Humphrys genealogy

Genealogy research by Mark Humphrys.


Thomond - The garage


The garage

The garage where the Thomonds were built was on Haddington Rd, near Baggot St Bridge over the Grand Canal.


The garage is long demolished.
The site was a car park.
It is now the site of a new office building.
The ground floor is part of the Milano restaurant in 1 Victoria Buildings next door.



Baggot St Bridge on 1887 to 1913 map.
Date must be after 1889, since on 1889 map there is nothing at the site.
Thomond garage was to right of the bank.



The site of the Thomond garage (the purple building), Haddington Rd, Dublin.
Click to rotate.
From Google street view.



Site of Thomond garage (now occupied by purple building), Haddington Rd, Dublin.
(Left to Right): 1 Victoria Buildings, site of Thomond garage, Murray's car rental (now Sixt Car Rental).
Photo 2007. See full size and other shot.




The back (the canal side)



Site of Thomond garage.
Taken from the back (the canal side).
(Left to Right): Murray's car rental, site of Thomond garage, 1 Victoria Buildings.
Photo 2007. See full size.
See also street view.



(Left to Right): Site of Thomond garage, 1 Victoria Buildings, Baggot St Bridge.
Photo 2007. Taken from the back (the canal side).
Light adjusted digitally. See full size and original.



Site of Thomond garage. Canal side.
Photo 2007. See full size.
See other shot and other shot.



Statue and seat in memory of Patrick Kavanagh, bank of Grand Canal.
See full size.
Photo 2006 by Thomas Fitzgerald. From here. See terms of use.
See other shot from here.
See street view.



Photo 2007. From Colm Costelloe. Used with permission. See full size.




Movies, 2007



Pan from right to left, from canal side, showing:
(Right to Left): Bridge House, Baggot St Bridge, 1 Victoria Buildings, site of Thomond garage, Murray's car rental.
From here. Hosted at my YouTube account.
Download AVI file.



Pan from left to right, from Haddington Rd side, showing:
(Left to Right): Site of Parsons' garage, Bridge House, Baggot St Bridge, 1 Victoria Buildings, site of Thomond garage, Murray's car rental.
From here. Hosted at my YouTube account.
Download AVI file.




"O commemorate me with no hero-courageous
Tomb - just a canal-bank seat for the passer-by."

- Patrick Kavanagh's poem "Lines written on a Seat on the Grand Canal, Dublin".




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