Clancy Quay
{{short description|Residential development in Dublin, Ireland}}
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{{use Irish English|date=November 2020}}
File:Clancy Quay, Islandbridge, Dublin 8.jpg
Clancy Quay ({{Irish place name|Cé Mhic Fhlannchaidh}}){{cite web |title=Cé Mhic Fhlannchaidh |url=https://www.logainm.ie/ga/1417859 |publisher=logainm.ie}} is a residential development of houses and apartments in Islandbridge, Dublin, Ireland. The development and surrounds originally housed an artillery barracks, known as Islandbridge Barracks and later Clancy Barracks, before closing in 1998. Although it has a "quay" designation, it does not form one of the Dublin quays proper.
The Clancy Quay development includes protected structures from the original barracks converted into residences,{{Cite magazine |title=Glenbeigh’s expertise safeguards the history and future of Clancy Quay Officers Mess Building |url=http://buildingirelandmagazine.ie/glenbeighs-expertise-safeguards-the-history-and-future-of-clancy-quay-officers-mess-building/ |magazine=Building Ireland Magazine |date=2019-08-30 |volume=5 |number=6 |accessdate=2020-10-26}} as well as new apartment buildings. In 2021 it was the largest private rental complex in Ireland with over 845 units.{{Cite news |last=Woods |first=Killian |title=Council pushes back over Clancy Quay apartments |url=https://www.businesspost.ie/residential/council-pushes-back-over-clancy-quay-apartments-a5848ee7 |newspaper=Business Post |date=2020-07-12 |accessdate=2020-09-20}}{{cite press release |title=Kennedy Wilson Completes Construction of Clancy Quay, the Largest Multifamily Community in Ireland |url=https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200702005113/en/Kennedy-Wilson-Completes-Construction-of-Clancy-Quay-the-Largest-Multifamily-Community-in-Ireland |work=Business Wire |author=Kennedy Wilson |access-date=23 November 2020 |language=en |date=2 July 2020}}
Barracks
The Islandbridge Barracks was established in 1798.{{Cite web |title=Clancy Barracks/Islandbridge Barracks, South Circular Road, Islandbridge, Dublin 8, Dublin City |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50080020/clancy-barracks-islandbridge-barracks-south-circular-road-islandbridge-dublin-8-dublin-city |work=National Inventory of Architectural Heritage |date=2013-11-06 |accessdate=2020-10-26}} Samuel Lewis' Topological Dictionary of Ireland in 1837 described it as follows:{{Cite book |title=A Topological Dictionary of Ireland |authorlink=Samuel Lewis (publisher) |last=Lewis |first=Samuel |date=1837 |publisher=S. Lewis and Company |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iI0jwZZ-7TEC&pg=PA545 |page=545 |volume=1}}
{{Quote|The Island bridge barracks, for artillery, are adapted for 23 officers and 547 men, with stabling for 185 horses, and an hospital for 48 patients.}}
The British Army left the Islandbridge Barracks on 14 December 1922, following the establishment of the Irish Free State, and the barracks was handed over to the Irish Army.{{Cite news |last=Fahey |first=Dennis |title=Another red letter day |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/heritage/another-red-letter-day-1.1627233 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2013-12-14 |accessdate=2020-10-26}}
It was renamed Clancy Barracks after Peadar Clancy in 1942.
Redevelopment
File:Clancy Quay old buildings.jpg
The Irish Army closed Clancy Barracks in 1998,{{Cite news |last=Brady |first=Tom |title=Army posts to close as Smith 'bites bullet' |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/army-posts-to-close-as-smith-bites-bullet-26180607.html |newspaper=Irish Independent |date=1998-07-16 |accessdate=2021-09-08}} and the State sold the premises to David Kennedy's Florence Properties in 2002.{{Cite news |last=Foxe |first=Ken |title=State spends 1.95m guarding sites it sold to developers |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/state-spends-195m-guarding-sites-it-sold-to-developers-25938823.html |date=2003-07-14 |newspaper=Irish Independent |accessdate=2020-10-26}} The redevelopment plan was approved in 2006.{{Cite news |title=Go-ahead for massive development on site of Army barracks |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/go-ahead-for-massive-development-on-site-of-army-barracks-1.998157 |date=2006-01-06 |newspaper=The Irish Times |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026162738/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/go-ahead-for-massive-development-on-site-of-army-barracks-1.998157 |archivedate=2020-10-26 |accessdate=2020-10-26}} In this time period, the former barracks also functioned as a major counting centre for the Pennies from Heaven appeal, which asked people across Ireland to donate old and foreign coinage, which was then sorted by volunteers. Over 7 million euro was donated, benefiting 11 charities. Over 120,000 euro was stolen in a raid, but partly recovered thereafter.{{cite news |last1=Anderson |first1=Paul |title=Pennies from Heaven coins in more than €7m |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/pennies-from-heaven-coins-in-more-than-7m-1.451319 |accessdate=8 November 2020 |work=Irish Times |date=11 December 2002}}
Kennedy lost the project during the Celtic Tiger bust, with the partially-completed development eventually being acquired by US-based Kennedy Wilson and Axa Investment Managers in 2013.{{Cite news |last=Fagan |first=Jack |title=US firm buys apartments at Clancy Barracks |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/us-firm-buys-apartments-at-clancy-barracks-1.1418378 |newspaper=The Irish Times |date=2013-06-06 |accessdate=2020-09-20}} The third and final phase of construction was completed in 2020.{{Cite news |last=Quinlan |first=Ronald |title=Kennedy Wilson completes Ireland’s largest residential rental scheme at Clancy Quay |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/kennedy-wilson-completes-ireland-s-largest-residential-rental-scheme-at-clancy-quay-1.4297434 |date=2020-07-08 |newspaper=The Irish Times |accessdate=2020-10-26}}
Popular culture
The area was a popular filming location until redevelopment,{{Cite news |title=Clancy Barracks officially out of bounds for filming |url=https://www.bignewsnetwork.com/news/245518497/clancy-barracks-officially-out-of-bounds-for-filming |work=Big News Network |date=2016-07-04 |accessdate=2020-09-20}} including the film Lassie (released 2005){{Cite web |title=‘Lassie’ In Cinemas This Week |url=http://www.iftn.ie/production/production_news/?act1=record&only=1&aid=73&rid=1654&tpl=archnews&force=1 |publisher=Irish Film and Television Network |date=2005-12-15 |accessdate=2021-04-16}} and TV series' Ripper Street and Quirke (filming in 2012–2013).{{Cite news |last=Hall |first=Eva |title=Apartments rip apart prime Dublin filming spot |url=https://www.independent.ie/business/commercial-property/apartments-rip-apart-prime-dublin-filming-spot-34852196.html |date=2016-07-03 |newspaper=Irish Independent |accessdate=2020-10-26}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite journal |author=P. O. O'Donnell |title=Dublin Military Barracks |journal=Dublin Historical Record |volume=25 |number=4 |date=September 1972 |pages=141-154 |publisher=Old Dublin Society |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30104347 |url-access=registration}}
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