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# Double Take

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Double Take: The little-noticed laneway called Misery Hill in Dublin
The unlikely association with St James in Dublin’s Docklands.
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Oct 3rd 2018, 3:06 PM
Double Take: The fairy trees dotted with rags, beads and dodies
Leave an object, make a wish.
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Sep 26th 2018, 4:53 PM
Double Take: The full-size, 50-feet-tall concrete replica of the Lourdes grotto in Dublin 8
The religious shrine found in an urban neighbourhood.
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Sep 19th 2018, 4:23 PM
Double Take: The drinking fountain for cows in Dublin 7
Haymarket Square was once the home of a thriving livestock market.
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Sep 12th 2018, 4:58 PM
Double Take: The eerie swamp statue found in a little-known Wicklow park
Meet the zombie-like granite figure that resides in a park designed for meditation.
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Sep 5th 2018, 4:25 PM
Double Take: The creepy Waterford structure that was once Ireland's longest bridge
The Old Red Iron Bridge was a central part of Ireland’s transport network in the early 1900s.
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Aug 29th 2018, 5:24 PM
Double Take: The Dublin 7 church with a crypt full of mummies down below
Meet the ‘Big Four’ at one of Dublin city’s more macabre landmarks, St Michan’s Church.
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Aug 22nd 2018, 5:10 PM
Double Take: The mysterious African rhino that appeared overnight in a Dublin river
The life-size statue can be found in the River Dodder.
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Aug 15th 2018, 3:32 PM
Double Take: The stone seat in the Phoenix Park that's actually an ancient tomb
Head through the Chapelizod gate to find one of Dublin city’s oldest monuments.
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Aug 8th 2018, 4:23 PM
Double Take: The bizarre 140ft-high monument towering over a park in Kildare
Conolly’s Folly has been there for more than 250 years.
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Aug 1st 2018, 4:07 PM
Double Take: The shipwreck on Inis Oirr that stars in Father Ted
The story of MV Plassy, the steam trawler enjoying island life.
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Jul 25th 2018, 5:00 PM
Double Take: Have you walked down Murdering Lane in Dublin?
A horrible history of this unassuming alleyway in Dublin 8.
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Jul 18th 2018, 4:44 PM
Double Take: The windowless landmark on Dublin's College Green
No room with a view from Bank of Ireland’s headquarters.
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Jul 11th 2018, 2:48 PM
Double Take: The bronze statue of Charlie Chaplin standing alone in a Kerry village
The Tramp’s go-to getaway in Ireland.
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Jul 4th 2018, 4:59 PM
Double Take: The kitchen chair and teddy bear sitting on top of a Wicklow mountain
The chair, cast in bronze, looks out over the fields below.
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Jun 27th 2018, 4:37 PM
Double Take: The Leeside house that inspired a world-famous mathematician
George Boole produced some of his most famous work at 5 Grenville Place.
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Jun 20th 2018, 5:01 PM
Double Take: The Bride St plaques featuring stories of life in Dublin 8
Quotes, stories and jokes from inner-city residents, all cast in bronze.
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Jun 13th 2018, 4:50 PM
Double Take: The street in a Sligo town mysteriously named after Buenos Aires
Don’t cry for Strandhill, Argentina.
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Jun 6th 2018, 3:56 PM
Double Take: The bronze bust celebrating a 19th-century Bengali poet in Stephen's Green
Rabindranath Tagore enjoys the city centre greenery.
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May 30th 2018, 4:15 PM
Double Take: The striking Corporation flats designed by Herbert G Simms
The buildings that shape Dublin’s city centre.
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May 23rd 2018, 4:02 PM
Double Take: The plaque in Rathmines celebrating telescope maker Howard Grubb
In plain sight on Observatory Lane.
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May 16th 2018, 4:08 PM
Double Take: St Valentine's heart in a box in a Dublin church
St Valentine’s heart will go on.
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May 9th 2018, 4:16 PM
Double Take: The gigantic 3D squirrel beside Tara Street station
Look up on your way to the Dart and you’ll spot this spectacular squirrel.
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May 2nd 2018, 4:49 PM
Double Take: The fairy village tucked behind a West Cork café
Stop in at Ger’s Wild Atlantic Diner for a cup of tea and you’ll be pleasantly surprised by what else you find there.
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Apr 25th 2018, 3:26 PM
Double Take: Spot the Rory Gallagher tribute outside this Donegal nursing home
Rock Hospital by name… and by nature.
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Apr 18th 2018, 4:40 PM
Have you spotted the forgotten Penny Dreadful signage on this Dublin side street?
Take a wander through Dame Court and you’ll spot a piece of Victorian London.
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Apr 11th 2018, 5:25 PM
Double Take: The tribute to a failed Spanish general on Cork's Cornmarket St
Don Juan de Aquila is also the ‘Spaniard’ who inspired the famous Kinsale pub.
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Apr 4th 2018, 5:13 PM
Double Take: The larger-than-life honey bee on a Co Kerry street
The mural was painted by artist Lorraine McDonnell in 2016.
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Mar 28th 2018, 6:05 PM
DO NOT USE Double Take: The larger-than-life honey bee hidden away in Co Kerry
The mural was painted by artist Lorraine McDonnell in 2016.
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Mar 28th 2018, 5:45 PM
Double Take: What's with the burning building logo all over Dublin city centre?
You’ll spot them on lampposts all over the city.
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Mar 21st 2018, 4:15 PM
Double Take: The Waterford town that's splitting the atom
Take a stroll through Dungarvan and you’ll spot some intriguing carvings outside the shops on Grattan Square.
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Mar 14th 2018, 4:22 PM
Double Take: The VERY DARK CAVES sign from Father Ted
Mad Ted.
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Mar 7th 2018, 4:28 PM
Double Take: The Irish Hollywood in the Wicklow Gap
City of dreams!
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Feb 28th 2018, 3:57 PM
Double Take: The gory Limerick mural with a nod to Hello Kitty
It’s an eye-popping design… and we really do mean ‘eye-popping’.
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Feb 21st 2018, 5:15 PM
Have you heard about the hungry tree in Dublin 7?
It’s been gobbling a bench for the last eighty years.
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Feb 14th 2018, 3:49 PM
Double Take: The technicolour rock at the centre of the Waterford-Kilkenny rivalry
Mount Misery’s rockface is blue and white one day, black and amber the next.
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Feb 7th 2018, 5:30 PM
The deadly Where's Me Jumper? tribute outside Bishop Lucey Park in Cork
Top Marx.
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Jan 31st 2018, 4:29 PM
Double Take: The estate in Coolock named after the 1969 moon landing
Ever heard of Armstrong Walk?
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Jan 24th 2018, 4:12 PM
Double Take: The plaque commemorating Raymond Chandler's unlikely connection to Waterford
One of the leading crime writers of the twentieth century has roots in Waterford.
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Jan 17th 2018, 3:19 PM
Double Take: The little-known Dublin plaque to an unsung hero of the Famine
Ever heard of Pawel Edmund Strzelecki?
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Jan 10th 2018, 3:43 PM
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