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A View - of third-class architecture!
Once upon a time, coming up the Shannon to Athlone, you'd round the bend at the Big Meadow and there'd be Athlone in front of you, standing solidly on it's hills above the river.
Uploaded on Aug 30, 2009
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Abandoned lifeSomeone painted this gate a lovely shade of blue, once. Now it's just part of a barricade closing a riverside field.
Uploaded on Aug 30, 2009
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Open CountrysideNot around here. Many of the old access roads and tracks have been blocked by developers who then used the closed lands to dump the detritus from their other developments.
Uploaded on Aug 30, 2009
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Only their rubbish remainsAnd by rubbish I don't just mean junk like this dumped roofing, I also mean the trashy low-class developments they got away with throwing up like so much vomit all over the place.
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How the mighty fall...
The giants of the Celtic Tiger (even the small giants you get around rural towns like Athlone) have all fallen flat on bad debt and crashing property prices.
Uploaded on Aug 30, 2009
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