BENCHMARKS continued
A stroll in Saint Stephen's Green - an oasis of calm, while without all was Garda sirens and students in yellow tee-shirts protesting any increase in their registration fees - uncovered no 'marks. Striding bravely out into the tumult Benchmarker emerged through the Leeson Street entrance and spotted this one on the granite blocks at the base of the railings on the corner with Stephen's Green South.
All around the perimeter of the Green the level of the pavement has risen and risen over the years. There may have once been other 'marks there, similarly positioned as this one, but if there were they are lost now.
Below: The 'mark at the base of the railings on Stephens Green South at the Leeson Street entrance.
Above: As this group of protesting students return to the bus that will take them back to the sticks, they pass the 'mark on the base of the railings at extreme left.
