The campshires are the stretches of land between the quay and road on both the north and south quays in Dublin.[1][2] They are so named because various British military regiments, such as the Gloucestershires or Leicestershires, would camp there before setting off or returning from overseas, making 'campshire' a portmanteau of 'camp' and '-shire'.[3]
It is not clear when the word was first used, but it must date to the First World War or earlier. The term appears in a 1957 issue of The Irish Times.[4]
Before the Dublin Port facilities moved down river, this was the area of the Dublin quays where ships were loaded and unloaded. As a result, the area had a number of storage warehouses and travelling cranes. The campshires were renewed and renovated by the now-defunct Dublin Docklands Development Authority between 2000 and 2005, adding walkways and cycleways on both sides of the river Liffey, including parts of the Sutton to Sandycove project.[5][6] A number of buildings on the campshires were also subject to renovations during the first decade of the 21st century.[7][2]
Notes
edit- ^ "The campshires". The Reconstruction Of Dublin. Reflecting City. Archived from the original on 15 July 2011. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ a b "Denis O'Brien buys docklands campshire buildings for €1m". Irish Times. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Docklands - Public Spaces - 'Campshires'". Dublin Docklands Authority. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
- ^ The Irish Times (Friday, 28 June 1957), page 5.
- ^ "The S2S Campaign". Sutton to Sandycove. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
- ^ "Refurbishment of Dublin campshires". Irish Architectural News. 25 September 2002. Archived from the original on 14 October 2003.
- ^ "Brick sheds, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2". Built Dublin. Retrieved 27 January 2017.