Flowers in Dublin City & Sandymount Strand
Monday August 7th 2006:A picture of the River Liffey taken from the upper deck of the number 3 bus as it whizzed over O' Connell Bridge in Dublin city centre. You can just make out Liberty Hall (top left) & the the green dome of The Custom House.
The International Financial Services Centre (IFSC) is adjacent to The Custom House. There are many trees growing along the banks of the River Liffey. These trees are mainly Tilia sp. (Lime trees) & some Acer sp. (Sycamore). I will be in touch with Dublin City Parks Department so as to identify these tree species correctly. Over the last sixteen years the Liffey has become a cleaner river mainly due to stricter pollution control. However, the Department of the Environment and Irish Government still have a good bit of water cleaning up to do.
As you can see this is a typical street planter consisting of four tiered planters. This particular planter is located just opposite the Dublin Writers Museum which is also close to The Garden of Remembrance in Parnell Square North. These planters have been on display in Dublin city centre for the past six to eight weeks. The top most planter is usually fuschia sp. or sometimes it is heuchera sp. Variegated ivy sp. is normally planted in the first container at ground level. 
This picture of Sandymount strand with the ESB generating station in the background was taken on Monday 7th August 2006. It was a beautiful evening; the tide was miles out, only just beginning to come in. I couldn't help but remark what a lovely island we live on. What must this view have been like before the advent of mass construction? One can only dream of a more perfect past - without the ugliness of an electric generating station on the horizon...
posted by Thomas @ 11:22 pm
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Love you pictures of Sandymount & the flowers in Dublin.
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