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.
This was the second of three major International Exhibitions held in Dublin, constructed on what later became Iveagh Gardens –
A smaller exhibition held in the gardens of the Rotunda Hospital. The manufactured good were mainly of the cottage craft industry while the artistic works exhibited were mainly by Irish artists.
The leading force behind the project was William Martin Murphy, a prominent businessman and owner of the Irish Independent,