1740 – Tyrone House, Marlborough St., Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels
Cassels designed this Dublin town house for Marcus Beresford, Earl of Tyrone, in Marlborough Street between 1740 and 1745.
Marlborough Street Dublin
Named after the Duke of Marlborough for his victories in the wars of Spanish Succession. In the late 1800s it was briefly known as Tyrone Street after Tyrone House. The lower part from Abbey Street to Eden Quay was formerly a narrow laneway known as Union Lane or Ferryboat Lane and later Union Street but was included in Marlborough Street early in the 19th century.
It was also intended to build another street in the Duke’s honour, Blenheim Street that was to have joined Talbot Street to Abbey Street, and the southern portion of it was transformed into Northumberland Square in 1844. Much of the site of Blenheim Street with other places adjoining, like the Jewish Synagogue of 1746 in Marlborough Green, was absorbed by the large premises of Brooks, Thomas and Co. This in turn was developed into the Irish Life centre and mall. Nothing now remains of either Blenheim Street or Northumberland Square.
1762 – St. Thomas’s Church, Marlborough St., Dublin
Architect: John Smyth
Construction started in 1758 and took four years to complete. Based on Palladio’s church of the Rendentore at Venice.
1825 – St Mary’s Pro Cathedral, Marlborough Street, Dublin
Architect: John Sweetman
Dublin’s two medieval cathedrals are both in the hands of the former “Established Church”, the Church of Ireland.
1842 – Central Infants Model School, Marlborough Street, Dublin
Architect: Jacob Owen / Board of Public Works
Small classical pavilion built between the two more substantial buildings of the Department of Education –
1886 – St. Thomas’s Parochial Hall, Marlborough St., Dublin
Architect: Alfred G. Jones
Constructed during 1885-86 to complement the adjoining church of 1762 by John Smyth. The church and hall were gutted by fire which destroyed most of the O’Connell Street area in the Civil War in July 1922.
1921 – Seamens Institute, Eden Quay, Dublin
Architect: W.M. Mitchell & Sons
The Seamens Institute on the corner of Marlborough Street and Eden Quay is another early 20th century building after the area was decimated during the 1916 Rising.
1925 – Former DUTC Depot, Marlborough Street, Dublin
Architect: Patrick F. O’Sullivan
Former depot belonging to the Dublin United Tramways Company (DUTC) and now in use by Dublin Bus.
1997 – DIT Cathal Brugha Street Annex, Marlborough Street, Dublin
Architect: Gilroy McMahon
A 10 storey extension to DIT Cathal Brugha, of around 4,000sq.m. covering 100% of a restricted city centre site.
