Off and on the rails

I do love repeating patterns, and  railings make good subjects. So here's some ironmongery from Dublin:

On Henrietta Street:

  

At the Taoiseach’s palace near Merrion Square:

The Bank of Ireland:

Because it actually wasn’t the way in that day.

At the Guinness Storehouse:

And just somewhere:

But here’s what I also got a kick out of—the way people perched objets trouvés on nearby railings:

Here’s a close-up of the last one: