Leinster House, National Museum & Library complex
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Recently I asked one of the security men at Leinster Lawn. He told me that this is Robert Stewart.
The statue is not of George III or any royal. I think going from memory it is Robert Stewart. The statue was erected by the RDS when they ran the place.
It would seem to be the case alright.
Coming full circle back to the beginning of the thread, Frank McDonald mirrored our thoughts on the radio this morning:
“Leinster House stands for everything that is really abominable about the way we run politcs in this country. It is an absolutely awful place. The really shocking thing is that hardly anyone who populates it recognises that the place is absolutely decaying.”
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Suffice to say, FF handler Paddy Duffy weighed in with blustering retorts that characterised his entire contribution, where Metro was great, Arnotts’ bombastic vision was great, Thornton Hall is great, the roads programme is great, and er, Leinster House is great. Sure where would we be altogedder without de aul development at any cost.
Is it any wonder we’re in the mess we’re in.
Was roaming around town today and found myself on Kildare Street.I noticed that there are works being carried out on the National Library and on Leinster House itself.Anybody have any idea what the works involve?
@EIA340600 wrote:
Was roaming around town today and found myself on Kildare Street.I noticed that there are works being carried out on the National Library and on Leinster House itself.Anybody have any idea what the works involve?
FYI;
http://img.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2007/08_03/escapeDM2908_468x317.jpgArchive Image of the Stewart statue
A cross section illustration of the winning design from 1884. Published in The Building News, November 28th 1884.
Hey Graham
I have just noticed that the last engraving you posted of the losing French Neoclassical design for the National Design has dissappeared. I wonder could you re-post or even provide more info on this scheme?
C
Voila, thebig C. Not sure who it is by though. Surely an English entrant…
Looks like Versailles
@GrahamH wrote:
Voila, thebig C. Not sure who it is by though. Surely an English entrant…
Merci Beaucoup!!! Perhaps it does contain an element of folly but there is something I like about that design.
Got any more “also rans” lurking in your treasure trove?
Many thanks again!
C
So I saw today that E.W. Godwin had an entry in the first competition too. Now based on the knowledge that he travelled to Ireland on several occasions and his sketchbooks feature drawings of details of Irish medieval building etc., it would be interesting to see his design for the museum.
Second placed entry in competition
https://archiseek.com/2014/1883-second-placed-design-for-national-museum-library-dublin/#.UtapC55dX8gThe more of these I see, the more I think how lucky Dublin was with the winning entries. There is a lot of Victorian pomp and puffery in some of those submissions.
Edit: Incidentally, I just learnt what we lost to make way for Agriculture House. The architectural criminality of independent Irish governments never fails to take my breath away.
https://archiseek.com/2012/1884-church-of-ireland-training-college-kildare-st-dublin/#.Ut5IiRDFLIU
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