Quality building with Art Deco overtones, the Post Office (and formerly Telephone Exchange) in Rathmines is a much overlooked building at a very busy traffic junction.
Neighbouring the Post Office, the Social Welfare office is more modern in style with some Art Moderne overtones in the stone treatment above the ground-floor windows and doorway.
Fine stone post office, part of a streetscape of state buildings including a Garda Station from 1947 and the Social Welfare office from 1939.
Designed by Seymour Rice and Ronald Tallon (later of Scott Tallon Walker) while staff of the Office of Public Works.
Recently demolished, this 1950s ferry terminal hid a Victorian railway station. The passenger terminal was designed as a temporary measure to be replaced at a later stage with a more permanent solution.
Fine example of a standardised design school from the Office of Public Works. There was a range of different sizes ranging from two classrooms upwards.
Large L-plan building on three levels designed by the Office of Public Works as a regional centre for the Irish police.
After its restoration by the Office of Public Works, conference facilities were added so the Castle could be used by the State when Ireland hosts the presidency of the European Union.
The oldest building in the park is Ashtown Castle, a restored medieval tower house dating from the 15th century.
The Irish Waterways Visitor Centre is located in one of the waterways it celebrates –
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