Unusual Dinner Venue
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A client of mine wants to host a dinner for around 40 people in a Dublin setting. He wants a stunning venue that ‘encapsulates’ the spirit of Ireland but has never been used before. All practicalities such as kitchen facilities can be resolved, but nothing so far seems to suit.
We’ve looked at the stage of The Gaiety, the top floor of O’Connell Bridge House, the Ceramics Room in the National Museum, the warehouses by Windmill Lane etc, etc.
Any and all suggestions gratefully received.
Restaurant Na Mara in Dun Laoghaire
The old power station main hall at Poolbeg
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/ringsend_irishtown/poolbeg/pigeonhouse.htmlThe Arsenal, Phoenix Park
The Papal Cross, Phoenix Park
Pavement of James Joyce Bridge
@kefu wrote:
The great hall in City Hall
Been done before, Kefu. Richview Ball 2005. Sorry. 🙂
Apologies for the quality, but it’s an ‘enhanced’ version of a too-dark pic.
They’re planners’ heads in the foreground, architects to the rear. (As it should be! :rolleyes: )St Marys Abbey Chapter House
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/northcity/capel_street/marys_abbey/stmarya.htmCarpark, Marys Abbey
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/northcity/capel_street/marys_abbey/carpark.htmlRoberts House, Dublin Zoo
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/northcity/phoenix_park/zoo/roberts_house.htmlRoyal Hibernian Military School Chapel
http://www.irish-architecture.com/buildings_ireland/dublin/northcity/phoenix_park/royal_hibernian_military_school_chapel.htmlYes the Roberts House in the Zoo would be a wonderful location – even if at nighttime the top-lit aspect would disappear.
It seems money is not a problem here 😉 so a lighting specialist could do wonders for the space.As for City Hall’s rotunda, those eagled-eyed amongst you will notice that in RTÉ News’s recent promo for their services, you will note that Mary Wilson Legal Affairs Editor is in fact power-marching across the interior of City Hall and not the Four Courts as as far as I know they could not get access to shoot it 🙂
Very clever.What about the Wonderful Barn, Leixlip?
Recently added to the World Monuments Watch 100 Endangered Sites list, its current condition and the proposals for it would certainly seem to qualify it for fitting the brief of ” ‘encapsulates’ the spirit of Ireland” 😮
You can see it now before its context is changed totally –http://www.wmf.org/html/programs/resources/sitepages/ireland_wonderful_barn.html
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Interesting point about RTE, Graham. I hadn’t noticed that.
The reason for that is because any type of recording equipment is illegal within the doors or gates of any court building in Ireland. That’s why you always see the unseemly scrum of photographers hanging around at the exits waiting to pounce.Indeed it is the case with photographers, but not in general as RTÉ have used the Four Courts Rotunda in the past, notably only last year for a Prime Time Investigates where some spectacular overhead shots were attained via the use of one of these 🙂
What a spectacular, if somwhat draughty place to have a meal.
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