How did Dublin’s East Wall get its name, and where did Dublin City once stop and the port begin?
These and other interesting questions were answered at last week’s opening of the renovated 18th-century Dublin Port Substation by the Minister for Public Expenditure and local TD Paschal Donohoe.
Dublin Port’s new chief executive Barry O’Connell, noted that the event was taking place on Culture Night, when a plaque honouring Bindon Blood Stoney, one of the port’s most pioneering engineers, was also unveiled.
All hands on deck as Adam Roche, 9, and Everly Whelan, 9, of St. Joseph’s Co-Ed Primary School launch Dublin Port Company’s new venue the Substation with Minister for Public Expenditure Paschal Donohoe TD. The Substation allows the public to view through a glass floor the 18th century sea wall which gives the East Wall its name. The display is the latest addition to Dublin Port’s distributed museum, a key part of Masterplan 2040’s strategic objective to integrate the Port and the City. Photo: Conor McCabe
The port’s heritage director Lar Joye spoke to Wavelengths about the background to the project, and about exhibitions planned for the redbrick building with its two distinctive portholes.
There's new Life for Dublin Port's redbrick substation with Its two distinctive portholes
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