Campshire

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]

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.[4][5] A number of buildings on the campshires were also subject to renovations during the first decade of the 21st century.[6][2]

Notes
  1. "The campshires". The Reconstruction Of Dublin. Reflecting City. Archived from the original on 2011-07-15. Retrieved 6 Jan 2010.
  2. "Denis O'Brien buys docklands campshire buildings for €1m". Irish Times. 30 January 2013. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  3. "Docklands - Public Spaces - 'Campshires'". Dublin Docklands Authority. Retrieved 31 January 2017.
  4. "The S2S Campaign". Sutton to Sandycove. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
  5. "Refurbishment of Dublin campshires". Irish Architectural News. 25 September 2002. Archived from the original on 14 October 2003.
  6. "Brick sheds, Sir John Rogerson's Quay, Dublin 2". Built Dublin. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
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