1796 – Graving Docks, Grand Canal Docks, Dublin
The Grand Canal Dock opened in 1796 to much celebration. Originally, there were three graving docks, primarily used for ship repair.
The Grand Canal Dock opened in 1796 to much celebration. Originally, there were three graving docks, primarily used for ship repair.
Built in 1796, Kilmainham Jail has witnessed many of the events leading to Irish independence: Prisoners from the United Irish Rebellion of 1796,
Green Street Court House is home to the Irish Special Criminal Court which deals with high security cases involving terrorism or organised crime.
Originally designed and built by James Gandon, O’Connell Bridge was built in 1794-98 and named after the then Viceroy – Lord Carlisle.
The chapel was designed by Sir William Chambers in 1798 to match his Examination Hall across the quadrangle.
An excellent terrace restored in the 1990s with original shopfronts and much as the Wide Street Commissioners would have seen it after completion.
In 1704 the Foundling hospital of Dublin was opened. From 1,500 to 2,000 children were received annually.
“The following is an extract from a note furnished to us many years since by the late John Swan Sloane CE a gentleman who contributed several papers to our journal.
A fine but austere seven-bay three-storey building. Sited on the old Fownes Court, there was a pedestrian shortcut through the building and courtyard to Cope Street.
In 1799 Sir John Soane designed a bank headquarters for Bank of Ireland on a site bounded by College Street,
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