The Liberties in the afternoon

This is housing along a main road located in The Liberties. It is the fastest way to walk to class and it is lovely at sunset.


The sky can be breathtaking in Dublin. It backlights 3 buildings in The Liberties by the Iveagh Market, which no longer is in operation. Below is a cathedral against the black sky lit by the setting sun.

These photographs were taken in a section of town called The Liberties. It is called The Liberties because back in the Middle Ages, the people were free from the government. However, they still paid money to the Catholic Church who ran the section of town.
The Guinness brewery is located in this section and the Iveagh family, the family who owns Guinness, has donated a lot to the area. Such as housing, monuments, etc. The best Guinness in town is found at Capstan but called Fallon's by the locals. Guinness ensures this because the keg is kept right under the bar as opposed to under ground like most pubs. Of course temperature and the whole 9-yards also plays a part in the taste of beer, so other factors may play a part as well. I have yet to taste it myself, but I will no doubt update this when I do.
The Liberties should not be walked through at night. Violence and drugs have risen in the area since the recession. There is also a brothel in this part of the city. However, it is not a bad part of Dublin and has a ton of history and culture in this area. I also live at the bottom of The Liberties (Dublin 8- the number of the district for The Liberties). Dublin's districts are all even on the southside of the river Liffey and odd to the north of it. I have never felt unsafe but would not walk down Thomas Street at night.
I am in a newspaper class at D.I.T. and we put out about 3 newspapers a semester completely dedicated to this community. The newspaper is called The Liberty. I will be on their new web team this semester, which will correspond with the print stories. This has never been done at D.I.T. so I hope to make it a fantastic Web site along with the other team members. I hope to include multimedia, maps in Flash, photo essays and of course the stories will be up as well. The Web site will turn live the day we go to print on our first issue, which is March 9th. I will post a link. And it will improve throughout the semester.