1884 – Great Palm House, Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin
Costing £800, the Great Palm House, which was made of wood and iron, was prefabricated in the Scottish town of Paisley by James Boyd & Son. It was shipped to Ireland in pieces, then assembled on site: a Victorian flat-pack greenhouse, 65 feet high, 80 feet wide and 100 feet long. In 2004 it reopened to the public after a lengthy restoration which saw it dismantled, conserved and repaired, and then reassembled.
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Published January 26, 2010 | Last Updated February 20, 2026
