BENCHMARKS continued
'I once was lost but now am found,
Was blind, but now, I see.'
Benchmarker kicked off this epic project by first posting the 'mark which was perhaps the one closest to the Benchmarker residence. Well time has told another story and this one on Faulkner's Terrace, Old Kilmainham now takes that exalted title and gets the number 111 to emphasis its closeness. It is situated on what was formerly part of a house front that now serves as a gate post. It has been plastered over for a considerable period, but time has caused some of this to crack and crumble enough to partly reveal it.
The 25 inch maps show that there once was a 'mark even closer to the residence - a literal stone's throw away - but that one disappeared in the building blitz that characterized the Celtic Tiger years.
Below: The 'mark on Old Kilmainham at Faulkner's Terrace.
Above: Old Kilmainham looking east towards the city centre. The 'mark is at the base of the pillar to the right of the big blue gate.