I don’t usually do the urban decay shots but for one or two reasons I’ve been out checking parts of abandoned Dublin out lately. Today I was in Sandymount and Blackrock. I was also in Dun Laoghaire.
When I got to Sandymount this morning, the time was in and this hampered my plans completely both in Sandymount and Blackrock. So I only came back with a handful of shots. Both of these are from Blackrock
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As far as I am aware, the baths in Blackrock are owned/controlled by Treasury Holdings now, pending redevelopment. They’ve been derelict for a long time but are popular with urban artists and people taking photographs of urban decay. Access involves climbing. Neither of these photographs were taken from inside the compound because the tide was in and whatever access you can get requires the tide to be out. The bottom photograph was taken from the footbridge that gives access. The top photograph was taken from the northern end of the path that runs behind it.
When we went back at low tide, I looked to see if there was any reasonable access from the seaside. By reasonable, I mean that I could get in without risking re-occurring a frequently occurring knee injury right now. It’s not looking good for that though.That being said, there were two people in there so it is possible. I just don’t see that it’s really worth it for what I was looking for.
Instead, I’m more interested in the possibilities offered by the old baths in Sandymount instead.
They are completely open to the sea on the waterside which means when the tide recedes, there’s a lot less water than there is in Blackrock. There are also far fewer sand deposits. What I could see of Blackrock meant that the walls for the most part don’t look very high. Lower than the average man’s height anyway.
This actually matters to me and the reason I was out was to check stuff like that out.
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I want to go back there. Beyond the photographs I was initially planning, I have even more ideas.
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