PAST ENVIRONMENTAL PROJECTS

These are projects undertaken for the benefit of the public. We enhance many architectural artefacts, sites and dormant areas.

The Bishops Garden: Created as a landscape amenity.
George’s Quay Site: installation of viewing decks.
Drinking Fountain in Cathedral Square: repaired and cleaned fountain. Also paved the surrounding area.
New entrance into Custom House Park: removed the derelict building/wall and built the entrance near Sarsfield House.
Derelict Site at Bridge Street: Extensive clean up of the neglected area.
Restoration of historic gas lamps at Barrington Hospital.
Clare Chambers Doorway:
Professional cleaning of the cut-stone doorway.
Broad Street archaeological dig: provided 12 participants to assist on site archaeologists.
Painted and cleaned inscriptions on commemorative stones.
Maintenance at various derelict sites.
Provided an English translation of a 17th century stone inscription in St. John’s Graveyard Wall.

Restored the old gas lamp at Pery Square.
Removed graffiti at various locations.
Removed fly posters at many locations.

Crosbie Row: Created an amenity development.
Church Street: Created an amenity development.
Shannon Rowing Club Quay: General maintenance and creation of a new pathway.
Athlunkard Street/Island Road: Landscaped derelict corner site.
Built a new entrance into the Quaker Burial Ground.
City Walls on Island Road: Improvement of their environs.
Improvement of a derelict site at Honan’s Quay.
Paint Schemes: i.e. two derelict premises in High Street.
Broad Street/Charlotte Quay Corner: Maintenance project.
Built a new entrance into St. Mary’s Cathedral  Grounds.
Erected the Sylvester O’Halloran Pedestrian Bridge over the Abbey River.
The Spring Rice Memorial: Removal of graffiti.
Site in South Circular Road: Maintenance project.
Cleaned and painted city boundary markers.
The Canal Bridge and pathways:
Erected a new pedestrian bridge.
The O’Connell Monument site: Phase 1: Put in place a water feature and four lamps around the Monument.
Keyes House: Painted and cleaned.
St. Mary’s Cathedral Grounds: Carried out general landscaping.
Work at Villiers Homes Gardens.
Park Lock: the Developed a landscaped public amenity.
The Georgian Townhouse Garden: Reinstated the formal garden as per the 1840 map.
Shannon Rowing Club Frontage: Repaired the fountain and landscaped the frontage.
Doorway to 50 O’Connell Street: Restored to its original splendour.
Sites Project: Maintaining/refurbishing our environmental sites.
The City’s Gas Meter and Tar Pump: Refurbished to their original splendour.
Church Street Wall: Reduced in height and new railing provided
Athlunkard Boat Club: Repaired the vandalised monument and cleaned up its environs.