Rathmines/Ranelagh

<span style="font-size: large;">A lot of people have asked about the area I live in and what it is like.  I live in the village of Ranelagh which is in between Donnybrook and Rathmines.  I went for a walk with the dog this morning and took some pictures of some of the stores and restaurants in Rathmines and the surrounding area.</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: large;">Hope you enjoy looking at the pics!</span><br /><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">"The Farm" Organic Restaurant in Donnybrook.  Ciaran ate breakfast here the weekend that I went to Belfast, he said the food was excellent.  They give you lovely purple blankets to wrap yourself in if you are cold when eating outside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3eo0JtIHhfSH7inL3UFhXYYUQSb6Uhtsc8y0yez9qBYiHDGaZL65OABN2vv-ezprWJpv4eO4aM0eDjQTNkVt6CSO2kLOKdlKTaOsOZTw1JAyGw9PbjshrtvURyclcP9WWUPIdqoQVpQL/s1600/IMG_2329%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjA3eo0JtIHhfSH7inL3UFhXYYUQSb6Uhtsc8y0yez9qBYiHDGaZL65OABN2vv-ezprWJpv4eO4aM0eDjQTNkVt6CSO2kLOKdlKTaOsOZTw1JAyGw9PbjshrtvURyclcP9WWUPIdqoQVpQL/s320/IMG_2329%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-size: large;">                      Flower Shop on Mespill Road, Dublin 4</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq91MHfaxdAbeOh2bEoiZ_m890dbZRanPuf6aoibP8vFpyatHoQRyGIrVZ7duyCAcWAnzobdb2VGFNjX5s2x7enXAsR1p9Kr2GpWwKCSDjhl66lWM-4iJwFJ-PU8KFfDNsTZx1VE-8ZtN/s1600/IMG_2327%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbq91MHfaxdAbeOh2bEoiZ_m890dbZRanPuf6aoibP8vFpyatHoQRyGIrVZ7duyCAcWAnzobdb2VGFNjX5s2x7enXAsR1p9Kr2GpWwKCSDjhl66lWM-4iJwFJ-PU8KFfDNsTZx1VE-8ZtN/s320/IMG_2327%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>                            <br /><span style="font-size: large;">               The old Rathmines Town Hall - now houses a college</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc24XpocEOW5ZavGZPkXtOvaQcYZH5xuswfli1aOAGW7getMha-DddYhIjLpSVYrtlzZf9IVoeJXRAUnYBwZXpfk9_aJsmHenGBU02TsoMQSR86FyQZiLGdadlU7gn4SZr8Ati5RgpZl9/s1600/IMG_2326%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWc24XpocEOW5ZavGZPkXtOvaQcYZH5xuswfli1aOAGW7getMha-DddYhIjLpSVYrtlzZf9IVoeJXRAUnYBwZXpfk9_aJsmHenGBU02TsoMQSR86FyQZiLGdadlU7gn4SZr8Ati5RgpZl9/s320/IMG_2326%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Post Office in Rathmines, 1934</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tj14iWIXSduwlcdCsuVeNtZlLCpOlHzbkyrZzdTnFk1qOx3TMLUWi91b2QyQQg_peWiLhZvd47cJ8PCduBw1m9WVg6HsIhzeNJ6uXjANXhgW54XUuduZOq6E-DMJeyroyp8DxZvGRhN3/s1600/IMG_2323%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3tj14iWIXSduwlcdCsuVeNtZlLCpOlHzbkyrZzdTnFk1qOx3TMLUWi91b2QyQQg_peWiLhZvd47cJ8PCduBw1m9WVg6HsIhzeNJ6uXjANXhgW54XUuduZOq6E-DMJeyroyp8DxZvGRhN3/s320/IMG_2323%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Roddy Boland Pub</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRJIvUQG_qlU16H22zuQwMOnJMkfT9a0nybFvhKgkX5qHmJ2BczLJJ7FjkSDrHagYT0o3_QE8g0yKSa_oQsfLsvgNnpOvEdjRsv55rsaCSGx0NstAbUG-3YgsmmIXoWzUYrJ0Xvq2wi8f/s1600/IMG_2322%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVRJIvUQG_qlU16H22zuQwMOnJMkfT9a0nybFvhKgkX5qHmJ2BczLJJ7FjkSDrHagYT0o3_QE8g0yKSa_oQsfLsvgNnpOvEdjRsv55rsaCSGx0NstAbUG-3YgsmmIXoWzUYrJ0Xvq2wi8f/s320/IMG_2322%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Zen Chinese Restaurant</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsEy7H4WoYwElYFD_gi2Z42YVfWmSLMzU41gvNmhyzzoNrcBYncUsAtik1_8L_pypqeVlx2Ws0wh9TOdTviXVda2ZDtaWsubSnb4fDSWIxwyhMA_W5w79WqyvEy8FIq5FIw1P-FEDx8fO/s1600/IMG_2319%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxsEy7H4WoYwElYFD_gi2Z42YVfWmSLMzU41gvNmhyzzoNrcBYncUsAtik1_8L_pypqeVlx2Ws0wh9TOdTviXVda2ZDtaWsubSnb4fDSWIxwyhMA_W5w79WqyvEy8FIq5FIw1P-FEDx8fO/s320/IMG_2319%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>                         <span style="font-size: large;">Connollys Fish - they sell scallops! Yum!  