MAKING AND REMAKING OF MOORE STREET DUBLIN

Today I will be writing about the making and remaking, inequalities and differences that is experienced on Moore Street located in Dublin, Ireland and also about the changes and challenges people on Moore Street had faced

Firstly, the making and remaking of Moore Street is how people engage in activities, how they make good use of the opportunities that comes their way and also the relationships they have with each other that help to shapen the community in particular ways. Moore Street descended from a long line of merchant traders; they sell their fresh fruit and vegetables delivered daily by horse –drawn cart, products straight from the prosperous farmers. They sell them in the stalls on Moore Street, with their heavily accented call which is nothing short of legendary, convincing the customers with their friendly and witty attitude, always happy to chat with visitors ready to pose for photos. Like in the case of the Farmers’ Market, where it provides lifestyle for people who wants ‘real’ and fresh food as seen in the ‘The Life and Times of the Street: Part 1’ [Video] (The Open University, 2014b).

Secondly, the differences happening on Moore Street and has been for a long time is that it attracts the older generation more than the younger generation as most of the merchandise is for purposeful uses and not just materialistic things that younger people would be into. On the other hand visitors are offered authentic taste of ‘old Dublin’ in form of local merchants. For instance people from different countries buy and sell on Moore Street like the traditional butchers sells their tasty wares alongside the African, Indian Chinese communities who have made the street their home. Most of the Chinese restaurants buy their seafood on Moore Street in the evening because of the late night bargains. The award winning TV show written by Brendan O’Connor "Mrs Browns Boys D'Movie," shows how Moore Street has been made and remade in the past years. There are no easy accessibility for the people on wheelchairs to the stalls because of the hustling and bustling going on the street. This additionally links to Stephen Sweetman’s story in Connecting Lives (The Open University 2014a)

Lastly, the inequalities on Moore Street include the overpowering government trying to redevelop the street to modern shops and destroy the beloved stalls. This same scenario occurred in the "Mrs Browns Boys D'Movie" where her stall would have been taken from her if she did not stand her ground and prove the greedy companies wrong by looking for the receipt of the payment and ownership of the stall. Moore Street, the only street that survived the economic downturn in the 18th century,plans have just been made to make the houses on Moore Street a commemoration centre paying homage to the rebels but the street also showcases how diverse and multicultural the city has become in recent years and its posses a vibrant and colourful mixture of the old and new, where the old accept and welcome the new in their midst .

In conclusion, ‘Moore Street the real heart of rowel’ charting it’s development and growth since the eighteenth century and also been the only surviving street market out of the streets in Dublin, where people use to sell to earn a living and feed the family has now turned to a fresh fruit and vegetable market where the locals and people from different culture would go to make new friends, keep their old relationships and also have a feel of the original, organic made fruits and vegetable. The street has really brought mostly the elderly together, people from different background, ethnic, age, race and religion now find it easy and safe to buy, sell, interact and associate with everyone having a good sense of belonging in the community