I went to school on a Georgian square, so I’ve always been a fan of the doors of Dublin, the Georgian ones especially. What’s not to love about the symmetry, their beautiful proportions and the lovely fanlights, in all their faded glory? When Brendan McEvoy and his wife, Kasia, started their Irish handbag company, My Name Is Ted, they launched it with a Doors collection and paid homage to one door in particular, No. 7 Eccles Street.
As Joycean fans will know, this location was home to Leopold Bloom in
Ulysses, and the actual door is on exhibition at The James Joyce Centre at 35 North Great George’s Street, a stunning streetscape if you like Georgian architecture.