Beachwood Luas Stop was somewhere that I used to get off on my way to the Milltown stop when I lived in Rathmines because it possessed a very special entity, something no other stop on the habitually lackluster but pleasantly leafy Green Luas line had, its very own Mortons grocery store and newsagents!
This Mortons fortunately had a tobacconist and hence why I often dismounted the Luas prematurely so that I could get off, buy my cigarettes from this shop stationed within the perimeters of the stop itself and hence no distance required to be walked, then get back on the Luas and happily go a further two stops before alighting the Luas at my final destination.
The Milltown stop is positioned in an isolated corner of Rathmines, 15mins walk at least from the main village and so unsurprisingly I never came across a shop from the Milltown stop to where I lived and it for this reason it seemed that the initiative of jumping off then back on at Beechwood seemed so great having either forgotten to pick them up in town prior to boarding at St. Stephen's Green or only realizing I was lacking in any tobacco whilst on the Luas making my way home. read more