Georgian Ranelagh

~ ~ Ranelagh is now a very quickly becoming very fashionable inner city suburb of Dublin City. But it was not always so. In ancient times there were four roads that led into the old walled city of Dublin from the south-west, one of which ran directly through where the old villages of Ranelagh and Rathmines now stand. This area was considered highly dangerous, as it was inhabited by wild tribes of indigenous Irish, who had been thrown of their land in Dublin by the English invaders, and who now resided outside the city limits, just waiting for an opportunity to present itself where they could take their revenge on the hated enemy, and relieve them both of ...  Read the complete review