1848 – Former Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Started in 1848 with a large extension a decade later, and Italianate in style. Gutted in the 1990s for Marks &
Dublin department stores
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, Delany and Co. opened ‘The New or Palatial Mart’ opposite the General Post Office.
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 office building. Designed by Sandham Symes and built in several stages by the Pim family from the mid 1850s onwards.
1865 – McBirney’s Department Store, Aston Quay, Dublin
Architect: J. Rawson Carroll / William M. Mitchell
Designed by J. Rawson Carroll around 1865, with later work at the end of the 19th century by William M.
1875 – Arnott & Co., Henry Street, Dublin
Architect: G.P Beater
Like others of the Dublin department stores of the era, the original Arnott’s started life as a brick faced building that was later extended and stuccoed over to present a consistent facade.
1894 – Arnott’s, Henry Street, Dublin
Architect: G.P Beater
Ireland’s largest single department store, a grandiose Victorian design, the building has suffered greatly through fire,
1905 – Todd, Burns & Co. Department Store, Mary Street, Dublin
Architect: William Mitchell
Built as Todd, Burns & Co. warehouse department store, this is a fantastically decorative building with dome which acts as a counterbalance to the tower of Arnotts.
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.
1913 – Switzer’s Department Store, Grafton St., Dublin
Architect: J. Hampden Shaw / Donnelly & Moore
The former department store first opened its doors way back in 1838 at 91 Grafton Street and later acquired the building at Grafton Street and Wicklow Street.
