1848 – Former Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Started in 1848 with a large extension a decade later,
1851 -Todd, Burns & Co., Mary Street, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Todd Burn’s Department Store on the corner of Mary Street and Jervis Street was a bustling enterprise on Dublin’s northside.
1853 – Clery & Co., O’Connell St., Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Opened in May 1853 when McSwiney,
1856 – Pim’s Department Store, Sth Great George’s Street, Dublin
Architect: Sandham Symes
Large department store demolished in the 1970s to make way for an horrific and unredeemable office building.
1860s – Former Roches Stores, Nos 54-62 Henry St., Dublin
Roches Stores was founded in Cork in 1901 by William Roche,
1865 – McBirney’s Department Store, Aston Quay, Dublin
Architect: J. Rawson Carroll / William M. Mitchell
Designed by J.
1875 – Arnott & Co., Henry Street, Dublin
Architect: G.P Beater
Like others of the Dublin department stores of the era,
1894 – Arnott’s, Henry Street, Dublin
Architect: G.P Beater
Ireland’s largest single department store, a grandiose Victorian design,
1905 – Todd, Burns & Co. Department Store, Mary Street, Dublin
Architect: William Mitchell
Built as Todd, Burns & Co.
1910 – Woolworth’s, Grafton St., Dublin
Architect: O’Callaghan & Webb
The first F. W. Woolworth store in Ireland opened in 1914 on Grafton Street in Dublin.
