Dublin Docklands
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A pleasant stroll from O’Connell Street, Dublin’s old Docklands are in the process of regeneration. Check out the exciting modern architecture and new galleries, restaurants, cafés, bars, hotels and shops that are springing up all the time along the north and south banks of the River Liffey. The chq building on Custom House Quay houses some very stylish stores plus cafés and the smart Ely winebar. Summer sees a variety of festivals and outdoor music and arts events.
Together with the Jeanie Johnston, a replica famine ship moored at North Wall Quay (the original sailing ship made 16 voyages to America and carried over 2,500 emigrants), Dublin sculptor Rowan Gillespie’s statues for the Custom House Famine Memorial have become among the most visited of city sights.
The elegant and award-winning Sean O’Casey Bridge, linking north and south Docklands, has become a favoured landmark on the Liffey. Under construction in the heart of the Docklands, the dramatic Samuel Beckett Bridge is due for completion in early 2010. Designed by the internationally acclaimed architect Santiago Calatrava, its curving lines are reminiscent of a harp. It will carry four lanes of traffic plus cycle tracks and footpaths.
On North Wall Quay opposite Dublin Port, the former Point Theatre reopened in December 2008 as The O2. Ireland’s biggest indoor entertainment venue with space for 13,000 people, it has been custom designed for live music and hosts big name rock and pop concerts, musicals and extravaganzas with around 150 events planned over a year.
Custom House Quay , Dublin, Ireland
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