South Beach by Robert French colourised
s anyone from this neck of the woods will tell you, just about the 
grandest thing about Greystones is the fact that we’re on the sea – and that gives us our groovy South Beach…
s anyone from this neck of the woods will tell you, just about the 
grandest thing about Greystones is the fact that we’re on the sea – and that gives us our groovy South Beach…It’s the place pretty much everyone heads when they’re out for a walk in Greystones, that stretch over to Ballygannon being the perfect place to get away from it all.
Better still, heading north, you’re greeted by The Men’s, The Cove and then you keep walking, right on down to the harbour.
Better still, heading north, you’re greeted by Where Joe is waiting patiently with his battered cod. At least, that’s how it used to be.
And if you need some summer grooves, they’re right here.
Yep, we’re blessed to have this great big chunk of seafront.
Here’s hoping the sun loves it just as much as we do over the coming years…
South Beach Postcard 1950s #1
South Beach postcard 1955. Source: ebay
Anyone care to guess the year…?
Greystones South Beach Bathing Boxes. Pic: Robert French
South Beach c1900 Lawrence Collection #2
South Beach 14AUG69 Pic Lindsay Bridge [flickr]
A Packed South Beach. Source Mapio
South Beach postcard. Source: Unknown
South Beach postcard. From ages ago.
South Beach Valentine’s Postcard
Bathing Beauties – Greystones Style. Source Derek Paine
South Beach 14JULY1904. Notice portable diving board.
A closer look…
Mrs Ferns, Mrs McFarland & friend. Source Derek Paine
Way back when…
Way back when… in colour.
South Beach Postcard 1911
Greystones South Beach. Or is this the North Beach…? Source: The Eason Collection
A busy South Beach 1931. A Milton postcard
Grand South Beach postcard. Source Patrick Neary
South Beach donkey rides. Source: Gary Paine
1936 South Beach A.E. Deacon postcard. Source: ebay
St Patrick’s Parade 2917
South Beach Goes Full Snow. Pic: Una Campbell
South Beach Goes Full Snow. Pic: Una Campbell 2
South Beach Goes Full Snow. Pic: Una Campbell 3
South Beach Goes Full Snow. Pic: Una Campbell 4
Snowy South Beach 2010 Pic Dave Daly
South Beach Goes Full Snow. Pic: Una Campbell 5
South Beach Snow 3OCT12 Fiona Halligan
Greystones South Beach Robert French
Greystones South Beach Damaged Robert French
Greystones South Beach and Railway Robert French
South Beach babes. Srouce Derek Paine
South Beach McKenzie Postcard
View Of The Beach ca 1900-1939 Eason Photographic Collection
The Temple of Urine. Pic: Sebastian
Andrew Batty goes a little batty during CSSM Source Jason Michael
J. Dunlop leads CSSM, Aug 1933, South Beach. Source Derek Paine
South Beach 1900 with stabilizers Pic Derek Paine
South Beach Postcard, with black flag
South Beach Valentine postcard. Source: ebay
South Beach Water Harry Acheson
South Beach Steps Harry Acheson
South Beach Harry Acheson
Victorian Postcard. Source: Patrick Neary
1910 South Beach Postcard
South Beach last Tuesday. Around lunchtime.
Jane Evans & her South Beach Cafe. Source Derek Paine
Evan’s Cafe, on the South Beach. Source Derek Paine
Jane Evans’ café. McPiggane postcard.
The South Beach. Pic: Luke McGuinness
Sunrise South Beach Rick Bentham
Moonrise South Beach Rick Bentham
Misty Morning South Beach Rick Bentham
South Beach Train. Pic: Luke McGuinness
South Beach Train departs. Pic: Luke McGuinness
South Beach Steam Train. Pic: Luke McGuinness
South Beach Steam Train #2. Pic: Luke McGuinness
South Beach 2007 by Paula McGuinness
South Beach (detail). Pic: Robert French
The Bathing Strand 1927 postcard
South Beach 17july14 Pablo Photography
South Beach 17july14 Pablo Photography
Rainbow South Beach 18MAY17 Lisa Hempenstall
Rainbow On South Beach Sat 20MAY17 Brian Keeley
South Beach by Anna O’Rourke 2014
The Big Sky by John McKiernan FRI5JUNE20
Thank You & Goodnight by Shay Murphy
Morning Glory by Liz Cusack SAT9MAY20
1 comment
Great collection of photos, and nice to have all the South Beach ones together. I’ve always been a bit curious about the “Arches” – we say the 1st arch and the 2nd arch – but does anybody remember them as arches. I presume they were arched bridges (like the railway bridge near the harbour). Did flat style bridges even exist when the railway was built – around 1855. I’ve never seen a photo of them as arches though – and why were they “converted” to flat bridges anyhow? Also funny how two bridges were even built in the first place – at a time of relative hardship (1850s – just a decade after the famine…) seems a luxury to put two bridges so close together when one would have been enough? Perhaps the Burnaby Estate (then just land – the houses were built around 1900) insisted on them for access to the beach.
Perhaps some railway/town/Burnaby/military (perhaps the army had a say – beach access being important for defense?) historians have some knowledge or there are similar situations on other coastal railways around the country?