Legend has it that the Holy Grail lies buried beneath this neoclassical church. Commissioned in the 1830’s to celebrate the return of Vittorio Emanuele I after the Congress of Vienna,
Westland Row Station opened on 17 December 1834 as the city terminus of the Dublin &
The smallest of Dublin’s Victorian prisons, Arbour Hill Prison was originally designed in 1835 by Jacob Owen and later rebuilt in 1845 by Sir Joshua Webb with Frederick Clarendon.
Former mill building, part of the large Boland’s milling complex. The remainder of the complex has been demolished for redevelopment. The two six-storey stone warehouse buildings date from the 1830s.
The facade consists of four Doric columns with classic Greek bases and capitals. Above is a stone architrave of three courses,
Originally designed by the Pains in 1835, though built by the Deane family of architects.
Burnt out in 1922, the Court House was rebuilt and also re-modelled in 1925 with the addition of external windows,
Work began around 1822 and cost about 50,000 to complete. The Pain brothers submitted some classical designs but their client Edward O’Brien,
Originally opened in 1835 by James Fagan MP and soon renamed the Royal Hotel after he received a Royal Warrant. Later renamed the Grand Hotel around 1900 during what was a time of rising nationalist sentiment.
An interesting feature of the Hilton estate is the vast tower over a gateway into the farm yard to the rear of the house.
