1881 – South City Markets, South Great George’s Street, Dublin
South City Markets takes up an entire block of the city and is surrounded on all side by a network of small busy commercial streets.
South City Markets takes up an entire block of the city and is surrounded on all side by a network of small busy commercial streets.
As a result of an architectural competition held in 1880,
This present building replaces an earlier corn exchange built in 1753.
Accepted Design for New Buildings published in The Architect,
Less elaborate than the wholesale vegetable market across the street,
Until recently was still Dublin’s Fruit Markets and best observed early in the day when they are still invigorated by the hustle of business,
Unbuilt competition entry for a new town hall.
Recently restored, the markets contain a working fish market and a bric-a-brac market of stalls and traders.
After the First World War,
“This design, by Mr.