1760 – Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin
Named after the Fitzwilliam family, Earls of Merrion, who developed this land as part of their great estate on the southside of the Liffey.
Fitzwilliam Estate
1762 – Merrion Square, Dublin
Developed by the Fitzwilliam Estate and named Merrion after the second Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion.The first project of the Fitzwilliam Estate was Merrion Street and it was quickly built on and plans were made for Merrion Square using Merrion Street as one side.
1792 – Fitzwilliam Place, Dublin
Fitzwilliam Place is the continuation of Fitzwilliam Street after it passes through Fitzwilliam Square.
1792 – Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin
Named after the Fitzwilliam family, Earls of Merrion, who developed this land as part of their great estate on the southside of the Liffey.
1965 – Former ESB Headquarters, Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
Fitzwilliam Street once the longest expanse of intact Georgian architecture anywhere in the world was destroyed in the 1960s when the ESB a supposedly responsible semi-state body wantonly demolished twelve of the houses.
