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New app spills the secrets and hidden stories of Dublin

Each story on the Dubline Storymap is told by a different local person.

This is how the stories appear on the app. (Screengrab of the Dubline Storymap app)

LUCKY STONES, FIGHTS at City Hall and rivers of whiskey are just some of the stories to learn about on the new app for Dublin.

The Dubline Storymap enables Dubliners to tell the real stories and hidden secrets to the city’s visitors through audio and video.

Each story is told by a different local person and the Dubline Storymap collects the most fascinating stories for enjoyment.

The Dubline, a €4 million tourism project launched in May last year, is a unique cultural and heritage walking trail running across the city from College Green to Kilmainham.

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Tourism is worth over €1.5 billion to Dublin and the Dubline aims to grow this by incorporating technology, including wifi links, and dedicated branding.

Fáilte Ireland CEO, Shaun Quinn emphasised that Dublin is significant for overseas tourism to Ireland with three quarters of overseas visitors staying in the capital at some point in their trip.

“Projects like the Dubline give Dublin a competitive edge when it comes to attracting more overseas visitors to the city. This is not only good for tourism but also for businesses, retailers and jobs in the city and beyond,” he added.

A number of stories are already on the app but more can be added. (Screengrab of the Dubline Storymap app)

The app is available for free for both Android and iPhone users.

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    Mute David Keogh
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    Aug 4th 2013, 10:47 AM

    That’s a great idea, real Dublin people talking about our history!

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    Mute On Raglan Road
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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:24 PM

    Like the story about The Monto, its really fascinating.

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    Mute OU812
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    Aug 4th 2013, 10:47 AM

    No links?

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    Mute OU812
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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:21 AM

    Just downloaded it. Nice & clean app, however VERY spare on stories, there’s a total of about 22 on it, all southside within about a mile of Stephens green. Zero on the northside.

    Should have held off on it until they had more content.

    For me, the likelihood is ill listen to whets there, then intend on going back in a couple of months to see what’s new, but in reality, forget all about it & never open it again.

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    Mute Brian O Cinneide
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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:54 AM

    The real old Dublin is on the South side of the Liffey. Francis St., Christchurch, the Castle and the Coombe are where the history is until the twentieth century.

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    Mute OU812
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:30 PM

    So what you’re telling me is that NOTHING happened north of the Liffey until 1900? Seriously?

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    Mute Robert Donohoe
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:34 PM

    Eh, it’s stories along a line/route through Dublin that Failte Ireland are pushing. Download the full storymap app for more stories.

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    Mute AICS (Steve Tracey)
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:44 PM

    Stones batter, oxmanstown = Viking settlement. Clontarf battle of, Collins Barracks, chq vaults, 4 courts, customs house did they all move across the Liffey overnight

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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:45 PM

    Should of course read Stoneybatter sorry

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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:46 PM

    Hey, Storymap here who made the app – The Dubline Storymap is a project we did in collaboration with Failte Ireland where we’d focus our attention on that route alone and create a free app based on the ‘Dubline’ route. We run a much bigger app and site (www.storymap.ie) and Storymap App (https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storymap/id589463116?mt=8) of our own which encompasses the entire city with over 100 stories.

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    Mute Lara Whyte
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:48 PM

    Every story takes a LOT of work, and this is a silly comment – 22 individual films lovingly made telling stories you didn’t know about Dublin is a fantastic app.

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    Mute Wilson
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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:43 PM

    That’s funny I got 39 stories …..

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    Mute On Raglan Road
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    Aug 4th 2013, 2:35 PM

    O’Connell St is closer to that route than Kevin St – New St. You should have used the word “South” in your title

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    Mute Brian O Cinneide
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    Aug 4th 2013, 3:01 PM

    My mother and her siblings were born and raised north of the Liffey. Her parents and all before them were born and reared on the south side. I have met many other real Dublin people like that.

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    Mute StoryMap
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    Aug 4th 2013, 3:02 PM

    I see what you mean – it is a case though that we were funded to do the Dubline specifically. It’s a stretch of Dublin that Failte Ireland settled on that definitely includes certain areas (Liberties, Christchurch) and not others. Their aim is that ‘Dubline’ becomes a brand in the city connecting 5 different areas along a route, and becomes a recognisable thing in and of itself over the next 4 years (ours is just one of a load of projects they’ve been working with), so that ‘South’ wouldn’t be necessary. As I was saying our own project (storymap.ie, and the app connected to it) cover the whole city, we’ve been building it up steadily since 2011, much of it while on the dole, trying to turn it into a new way to see a city.

