Dublin- The capital of the Rep of Ireland

Dublin  Baile Átha Cliath is the capital and largest city of  Ireland. Situated on a bay on the east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey it lies within the province of Leinster. It is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range.

I recently took on a project to produce a selection of Professional Landscape /Dublin

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Architectural photographic Images of this -“my beautiful City”. I had a few obstacles to overcome when i took on this challenge – 28 sites across the city to be photographed – 5 images from each location to be submitted – the finished assets to be photographed and delivered in 5 Days as high resolution digital files with all the necessary post production undertaken .

Other obstacle to overcome included – The project was photographed in  the 3rd week in November so i had to factor in very short days and low sunlight which makes for very sharp lighting and contrast – Also given the time of year i had to avoid any Christmas Decorations so as not to Date the images. Another major obstacle was as the locations ware all over the City so for speed it was more convenient and efficient to start from a central location and to travel as much as possible by foot- this meant that i had to limit my equipment .

3 Arena Dublin – David Oshea rchitectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Guinness Storehouse Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

North Wall Quay Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

O’Connell Street Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

The Project was photographed using a Nikon D800 and my trusty Nikon D3 – I used a selection of lens including a Nikon 17 to 35 mm f2.8  – Nikon f28mm  – Nikon 50mm f1.8 -Nikon 85mm f2.8 – Nikon 80 to 200 f2.8 and my Nikon 80 to 400 f4 . I have included a random selection of  my results in this Blog. Thank you for dropping in  reading  my blog

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Temple Bar Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Aviva Stadium Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Dublin City Centre – David Oshea rchitectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Dublin Castle- David Oshea rchitectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Kilmainham Gaol Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Merrion Spuare Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Oiympia Theatre Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

The Liberties Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

The Convention Centre Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Trinity College Dublin – David Oshea Architectural,Commercial,Editorial, Press and PR Photographer Dublin Ireland

Boland’s Mill Dublin

Grand Canal Dock ©www.osheaphotography.com

Boland’s Mill is Located on the Grand Canal Dock 0n the South side of the Dublin City Docklands. The site includes several buildings including two six story warehouses dating from the 1830’s as well as other stone buildings located on Barrow Street which Date from the 1870s.

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The majority of the site consisted of concrete silos which were built between 1940s and 1960s. The Mill stopped Production in 2001 and laid Derelict. In 2004 it was sold by Dublin Dockland Development Authority to Benton Properties for 42 Million Euro and had secured planning permission for 67 Apartments,some houses and 13,284 of Office and retail space as well as some leisure facilities.

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Before The Development could start the property market collapsed and the value of the site fell by 84% between 2007 and 2009 (from 61million euro to just 9.9 million euro ).

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NAMA took control of the site in 2012 and as of mid 2015 the site is undergoing a 150 million euro reconstruction . As of March 2017 the Concrete Silos have been demolished and work has started on the the renovation of all the listed Buildings – The two six story Warehouses that front on to the quay  as well as 4 other smaller warehouses within the site and two private houses/Offices (33 34 Barrow Street) which are all protected structures.

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There is also planning permission to build 2 new office blocks ( Block one 14 Storeys 53.65 m high  and Block two 13 Storeys 49.85m high) . There is also permission to build a third block which will be a residential building fifteen storeys high and consist of 30 two bed and 2 three bed Apartments – All three blocks will have underground Parking -There is also planing for a civic waterfront square adjacent to the Dock and a second open space to the south of the site . Work is due to start on these mid 2017 .

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The Photographs used in this Blog were taken between 1988 and 2003 – I used 35 mm Nikon  Aanalogue Cameras with a selection of fixed manual lenses from a 20mm to 105mm.

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” The Howth 17″ 115 years of Sailing History

Reaching for the Viceroy © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

The Howth 17 Footer is the oldest intact racing one-design class of Keel Boat in the world . The Plans were drawn up originally by Judge W. Herbert Boyd in 1897 . He, been a member of Howth Sailing club and been very familiar with the local rugged sailing conditions designed this gaff- rigged with jackyard topsail Keel Boat.

No1 Rita and No11 Deilginis Photographed during a race up the River Liffey, Dublin Port 2008 © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

The Original fleet of five, Rita, Leila, Silver, Moon, Aura and Hera (still fully functional to-day) were built by John Hilditch in Carrickfergus Northern Ireland and sailed into Howth Harbour in April 1898. Another three boats were added to the fleet in 1900 Pauline, Zaide and Anita. The class increased in number again and by 1913, an additional nine boats were commissioned by Dublin Bay Sailing Club for racing from Kingstown (Dun Laoghaire) – Echo, Sylvia, Mimosa, Deilginis, Rosemary, Gladys, Bobolink, Eileen and Nautilus.

The class suffered two losses during the early and mid twentieth century – In 1915 “Silvia” was wrecked beyond repair  during an exceptionally severe winter storm  while she stood at the head of the slipway at the Royal Irish Yacht Club. And then in 1984 while taking part in a race from Howth to Dun Laoghaire “ Mimosa” sunk off the Baily Lighthouse in difficult South Easterly sea conditions. The quick and brave actions of fellow ‘seventeeners’ ensured that the tragic loss of the Mimosa did not extend to her crew.

