Dublin's Art & Antique Quarter, Francis Street

16/10/2026

Best of Luck to Mervyn and Team of Yeats Country Antiques at The Ideal Home Show in Ballsbridge. The show runs from 16th to 18th October and it is great to have one of our own from The Art and Antique Quarter there. Free tickets on The Ideal Home Show site and Eventbrite - Simmonscourt will be busy and make sure to have a look at the wonderful array of items with Yeats Country Antiques

14/10/2026

Due to The Public sector strike there will be no street cleaning or rubbish collection - Please bear this in mind when disposing of litter today - Thanks - Also someone left their shirt in a tree 🌲 on the street ! - we are sad to see the leaves 🍁 falling but replacing them with shirts is probably not the way forward!

26/09/2026

Dublin 8 - The Liberties and the First Tennis Court - Love this - Tennis and Thomas Street - The earliest mention of a tennis court in Ireland is 1609 'at Thomas Street'. The Irish Championships were first held in June 1879, two years after Wimbledon started. It was first staged at Pembroke Place, Dublin until 1880 (to Wilton Place) where it remained until 1902. In 1903 the tournament moved again this time to Fitzwilliam Square (picture). The championships began 2 June 1879 the tournament had the distinction of being the first event to feature men's and women's singles and doubles tournaments as well as a mixed doubles competition.

The Irish at Wimbledon - 1890 was the year Wimbledon fell to the Irish. Joshua Pim (lived in Fitzwilliam Square ,doctor) and Frank Stoker won the Doubles. Lena Rice scooped the Ladies’ Singles. And Willoby Hamilton from Monasterevin, Co Kildare, defeated Pim in the Men’s Singles final to become the first Irishman (and the first non-British player) to win the tournament.

24/09/2026

Badgers in The Liberties - Early morning scene in Dublin 8 - These pics were taken a few nights ago (Thanks for sending them on Mr. Robinson). The Badger family (our newest neighbours) were seeing feeding on discarded food. We had reports of badgers in the area but here is evidence that they are visiting The Liberties and maybe residents. They are very shy animals and rarely pose a threat to humans but they are very strong and if attacked by a dog, they will fiercely defend themselves. Badgers are a protected animal under Irish Law.

20/09/2026

16/09/2026

Tom Young a Francis Street Hero - Hair for a Hero ! - Tom Young of The Liberty Belle will be shaving his head to raise funds for The Hospice in Harolds Cross. This will take place at The Liberty Belle at 6.30pm on 28th of September and all are welcome. Well done Tom and we all wish you the very best with the next phase of treatment. The 'go fund me' page is very busy with Thousands already donated - This is link to donate https://www.gofundme.com/f/hair-for-a-hero-tom-youngs-head-shave/cl/s?utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp30-treatment-5&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&lang=en_IE

29/08/2026

The Old Dublin Restaurant at 90/91 Francis Street - Circa 40 Years ago - Hopefully we will have a restaurant back in this spot soon. Lots of Pictures recently of many of shops on Francis Street currently so we decided to have a blast from the Past . This famous Restaurant on Francis Street was a famed eating spot for decades and many a great night took place with The Rich and not so Rich Legal Eagles. Still missed ! -

11/08/2026

Hi All - This may be on offer out there so please check out the details on the attached image. Garda Dalkey - 01 666 5000

06/08/2026

Brenda Fricker - 1945/2026 - superb Lady and Wonderful Actor- RIP

01/08/2026

These are Interesting Patrick Howard Art & Antiques - Patrick was renovating an old painting and found this copy of The Irish Independent from Aug 1950 to the rear of the frame. He passed it on and we took some pictures of reports and adverts.
- Calor Gas will most likely not repeat this advert today .
- Aer Lingus hit a milestone with 1000 people a day.
- English Students and Teachers were very impressed with Dublin and Ireland's , one said, 'it was something extraordinary to sense the obvious freedom in this country'
- The San Francisco Archbishop, John J Mitty, was visiting with others and he was spending time in Kilrane Wexford with the relatives.
- Walker's baby prams were very expensive at 15 Guineas but you could pay in instalments.