1752 – Moira House, Usher’s Island, Dublin
“The Mendicity Association, formed in 1818, has for its object the suppression of street-begging,
1753 – No.42 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin
The last remnant of the Georgian era of O’Connell Street, No.
1753 – Parnell Square, Dublin
Originally Rutland Square, which referred to the park in the centre and the second earliest of Dublin’s squares.
1753 – St. Patrick’s Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin
Architect: George Semple
The essayist and Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral,
1755 – Essex Bridge, Dublin
Architect: George Semple
An elevation of Essex Bridge, later Grattan Bridge in Dublin,
1756 – Nos 1-4 Kildare Place, Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels / John Ensor
Originally Kildare Place consisted of four houses onto a small square bordered by Kildare Street.
1757 – Proposal for Bedford Square, Dublin
Bedford Square was intended as the first scheme of the Wide Streets Commissioners,
1757 – St. Mark’s Church, Pearse Street, Dublin
With its main entrance front facing onto Mark Street, St Mark’s is an interesting building set back from the street still within its grassy churchyard.
1758 – Designs for Two Chimney-pieces in Casino, Marino, Dublin
Architect: Sir William Chambers
“Chimney pieces in the Lord Viscount Charlemont’s casino at Marino”.
1758 – Statue of George II, St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin
Sculptor: John Van Nost the Younger
This was the first statue to be erected in St.
