Elizabeth Birdthistle
Writer and Journalist at Irish Times
Contributor to The Irish Times, lover of all things maritime, music, mycology and Mayo
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1 week ago |
irishtimes.com | Elizabeth Birdthistle
The Sweepstakes development in Ballsbridge, which takes its name from the Irish Hospitals’ Sweepstake, a national lottery set up in the 1930s to raise funds for Irish hospitals, was one of Dublin’s first big combined residential developments, with about 247 units, including townhouses and apartments. The high-end scheme, built in 1992 on a 5½-acre site by Cosgrave Developments, was designed to blend in with the surrounding area.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Elizabeth Birdthistle
While trees are noted for contributing to human wellbeing by filtering pollutants and providing shade and a home for biodiversity, a new study by ETH University in Zurich has found a correlation between lower mortality rates for people who live in neighbourhoods with large contiguous areas of tree canopies. The study, executed over 10 years with the data from more than six million people, found that “tree canopy cover in residential areas and their spatial arrangement correlate with mortality”.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Elizabeth Birdthistle
In his writings, noted Irish author and Booker Prize-winner John Banville notes his aunt‘s old flat on Upper Mount Street as the inspiration for the setting for his protagonist, Dr Quirke, the fictional pathologist in the crime novels he wrote under the pen name Benjamin Black.
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2 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Elizabeth Birdthistle
Kincora, tucked into the quiet, tree-lined cul-de-sac of Avonmore in Foxrock, is the kind of house that reveals its scale slowly. From the outside, it presents a neat, symmetrical front with traditional red brick, but inside it feels more like a brand-new home. And a sizeable one at that. It dates from 2004 and was purchased in 2006 by its current owners, who have raised their four sons within its substantial 423sq m (4,553sq ft). Now with an empty nest, they are downsizing locally.
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3 weeks ago |
irishtimes.com | Elizabeth Birdthistle
The village of Delgany, Co Wicklow, famed for its picturesque village setting and proximity to Dublin and the Wicklow Mountains, offering a combination of rural charm and convenience to the capital. It is just off the N11/M11, and the vicinity has a wealth of amenities such as walking trails, horse riding and hiking in the nearby mountains. It is also close to the popular seaside town of Greystones, where locals avail of the Dart service to Dublin city, and can take to the sea for daily swims.
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