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How Temple Bar went from urban miracle to disaster

When Seán’s guest moved into his flat in the middle of Temple Bar in 1996, this historic and r...

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14.11 14 Jul 2025


How Temple Bar went from urban miracle to disaster


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14.11 14 Jul 2025


When Seán’s guest moved into his flat in the middle of Temple Bar in 1996, this historic and recently regenerated part of Dublin was a bohemian and cultural mecca. Frank MacDonald has been writing in the Irish Times about how it transformed into a very different beast over the decades, forcing him to sell up and move out of the city altogether.

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