1745 – Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels
Leinster House was designed by Richard Cassels in 1745 for the Earls of Kildare and Leinster,
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.
1775 – Antrim House, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: John Ensor
At the junction of Merrion Square and Lower Mount Street stood Antrim House, frequently described as the most impressive on the square after Leinster House.
1792 – Rutland Fountain, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Francis Sandys
Dating from 1792, the fountain is a commemoration of the Duke of Rutland, Charles Manners who commissioned the piece before his untimely death at the age of thirty-three.
1853 – Great Industrial Exhibition, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Sir John Benson
The Great Industrial Exhibition in 1853 was the largest international event to be held in Ireland.
1859 – Natural History Museum, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Frederick Clarendon
Although externally well designed in an austere granite classicism between 1856-57 – it is the interior of the Natural History Museum which deserves the most attention.
1864 – National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Richard Griffith, Charles Lanyon, Captain Francis Fowke, Sir Thomas Manly Deane, Benson + Forsyth
The original building was an exact elevational copy of the Natural History Museum by Frederick Clarendon across Leinster Lawn.
1868 – Prince Albert Statue, Leinster House, Dublin
Sculptor: John Henry Foley
Statue commemorating the Prince Consort, Prince Albert, husband of Queen Victoria, on the site of the Irish Exhibition of 1853.
1906 – Design for Royal College of Science, Dublin
Architect: Aston Webb
Original design for the construction of a Royal College of Science & Government Office on Merrion Street in Dublin.
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.
