Enhanced image from 1969 John Hinde postcard view of O'Connell Street & G.P.O. building. Original photograph by R. Beer.
A nostalgic view of the main thoroughfare in Ireland's capital city Dublin c1969, with people & traffic parked at the G.P.O on O'Connell Street. The area vacated by Nelson's pillar, referred to locally as Nelson's patch, is in use as a Bus parking zone. 36 years later & in Dublin today there are traffic restrictions on O'Connell Street making it a more pedestrian friendly area than in the past. |