Book  (2000)  Page(s) 46.  
 
Lorraine Gordon. Climbing Roses.
Dublin Bay (red) is the top selling New Zealand climber and 'Bantry Bay' the top pink. These are of manageable size and suitable for all gardens, grown on fences, archways, pergolas and trellises.

Website/Catalog  (4 Jan 1999)  Page(s) 28.  Includes photo(s).

Book  (Dec 1998)  Page(s) 208.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dublin Bay (MACdub). Large-flowered Climber. McGredy (New Zealand) 1975... One of the best red Climbers available today... It is one of the most popular Climbers in New Zealand, also gaining great acclaim in Australia...

Magazine  (1998)  Page(s) 16. Vol 92, Part 1.  
 
Peter Harkness. Climbers in the Modern Garden.
Dublin Bay....Only its lack of good scent prevents this from joining 'New Dawn' as another rose with no faults.....Because it spends so much energy on flower production, it is not a fast growing climber - but well worth waiting for.

Book  (1997)  
 
p69. Marian Franks. A Little Off The Beaten Track.
....Although fashions change and the garden centre retail marketing machine occasionally throws the punters off-track with some tempting new release or other, they always come back to the tried and true. Dublin Bay will always sell, and because it sells, garden centres will always stock it.

p118. Nola Simpson . Top Favourites in New Zealand 1996-97 Season.
Dublin Bay is still a long way ahead of any thing else in the climbing section....

Book  (1996)  Page(s) 113.  
 
Geoff Swane, NSW.  Swane's New Rose Introductions for 1996.
Dublin Bay  (Climbing). Clusters of large, fully double, deep-red, fragrant blooms carried almost continuously on a strong healthy plant of average height. An outstanding climber which can be trained as a pillar.

Book  (1995)  Page(s) 122.  
 
[At Barrington Court] in the Lily Garden... On the wall the climbing rose Dublin Bay has rich blood-red flowers and abundant glossy leaves...

Book  (1994)  
 
p44 Auckland Rose of the Year Award. The popular red climbing rose Dublin Bay, bred by Sam McGredy and introduced in 1975, has won the 1993 Auckland Rose of the Year Award. 'Dublin Bay' was among 146 varieties bidding for the title and growing at Auckland Botanic Gardens. All roses were judged on their appeal on the day by about 150 personalities, horticultural trade folk, rose lovers and Friends of the Auckland Botanic Gardens. The highest score possible was 10 points.

p45. 1993 Auckland Rose of the Year: Dublin Bay (McGredy, NZ)

Book  (Sep 1993)  Page(s) 151.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dublin Bay Large-flowered Climber. Description... flowers: usually in small clusters, pleasing blood-red... Sam McGredy 1969. Parentage: 'Bantry Bay' x 'Altissimo'

Book  (Apr 1993)  Page(s) 145.  
 
Dublin Bay® Large-flowered Climber, medium red, 1975, (MACdub); 'Bantry Bay' x 'Altissimo'; McGredy, S., IV. Description.