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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:12 AM

    Nothing worth telling on the northside of the city from the screen grab ……

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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:50 PM

    Hey, seems a bit of confusion – this app was made to promote the route between Trinity and Kilmainham, collaborating with Failte Ireland. We also do run http://www.storymap.ie, and have Storymap App which encompasses the whole city and showcases the city of the northside

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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:54 PM

    Ok didn’t see that in the article

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    Mute Eugene Walsh
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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:33 AM

    Great idea. Living in cork city, councillors would really wanna get the finger out with some initiatives like this! There is zero bustle in the city and tourists just are not interested in seeing the city

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    Mute StoryMap
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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:29 PM

    Thanks, glad you like it – been a lot of fun to build up. We’re actually hoping to move it to Cork sometime in the future – really always felt the War of independence history isn’t showcased well enough there at all. Talking to a film crew down there, so if we can get some funds together to build it up, we will do!

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    Mute Mary Kavanagh
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:06 PM

    There’s plenty of history on the northside, certainly within a mile of the river. In no particular order
    St Michan’s
    Mary’s Abbey
    the Georgian Houses on the Quays and North Great George’s Street
    the Four Courts
    the GPO
    1916 houses on Moore Street
    and the Custom House
    Bram Stoker’s house in Clontarf.
    Need I go on?

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    Mute StoryMap
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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:10 PM

    We have a number of those on the larger storymap site and app – here’s a good one on the final moments of 1916 on Moore St – http://storymap.ie/john-mcloughlins-retreat

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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:55 PM

    Hey – Storymap here who developed the App and site. I see there’s a tiny bit of confusion about the project. We run a city-wide site and app called ‘Storymap’ (storymap.ie and https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/storymap/id589463116?mt=8) – which expands by one story each week. The Dubline Project is something we developed in collaboration with Failte Ireland to showcase that route between trinity and kilmainham that they call ‘The Dubline’. So the two projects run in tandem, with Dubline Storymap expanding each time a new story is created along that route (already have 5 more to release in coming weeks). Also the Dubline is available as a website – dubline.storymap.ie. Hope this clears up some confusion – we’re definitely not ignoring the northside!

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    Mute AICS (Steve Tracey)
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    Aug 4th 2013, 2:26 PM

    Will it be/is it availability for iPad can’t download it?

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    Mute StoryMap
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    Aug 4th 2013, 3:04 PM

    I’d thought it was available for iPad, though not a version optimised for iPad. We’re working on a bunch of fixes at the moment with the app coders (we just develop the stories and the idea, not big techie heads at all!), so we’ll make sure to push an iPad version out soon. Cheers for the feedback

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    Mute Michael Fagan
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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:00 AM

    Is it not available outside ireland??

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    Mute Danny Mike Hennessy
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    Aug 4th 2013, 10:59 AM

    Free wifi in the city centre would be a good thing to help visitors, but would probably be taken advantage of by residences

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    Mute tom
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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:45 AM

    Free wifi country wide would be a good thing to bring this backward nation into the 21st century.
    We need a edge on other countries who manage to have much faster broadband and better communications to promote growth.

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    Mute BroadSideSkid
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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:47 PM

    Until the Fitzgeralds built Leinster House in 1745, the north side of Dublin was *The* place to live …

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    Mute Paul Kane
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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:42 AM

    Great idea. The key is that they keep adding content to it.

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    Mute StoryMap
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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:31 PM

    Well we update Storymap (storymap.ie and Storymap Dublin App) by a story a week. The project mentioned here – Dubline Storymap, will be updated when new stories appear are found along that route (have 5 more to go up this month and more planned for the future too)

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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:57 AM

    Android an iOS the only operating systems we have in Ireland? Looks that way.

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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:04 PM

    The two most popular… economics 101… supply and demand.

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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:17 PM

    WP Is a growing fast it leaves them out of the equation just like the journal has themselves.

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    Mute Paul Nolan
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:24 PM

    Having a good day moaning again I see…… Sad life

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    Mute BadDrivingIreland
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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:03 PM

    Having another day trolling MUPPET

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    Aug 4th 2013, 1:08 PM

    We’d like to develop a Windows Phone version, but as it stood we didn’t see the market to be large enough right now, and couldn’t fit it into our budget. We’re trying to prioritise the funds we have to get the best app out to the most people. Hopefully we’ll get a bit more funding and can build a new windows phone app

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    Aug 4th 2013, 11:34 AM
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:16 PM

    Love this app. There’s a website too, more content there too I think

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    Mute Michael Fagan
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:31 PM

    Not available for Ipad

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    Mute Sean DeHerb
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:56 PM

    Padhole.

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    Mute AICS (Steve Tracey)
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    Aug 4th 2013, 12:57 PM

    As I.ve just discovered that’s not good

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