the former Broadstone Station.


I didn't spot the little sign at the bottom left until after.  "Rosary recited... ..."?




4 comments:

  1. I would love to spend time getting to know the story of the erection of this particular statue. Employees of a state company collecting money for a BVM statue.

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  2. There's another one in the railway works at Inchicore that you can see from the train out of Heuston.

    I would be very surprised if, in May 1953, anyone in CIE would have raised an eyebrow at people collecting money for this.

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  3. Exactly, which is what makes it interesting. Is the railway works one accessible on foot to the public?

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  4. I don't know, to be honest - only spotted it recently.

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