Sat Jun 06 2026 - 06:00 • 1 MIN READSir,- I was amused to read the hype in the residential property supplement (June 4th) concerning a rather elegant house in Shankill, Co Dublin containing the useful information that the house was “close to the old Harcourt railway line that used to run from the city centre”.It reminded me of an advertisement many years ago of a house in Clyde Road, Donnybrook, which was described as “only a stone’s throw from the American Embassy”. -Yours, etc,NIALL PELLY SNR,Foxrock, Dublin.