If you look up to the first floor of 9 Wellington Quay, you will see three horizontal stripes of paint. These paint stripes disguise an old ghost sign for J.P. Burgess – Wholesale and Retail Confectioner, Tobacconist & Devotional Goods.
Using photographs, Thoms Directory and some fellow sleuths on Twitter, I was able to discover not only what the ghost sign advertised, but also an idea how old it is / was.
Watch the slide show to see the full story.
These images from UCD Digital Library show Mulvany Bros picture framer in the same premises, taken in the 1980s.
1. Shop; Mulvany Bros picture framer, Wellington Quay. Commercial premises/shops, Urban Folklore Project, Dublin City. is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright of the original resource: Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann – National Folklore Collection
2. Shops : shopfronts and hotel, Wellington Quay. Commercial premises/shops, Urban Folklore Project, Dublin City is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Copyright of the original resource: Cnuasach Bhéaloideas Éireann – National Folklore Collection
