1870 – The Irish House, Nos.1-2 Wood Quay, Dublin
The Irish House was built in 1870 at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay in Dublin,
The Irish House was built in 1870 at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay in Dublin,
Gothic club building with two oriel windows at first floor level allowing the members to have a view of the street from their smoking and coffee rooms.
Fine set of piers and gates flanked by matching gatehouses in an Italianate style.
Constructed as a townhall, with museum and public library,
Now part of the Merchant Hotel along with the former Ulster Bank headquarters next to it.
“The villa which is the subject of our illustration in this number,
William Smith O’Brien (1811-1861) was an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament and leader of the Young Ireland movement.
“The foundation-stone of the Belfast Working Men’s Institute and Temperance Hall was laid on Saturday on the site selected at the corner of Queen-street and Castle-street.
Entrant in architectural competition to construct a new O’Connell Bridge,
On the corner of Glenravel and Clifton Streets in Belfast, and constructed as a Eye,