The
Great South Wall, one of the area’s best-loved and most used amenities,
is to close for the Summer while vital structural exploration takes place.
As George Kearns mentioned in our April issue, cracks have widened. The Wall was strengthened and refurbished in 2000 by Dublin Port Company at a cost of €3.9 million.
Workers at Dublin Port have reported seeing cracks on the wall and the company are doing tests to examine the extent of the damage. As a result, from early June the wall will be closed to the vast numbers of fishermen, walkers and swimmers usually found there in the Summer months.
A spokesman for Dublin Port said the closure of the wall, home to the legendary Half Moon Swimming Club, was “regrettable but absolutely necessary”.
“If we could do the work over winter time we would but we can’t because of the weather,” said Mr Jimmy Carolan, Marketing Manager with the Port. “Believe me, we are not happy about it either, but we have no choice”.
Mr Carolan said the work was “vital” for two reasons. If the three-mile wall, which dates back to the 1700’s, was breached this would be disastrous for Dublin Port. “Within a week of the wall being breached, the whole area would be covered with sand because of the tides,” said Mr Carolan.
He said the work must also be carried out to preserve the safety of the people who come from miles around to enjoy this public resource.
Mr Carolan added that the people who built the wall with granite blocks each weighing a tonne were “geniuses”. “The blocks were carried on barges from quarries in Dalkey across Dublin,” he said. At the time of construction the sea wall was the longest of its kind in the world.
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