1760 – Doorways of 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.
1810s – Fitzwilliam Street, Dublin
Twelve early 19th century Georgian houses that were demolished by the ESB in the early 1960s to build a new headquarters by Stephenson Gibney &
1917 – Competition Entry for NUI Senate House, Dublin
Architect: Batchelor & Hicks
Unsuccessful entry for the National University’s proposed Headquarters at the corner of Merrion Square, Upper Mount Street and Fitzwilliam Street.
1917 – Proposal for NUI Senate House, Mount & Fitzwilliam Streets, Dublin
Architect: W.G. Clayton & Keatinge
A series of illustrations for the National University’s proposed Headquarters at the corner of Merrion Square,
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.
2010 – 3XN Architects & OMS Architects proposal for ESB Fitzwilliam Street
In 2009 ESB selected a shortlist of ten architectural submissions to proceed to the detailed design stage of the competition for the redevelopment of ESB’s Head Office at Lower Fitzwilliam Street,
2010 – Competition design for ESB Headquarters, Fitzwilliam St., Dublin
Architect: Gilroy McMahon / Henry J. Lyons & Partners
This entry was a joint entry of Gilroy McMahon with Henry J Lyons and Partners in an international architectural competition to replace the ESB headquarters on Fitzwilliam St.,
Interview with Sir John Summerson on Lower Fitzwilliam Street
An interview by John Mason, from Trinity News, later republished by the Irish Georgian Society in a bulletin early 1962. Sir John Summerson (25 November 1904 – 10 November 1992) was considered one of the leading British architectural historians of the 20th century.
