Discovering The Poddle

Discovering The Poddle

13 Jul 1990

Discovering the Poddle

I SAW the River Poddle — for the first time this week . about it for years, but never quite unexpectedly. r

I have Joe Tiernan of Tiernan Homesteads to thank for it . . . and it highlights, once again, the tremendous strides that have been made in landscaping and general planning of developments over the past three or four years in Dublin.

The new Mount Argus development which this building company first put on the market some six weeks ago is located just beside the headquarters of the Passionist Order in Harold’s Cross.

The River Poddle, which runs through the lands has been treated with the greatest sensitivity. Portion of it has been diverted through a four-acre landscaped parkland, and has been enhanced by the creation of two ponds, complete with a 40 ft. floodlit fountain, weirs and pedestrian overbridges.

In all over £500,000 will be spent on the landscaping and parkland here. This preservation of our past, in addition to the style of the houses themselves, makes this one of the most exciting developments in the country at the present time.

There will be 240 houses here altogether, and they have been arranged in a

1 the original source of water for Dubliners — . . in the course of duty. I had been curious set about finding it. Then I came across it_.

horse-shoe shape around the impressive Monastery. At the moment there are four house types, 3-bed town house, 3-bed end house, 4-bed semi-detached, and 4-bed detached, and these range in price from £67,950 to £95,000. There will be a 2-bed house type later.

The front elevations of the houses are in special “Old Dublin Brindle” — very much in keeping with the turn-of-the-century houses in the area. Gardens have iron railings and there are hardwood double glazed windows throughout, with granite style window sills.

In the three-bed style the kitchen is to the front of the house, with a large lounge to the back. The four-bed is more traditional, with double doors separating dining and sitting rooms, and the kitchen at the back.

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