Forge House, Terenure, Dublin 6w.
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A very white Christmas in Terenure. 2010

This ancient elm socket connected wooden pipes recovered during excavations at the property.

Nearby Bushy Park. 

The Shaw Estate is now a Public Park with Tennis Courts.

Late evening strolls.

Walks.

Looking Back towards The Forge House..

This was the Shaw family residence in Bushy Park.

Basketball courts and a new Skateboard facility for the
 adventurous young. Now open!  Don't go without safety gear.
Surprisingly many do so?   
   
As seen recently. Is it too deep for a duck pond?

Hard Times and evictions have returned to Ireland.

Links.  Plumbersdiary.com    Shaw Family.         

                   History of The Forgehouse .

The Forge House on Templeogue Road
was built for the first Baronet Robert Shaw in 1800.  

Initially a turnpike it served his newly built road through
the estate, which is now the nearby bushy park.

It was also a DMP Barracks and then a tenement.
The site of the adjacent forge is now a physiotherapy clinic.
Restoration of the property was started in the late seventies .

Working outside on dark winter evenings
The new arrivals learnt a little of the buildings history.
One swaying man quietly said
"More people went in there ahhm than ever came ouoot."
This was delivered with such solemn certainty 
it just had to be true.

Excavations turned up rusty stirrups, horse shoes
and clumps of clinker but no bones.

Internal renovation started with removal of steel sheets
from shutters and doors. Much work lay ahead.

There is an excellent library nearby and some good schools.

The black tap sign indicated the plumbing and heating business carried out from here for many years.
The tap design outline was taken from a Disney cartoon.

Little boots.
Memory of a little helper rescued from quicksand during renovations.
The three children who grew up here are now happily pursuing careers in Mainland Europe.

Terenure College opposite the park was once a Shaw Residence.

A mix of sown wild flowers on the Bushy Park slopes.

Pass cursor over image to throw.

Bushy park Boules Link to Dublinpetanque.com

Link to Dublin City Council Masterplan

Dublin City.  Liberty hall dwarfs Custom house.              
  

I have heard that one of these buildings faces demolition.
Which one? Anythings possible.

Do try buildingconservation.com fascinating
for all who are interested in renovating period property.