1850 – Criminal Lunatic Asylum, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
Architect: Jacob Owen & Frederick Clarendon, Board of Public Works
In 1850 a central asylum “for insane persons charged with offences in Ireland” was opened in Dundrum.
In 1850 a central asylum “for insane persons charged with offences in Ireland” was opened in Dundrum.
The original Dundrum station built by William Dargan in 1854 behind the modern Luas halt.
Constructed as a house for himself,
Described in a contemporary account as ‘built as far as practicable on the lines of the old chapel only much larger and with [a?] wider transept’.
A landmark for the Dundrum area, this is a new bridge for the Dublin Light Rail system or Luas.