IT’S HARD TO say for sure exactly where Stoneybatter, historically known as Bohernaglogh (Irish: Bóthar na gCloch) starts, because (a) as with all good Dublin neighborhoods, its exact borders are a matter of dispute; and (b) Stoneybatter is a state of mind. :-)
Broadly speaking it’s an area in northwest inner city Dublin, roughly between Arbour Hill and the North Circular Road with Grangegorman to the east and the Phoenix Park to the west.
Formerly dominated by the cattle market at Hanlon’s Corner – which closed in the 1970s, but not before giving the neighbourhood its nickname of Cowtown – Stoneybatter has undergone rapid gentrification over the last two decades. In the process it has earned an (only sometimes deserved) reputation as the hipster capital of, eh, the capital.
Centred around the row of shops and pubs on Manor Street, housing in the neighbourhood is dominated by ‘the buildings’ – the streets of two-up, two-down artisan cottages built around 1900.
Stoneybatter represent a very close and tight community. People here are extremly friendly. Say hi to some locals when in area!
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Cache: it is small, black, round. About 80cm off the ground. You need a tool to open it. If you do not have a tool staff in Social coffee shop right at the cache location can lend you one.