The Metals Heritage Audio Guide
By Aileen O'Meara
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Podcast Description
This is a FREE 11-stop audio guide to the popular walkway from Dún Laoghaire to Dalkey Quarry, known locally as “The Metals”. It’s not just a journey through fascinating engineering and social history. It’s also an eye-opening excursion along a unique living piece of local heritage. Join architectural historian Rob Goodbody, author of “The Metals”, and producer Aileen O’Meara back to the days when Dún Laoghaire was just a small fishing village surrounded by rocky outcrops, and hear the fascinating story of how engineers designed this unique trackway that shaped the development of this marine town and its fine harbour.
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[11] Hill | At Dalkey Quarry, above Ardbrugh Road. A view of the Harbour below, with the Quarry all around you. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[10] Flags | Just below Ardbrugh Road, walking up from Dalkey Avenue. A walkway to the top, still intact and useful. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[09] Quarry | At Old Quarry Road, at intersection with Dalkey Avenue. Friction wheels and gravity help bring the granite down. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[08] Atmospheric | At Atmospheric Road, at intersection with Barnhill Road. So what is an atmospheric railway, and how come Kingstown had one? | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[07] Glenageary | At Glenageary DART station alongside Station Road. Full wagons every two minutes, as the production line intensifies. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[06] Claremont | At Claremont Villas, where the Metals takes a sharp turn. Landowners versus squatters, hospitals and strikes. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[05] Sandycove | Magenta Place, just as it meets Eden Road Upper. Track plates and wooden wagons help horses pull huge loads. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[04] Chisels | Just before Martello Avenue, past Park Road. How they broke up the rock to create level platforms. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[03] Harbour | Just past entrance to Moran Park, at monument to Christ the King, near Haigh Terrace. The granite hillocks that were named the Three Churls. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[02] West Pier | At entrance to West Pier, at Old Dun Leary Road. From glaciers to granite, and a lost Martello Tower. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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[01] Welcome | At the Pavilion Theatre, at the corner of Queen's Road and Marine Road, Dún Laoghaire. Come on an eye-opening excursion through layers of local history. | 19 8 11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 11 Episodes |