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">I also like their sign on the street "Do you get it twice a week?" </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqx-TfnmdSnnoSCD_MrbA64OS7p9ptNBsxaXEhJfXvUCpgIYybxa6zkF72Dvlp_8WjrqbiWSlXItahjXruUjaBS0cL884a-5ejYlEw08rS-logy15R56nOZOIj07Rnwx3uiqHIkb-UIEy/s1600/IMG_2318%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVqx-TfnmdSnnoSCD_MrbA64OS7p9ptNBsxaXEhJfXvUCpgIYybxa6zkF72Dvlp_8WjrqbiWSlXItahjXruUjaBS0cL884a-5ejYlEw08rS-logy15R56nOZOIj07Rnwx3uiqHIkb-UIEy/s320/IMG_2318%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokK3w0HJZk4r2CvF8YKOOpz8EexMGq7X4aRrdPqUNoKdl3lrygxX6oJlxey4ybQWoWusiJXOMi65Px-6brGTeQSGXBO8fTgrLYHWKM1TB4fS3bSgPUNVFIZ-NLY668Xy29nmqCgM7KxkA/s1600/IMG_2313%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjokK3w0HJZk4r2CvF8YKOOpz8EexMGq7X4aRrdPqUNoKdl3lrygxX6oJlxey4ybQWoWusiJXOMi65Px-6brGTeQSGXBO8fTgrLYHWKM1TB4fS3bSgPUNVFIZ-NLY668Xy29nmqCgM7KxkA/s320/IMG_2313%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvMVeUM1Hm62DewZQgbHwdoRiUJ6ldxPngckGfrNuMEySLIDzHCLVTr4QHrnjF_2ojENlOLBIHv29K9f7yDVYI8JhjWgTfi9E9vEEmAiVQ5Eoz4vkcIXKxn6RScuJrarNv4VmbEPT6hC/s1600/IMG_2315%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMlvMVeUM1Hm62DewZQgbHwdoRiUJ6ldxPngckGfrNuMEySLIDzHCLVTr4QHrnjF_2ojENlOLBIHv29K9f7yDVYI8JhjWgTfi9E9vEEmAiVQ5Eoz4vkcIXKxn6RScuJrarNv4VmbEPT6hC/s320/IMG_2315%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJ8jbN38UGbJNhvetlV-BzKLkJQPoKOqYMHV2pyEsC3mkkXVL216PC8Rz7gCJRZEWu_rCrtq1PiicPrlhgm7Du3JoJ7BW5SNxr_tCX2j3nFdtdswpU5qEf5hbElAM6BoB6yB0IvJb3Udl/s1600/IMG_2314%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsJ8jbN38UGbJNhvetlV-BzKLkJQPoKOqYMHV2pyEsC3mkkXVL216PC8Rz7gCJRZEWu_rCrtq1PiicPrlhgm7Du3JoJ7BW5SNxr_tCX2j3nFdtdswpU5qEf5hbElAM6BoB6yB0IvJb3Udl/s320/IMG_2314%5B1%5D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> <span style="font-size: large;">Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society (est. 1913) - in an old National School that has a girl's entrance to the left and a boy's entrance to the right.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah3IiGyY9RdUin3Cg0SO-adMlhoYK8ReDrNGhQjdjzPvIb_dZ8j9_5jQC3GLK_-yVr6GjEP43gAuGRLR8zQn_ilMx-uM6J_ANLRV4SvAWBjK8amrH0dD2vx1DPIEzXJhc8hocQXrootoO/s1600/IMG_2320%255B1%255D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjah3IiGyY9RdUin3Cg0SO-adMlhoYK8ReDrNGhQjdjzPvIb_dZ8j9_5jQC3GLK_-yVr6GjEP43gAuGRLR8zQn_ilMx-uM6J_ANLRV4SvAWBjK8amrH0dD2vx1DPIEzXJhc8hocQXrootoO/s320/IMG_2320%255B1%255D.JPG" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Swan Shopping Centre (or Mall if you are from USA!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">This is possibly the tiniest shopping centre I have ever been in.  It has a small 3 screen cinema, a Dunnes Stores, a Kylemore Cafe, House of Tea and a few little gift shops - and that is it!!!  Well maybe it has a hairdressers and a few boutiques also. </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfYwvavtF76yiHHXyO8uKWixrN9UJPJ-i-50ASr4lHEZZTfG76Y5pDR5g-sqOQtN14aOfI0bvudUZQJGCWec-9rEfSENvGSS3CJUSk0stPiBQa-QxMOluesHNLwTQcZkoO3ZTUJIBR07h/s1600/IMG_2325%5B1%5D.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="239" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUfYwvavtF76yiHHXyO8uKWixrN9UJPJ-i-50ASr4lHEZZTfG76Y5pDR5g-sqOQtN14aOfI0bvudUZQJGCWec-9rEfSENvGSS3CJUSk0stPiBQa-QxMOluesHNLwTQcZkoO3ZTUJIBR07h/s320/IMG_2325%5B1%5D.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: large;">I also found a "Fothergills" Deli up at the top of Rathmines (but I forgot to take a photo).  There was one of these close to our last house and I loved to buy their home made desserts and fresh pate and hummus.  I need to pay a visit there and see what lovely stock they have over this side of the city.  </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>

Rathmines/Ranelagh

A lot of people have asked about the area I live in and what it is like.  I live in the village of Ranelagh which is in between Donnybrook a...

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