1810 – Baggot Street, Dublin
Baggot Street is named after Robert, Lord Bagod who was given the Manor of Rath in the 13th century. Baggot Rath castle stood at what is now the junction of Waterloo Road and Baggot Street.
Baggot Street is named after Robert, Lord Bagod who was given the Manor of Rath in the 13th century. Baggot Rath castle stood at what is now the junction of Waterloo Road and Baggot Street. Up until around 1756, this was know as The Road to Ball’s-bridge. In 1800 Upper Baggot Street is still known as Blackrock Road.
Baggot Street is named after Robert, Lord Bagod who was given the Manor of Rath in the 13th century. Baggot Rath castle stood at what is now the junction of Waterloo Road and Baggot Street.
In 1824, with the blessing of Dublin’s Archbishop Daniel Murray, Catherine McAuley bought land on Lower Baggot Street,
Royal triumphal archway constructed at Baggot Street bridge over the Grand Canal, for the occasion of Queen Victoria’s visit to Dublin in 1849.
For many years known as The Waterloo, a well-known Dublin bar. “Our Illustration in this number is Waterloo House,
Much of Upper Baggot Street was built in the Victorian era as a mixture of commercial premises,
One side of Upper Baggot Street has been mostly rebuilt or a mixture of architectural periods. The northern side of the street is a fairly unified Victorian streetscape with some fine shopfronts and many gables.
Former bank and office building on the bank of the Grand Canal. Most noticeable for the large windows on all floors and the gable chimney which appears to be supported by windows.
Fine bank at the start to the largely Victorian streetscape of Upper Baggot Street. Constructed as a public house for Mooney’s and known as the The Baggot Mooney.
Millar & Symes were well-known for designing bank buildings, and this church, designed in 1925,
Designed to cost as little as possible, the headquarters of Bord Failte (Irish Tourist Board) occupies a very important site at the Baggot Street crossing of the Grand Canal.