1853 – Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Sir John Benson
The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was the largest international event to be held in Ireland.
The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was the largest international event to be held in Ireland.
“The new terminus at the latter place,
A vast and magnificent mill complex constructed by the Herdman family,
French style house constructed in the mid 1800s to designs of English architect Lewis Vulliam.
A single-storey Italianate style railway station,
The railway terminus for the Great Southern and Western Railway,
A long galleried shop, probably reminiscent of similar constructed in London at this time.
The school was built in 1853 at the expense of Richard White,
The massive factory developed over several years for W.