From Fatima to Grand Canal Harbour
Fatima Luas Stop, Saint James, Dublin 8
Dates & Times
Sunday 19 October
10:30AM
Tours lasts 60 minutes
Tour type
- Walking Tour
Tour Information +
We’ll also follow the last six hundred metres of a now-vanished section of the Canal Main Line to Grand Canal Harbour. This 18th-century engineering marvel, of which some traces remain, was a vital entry point for foodstuffs and other goods into the city. It also enabled products from the thriving industrial district of the Liberties to be distributed to the Irish Midlands and beyond.
Dubbed the No-Water Quarter in an Irish Times article by Frank McNally, the area was not only the site of the vanished canal but also the first large City Basin, supplying clean and reliable water to the city. One of many branches of the river Poddle continues to flow below the streets of the neighbourhood.
Drop-in – Meet the tour guide at the Fatima Luas Stop. Look out for Open House Dublin volunteers.
Accessibility Information
Wheelchair accessible route
Assistance Dogs welcome
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