Coal hole – Mountjoy Square
Coal holes in resplendent decoration a reminder of darker times when sulphurus clouds would hang low over Georgian squares in colonial lands. Now they are redundant as the empirical reign elegant existence of ornament tread by unknowing feet. Under the murky orange glow plains throw their shadowy forms on granite edged pavements cracked and wearing of pedestrian lives. The dark square rests for the evening secured by iron, padlock and chain, illuminated glazing overlooks, over-priced tenancies in tired gaze. Splendour of the past time preserves for our aesthetic, problems of the present hidden with Georgian style. -Ciaran Burke
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