On Sunday the 19th
November Dublin Sketchers will sketch in/at Arbour Hill (rain backup: Collins
Barracks) from 2pm and meet for drinks at 4pm in The Glimmer Man.
Spots of interest:
Stoneybatter, Arbour Hill Memorial, Church, Cemetery, Prison, Billy Edwards
Park, Halliday Square
Arbour Hill is an area
of Dublin within the inner city on the Northside of the River Liffey, in the
Dublin 7 postal district. Arbour Hill, the road of the same name, runs west
from Blackhall Place in Stoneybatter, and separates Collins Barracks, now
hosting part of the National Museum of Ireland, to the south from Arbour Hill
Prison to the north,[2] whose graveyard includes the burial plot of the
signatories of the Easter Proclamation and other leaders executed after the
1916 Rising. St Bricin's Military Hospital, formerly the King George V
Hospital, is also located in Arbour Hill.
Stoneybatter,
historically known as BohernagloghIt is often referred to as Dublin's
"hipster quarter"[2] and was in TimeOut magazine's list of '40
coolest neighbourhoods in the world' in 2019.[3] Set for many films (Angela’s
Ashes, Micheal Collins) Apart from the striking artisan dwellings, the area is
also known for its prominent Viking street names. For example, there is Viking
Road, Olaf Road, Thor Place, Sitric Road, Norseman Place, Ard Ri Road, Malachi
Road, Ostman Place, Ivar Street, Sigurd Road and Harold Road. At the time of
the Norman invasion, the Vikings, Ostmen or Austmenn (men of the East) as they
called themselves, were exiled to the north of the Liffey where they founded
the hamlet of Ostmenstown, later to become Oxmantown.
If it’s your first
time out and you can’t spot anyone at 2pm, just choose something to sketch and
get stuck in. Keep your eyes open for anyone carrying a sketchbook and say
hello. It's a friendly crowd who you’ll get to know over a drink from 4pm.
Don't worry if you're late, most of us usually are! You need to bring your own
paper and pens/pencils etc.
From 4pm, we'll gather
for a drink and to enjoy each other’s sketches at The Glimmer Man. A bunch of
sketchers will magically appear.
If you would like your
sketch to be added to the website, email it to dublinsketchers @ gmail .com or
post it to the Dublin Sketchers Social WhatsApp group if you are on that.
Please edit your image so that it is low res and properly oriented for posting
to the website. If you are posting your sketch on Instagram please
#dublinsketchers #urbansketchers
Hope to see you there!
Marie