The Class was reduced to 15 for much of the 1980’s. However in  May 1988  two more boats Isobel and Erica were launched in Howth which restored the class to 17 boats after 73 years. The new Boats were built in a shed in Howth Castle and were  the first ones of the class to be built in Howth.

No17 Oona Photographed on the Run © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

A project to build another boat, that had been started early in the 21st century, was completed in May 2009. The boat was named ‘Sheila’ (following the tradition for many of the class to be given female names ending in ‘a’) after Shelagh Wilkinson, widow of Norman Wilkinson who was the sixth owner of ‘Leila’ for 51 years from 1948 to 1999.

I have enjoyed crewing on these Boats for the last 7 years and during this time I have tried to use my experience to photograph them. Because of the open Cockpit design the crew are very prone to getting wet and so I was limited to the Photographic equipment I could use. Most of my images were taken using a Nikonos-V underwater Camera with a 35mmNikor f2.5 Lens. I used Fujicolour PRO 400H Daylight colour Negative  Film . Several of the images were shot using my Nikon D200 Digital Camera with a AF-S Nikkor18-200mm 1:3.5-5.6 G ED lens. I have uploaded a selection of my images which I hope you will enjoy. Further information about these Beautiful Boats can be found at   http://www.hyc.ie/howthseventeen/default.asp

No3 Leila and No7 Aura Sailing in Dublin Port © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

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Some of the Fleet Sailing down the Sound © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

No20 Sheila The newest Howth 17, Dublin Bay 2009© David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

Built in 1907 by Kelly of Portrush No15 Bobolink© David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

No1 Rita and No3 Leila Photographed sailing past the Baily Lighthouse Howth Summit © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

 

A family Affair ! Father and Son sailing No7 Aura © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

No17 Oona on the last leg Home© David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

Rock hopping at Casana Rock Howth© David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

No1 Rita about to hoist there Kite© David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

On the Run to the West Mark© David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

No8 Echo photographed at the Fox Hole near the Baily Howth © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

Getting ready for a pier Start © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

Built in 1988 No18 Erica was named after the original designer WB Boyd’s Niece© David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

No3 Leila heeling in Dublin Port © David O’Shea Editorial Photographer Dublin http://www.osheaphotography.com

The Point @ 25

The Point Theatre Dublin Docklands Dublin January 1988

The Point Theatre (also known as the Point Depot or simply “the Point”) was a concert and events venue in  Ireland‘s Capital City Dublin, which was open  from 1988–2007. Over the 19 years its Doors were open  more than  2 million people attended its various Events  . It was located in Dublin Docklands becide the River Liffey  on the North Wall Quay. The Point was closed in the summer of 2007 for a major redevelopment and was rebranded as the O2 in July 2008.

The Point Depot was originally constructed as a goods warehouse for the Great  Southern and Western Railway in 1878 at a cost of £308,000

Photograph taken in February 1988 of the Instigator of the Point Depot National Exhibition Centre Mr Harry Crosbie

. In 1987 Local Businessman Mr Harry Crosbie purchased the Derelict Building and the 7.3 acre site for £955,000. During that year it was used  by Irish Rock Band U2  to recorded tracks for their 1988 album, “Rattle and Hum“,  and footage from the building of performances of the songs “Van Diemen’s Land”  and “Desire” appear in the accompanying “Rattle and Hum” movie.

In January 1988 work started on converting the former CIE Point Depot ,still retaining the Grandeur and Elegance of its 19th Century cut stone and red bricked Building, to a multi-purpose top Class exhibition and Conference Centre fitted with all the modern Amenities .

11 months later in November 1988 The Point Depot opened its doors for its first event – Irish Political Party “Fine Gael” had their annual  Ard  Fheis (Party Conference) at the Venue . Mr Crosbie had spent in excess of 3 million pounds and turned a derelict Building in Dublin Docklands into Ireland’s Largest exhibition and concert venue with a floor area of  138,000 sq.ft  (12,821 sq Meters),Seating capacity of 8000, with full facilities, on site car parking ,and a selection of Bars and Restaurants .

I was lucky enough to meet Harry just after he Purchased the Site and expressed an interest  in photographing  the Transformation of the Building . He agreed to grant full access to undertake the project and as a result i have enjoyed a very strong working relationship with him and the building since .

U2’s Director of Sound Joe O’Herlihy undertakes the first Sound Check -November 1988

2013 Marks the 25th Anniversary of the venue and so for my first Blog to celebrate this, i am going to Post some of the early images i took of the original  transformation . All of these images were shot with a 35mm Nikon FM 2  Analogue camera . Most were shot in Black & White . The films used were Kodak tri-x ,Ilford fp4 and Agfapan 100. I used three  len’s to shoot most of the project  A Nikkor 20mm f3.5 -A Nikkor 28mm f3.5 and a Nikkon 50mm f1.8 E series lens.

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Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland

Development of the Point Theatre Dublin 1988 -David O’shea Architectural Photographer Dublin Ireland