KINGSTOWN (Dun Laoghaire), County Dublin, Ireland

This is an image of what was then called Kingstown, County Dublin, Ireland, taken somewhere between 1890 and 1910.  The ship terminal on the right is where the ferry from Holyhead, Wales arrived in Dublin.  After Ireland became an independent nation, Kingstown became Dun Laoghaire.

Today the terminal is new and sleek and the ships are more modern, of course, but there is still heavy use of this ferry route between Ireland and the U.K.  The building at the back left is the old railway station.  Today it is a restaurant that overlooks this part of Dublin Bay, and the DART station is a little to the left of the image, still along the shoreline.  The park in front is the area in front of the Royal Marine HOtel and I believe there is now the new library to the right of the image.  People’s Park, where Sunday markets are now held each week is further south along the coast.

The image below is the same view taken in the 1960’s.  Trees and a new building are hiding the railway station building, and the garden and greenhouse in the middle right of the older image are gone.  I have been looking for a photo of the same view taken after 2000 just to compare with these two, but so far have not found one.