1922 – Metropole Cinema & Restaurant, O’Connell St., Dublin
Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel, which was destroyed in the 1916 rising,
Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel, which was destroyed in the 1916 rising,
Former monument on Leinster Lawn, commemorating three of the founding figures of Irish independence, Arthur Griffith,
Image courtesy Irish Architectural Archive. Munden and Purcell collection, ref no.
Opened as the Classic Cinema and renamed after it was taken over by the Gaumont chain. The building included a cafe and dance hall.
Formerly Hyam’s Building. Hyam’s were a mens outfitters / tailors who also had a store in Edinburgh which went into bankruptcy in 1934.
Only the gaunt steel supports of this railway viaduct now stand – both the track bed and the railway embankments having been cleared since the line closed.
One of two roundhouses to the same design on the Great Northern Railway system – the other at Clones still stands today.
Rear entrance to the headquarters of the National Bank on College Green. Later demolished and replaced by Bank of Ireland with a design by Ronnie Tallon Of Scott Tallon Walker.
Dublin Civic Week was held over the 17th to the 25th of September 1927. As part of the event, an elaborate structure was built on the central median of O’Connell Bridge.
A large canopy over the entrance signaled the Plaza, an entertainment complex built after the reconstruction of the area post 1916.
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