Book  (Feb 1993)  Page(s) 156.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dublin Bay (MACdub) Cluster-flowered climber. Parentage: 'Bantry Bay' x 'Altissimo'. New Zealand 1976. Description and cultivation... clusters of medium-sized, rich bright red flowers in generous profusion...

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 151.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dublin Bay MACdub. Large-flowered Climber. A rather stiff, shrubby plant which takes its time to cover its allotted space, 'Dublin Bay' has flowers that are rather like smallish Large-flowered Roses, usually in small clusters. They are a pleasing blood-red and fragrant. The foliage is dark and glossy, and the repeat-flowering is very good. Raised by Sam McGredy, it was introduced in 1969.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 64.  
 
Rose Day 1992 - The competition sponsored by Palmers Gardenworld, was held at the Auckland Regional Council's Botanic gardens at Manurewa.....
Best Climbing Rose Dublin Bay, bred by Sam McGredy, N.Z.

Book  (1993)  Page(s) 134.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dublin Bay A climbing Floribunda. McGredy (Northern Ireland) 1976 ('Bantry Bay' x 'Altissimo'). Flowers all summer. Height to 250cm (8 ft). Some scent.

Book  (1990)  Page(s) 38.  
 
Alan Sinclair. Climbing Roses at Roseneath.
Roses for Performance. Dublin Bay 1976. We placed this rose of Sam McGredy's on a pergola in August, 1988, and by Christmas of that year it was flowering in great profusion and it continued to do so well until late autumn. This last season,1989/90, it has never been without a flower on it. Flowers of rich blood red colour, although recommended for perfume by some growers, we find it not strongly scented, but it certainly makes up for this minus by flowering so much.

Book  (1988)  Page(s) 178-179.  Includes photo(s).
 
Dublin Bay Climbing Floribunda. McGredy 1976. Repeats. 'Bantry Bay' x 'Altissimo'.

Book  (1987)  
 
Ten Favourite Roses.

p55. Russell Forshaw, Northland Rose Society.
Have you ever marvelled at the wall of colour that one plant can produce? A climber that is surely tops for this is Dublin Bay (McGredy 1976). The colour unsurpassable; the display brilliant; fantastic for picking. If you only have room for one climber, this cultivar must be it! Just plant it and mother nature will do the rest.

p58. Barbara Lewis. Wellington Rose Society.
Dublin Bay (McGredy 1976) - A climbing rose that does not spread too far and blooms stay on the bush for a long time making a great garden display. The red petals are almost like velvet and do not fade. In my garden there is a bush of 'Iceberg' in front of 'Dublin Bay' and the two complement each other beautifully.

p61. Lois Tabb. Canterbury Rose Society.
Dublin Bay (Shrub/Climber)., Medium red......Like 'Westerland', 'Dublin Bay' can be grown as a shrub or climber as it produces flowers at all levels and its canes do not have to be tied-in horizontally for flowers to form. Medium velvet red with strong, dark green healthy foliage. Probably the most free flowering climber we've ever had in our garden. Lasts well as a cut flower and produces lovely small or large stems for exhibiting. A definite must if you have room for a medium red climber in your garden - if you haven't room, dig up some more lawn,'Dublin Bay' is that good!

Book  (1986)  Page(s) 36.  Includes photo(s).
 
....About the same-time the French breeder Delbard produced the brilliant scarlet single climber 'Altissimo'. I don't use all that many roses from other breeders, but when something with a startling colour like 'Altissimo' comes along, I grab it, and use the pollen in my programme. Some people would have me believe that rose-breeding is pure luck. I don't go along with that. If I believe in a cross, I make a large number of cross-fertilisations so that I really explore the possibilities of bringing two parents together. I actually harvested 116 seed-pods of 'Bantry Bay' x 'Altissimo'. Out of many hundreds of seedlings which germinated and flowered on the bench in the glasshouse, twelve were worth budding to look at again in the paddock a year later. From those twelve, I picked two to re-bud and see again the next year. Of the two, I picked one, nicknamed it Dublin Bay, and sent it to my agents all around the world to have their opinion. A two-year wait - and they liked it. And they liked the nickname, so it stuck. 'Dublin Bay' is a beaut. It is different to the Kordes style of climber. The flowers are more of HT form, the habit more shrubby. While many of the Kordes varieties will make good weeping standards or tree roses, my style of climber just won't. And I am content, as who wants their Toyota to look just like a Datsun? We both have our own individual style. Is 'Dublin Bay' my best climber? I really don't know. For years, 'Handel' was my favourite "baby". If you believe, as many do, that a rose can be any colour as long as it's red, then maybe 'Dublin Bay' is the best.

Book  (1986)  Page(s) 86.  
 
p86 Elizabeth and Jim Fotheringham, Otago Rose Society. Ten Favourite Roses.
Dublin Bay. (McGredy 1976). Clg. Suitable as a Pillar Rose as it is not too rampant. Blooms semi-double, bright red, produced in clusters throughout the season and last up to two weeks on the bush. Weather and disease resistant. Only fault - no perfume.

Book  (1983)  Includes photo(s).
 
p107. Photo. Dublin Bay. Sam McGredy. 'Bantry Bay' x 'Altissimo'. Trial Ground Certificate England 1974.

p118. Nola Simpson. Rose Selection.
Dublin Bay Clg. This red climber has been available for a number of years and has already established itself as one of the best climbers for any part of the country. The velvety red blooms are produced in profusion during the whole season and the growth is strong and healthy with dark green glossy foliage which acts as a perfect foil for the flowers.