On the Dublin-Cork road, between Urlingford and the Turn Pike (junction signposted for Thurles and Holycross). See map http://maps.google.com/maps/ms?ie=UTF&msa=0&msid=112957551494295451325.000450d48e3e53b941c4a
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Swinford alley sketches by Jack B. Yeats, 1905
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Alleys by County and by Characteristics
- Co. Antrim (2)
- Co. Armagh (5)
- Co. Carlow (10)
- Co. Cavan (14)
- Co. Clare (9)
- Co. Cork (21)
- Co. Derry (1)
- Co. Donegal (11)
- Co. Down (1)
- Co. Dublin (20)
- Co. Dublin cont'd (18)
- Co. Fermanagh (3)
- Co. Galway (20)
- Co. Galway cont'd (20)
- Co. Galway cont'd cont'd (15)
- Co. Kerry (9)
- Co. Kildare (14)
- Co. Kilkenny (16)
- Co. Laois (5)
- Co. Leitrim (9)
- Co. Limerick (12)
- Co. Longford (4)
- Co. Louth (7)
- Co. Mayo (22)
- Co. Mayo cont'd (18)
- Co. Meath (15)
- Co. Monaghan (10)
- Co. Offaly (10)
- Co. Roscommon (20)
- Co. Roscommon cont'd (18)
- Co. Sligo (10)
- Co. Sligo cont'd (15)
- Co. Tipperary (20)
- Co. Tipperary cont'd (18)
- Co. Tipperary cont'd cont'd (13)
- Co. Tyrone (8)
- Co. Waterford (10)
- Co. Waterford cont'd (11)
- Co. Westmeath (9)
- Co. Wexford (22)
- Co. Wexford cont'd (7)
- Co. Wicklow (10)
- crossroads (9)
- Demolished (92)
- detailed history (23)
- Eton Fives (1)
- Historic Images (50)
- incorporating other structures (57)
- Local Patron (11)
- multiple alleys (48)
- NIAH (55)
- Non-religious school (2)
- poem (4)
- Primary school (10)
- Psychiatric hospital (9)
- Pub (13)
- Religious Monastery (4)
- religious ruin (10)
- Religious School/Seminary (51)
- renovated / rebuilt (21)
- renowned handball players (33)
- Roof added (60)
- wooden structure (2)
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3 comments:
This alley is still playable
Often passed this alley on my way to Cork or when visiting locations in Tipperary.
An astonishing piece of architecture.
I realise that all these place were built by players and or their families, the debt of different knowledge that went into the making of them is extraordinary, this looks like the weirdest house in the world.
If we'd heard the stories that went on inside, tall and true, we'd probably agree.
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