1748 – Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels
The Rotunda Hospital officially the Dublin Lying-in Hospital was the first maternity hospital in Britain or Ireland and was at one time the largest in the world.
Parnell Square Dublin
Originally called Rutland Square, which referred to the park in the centre and the second earliest of Dublin’s squares. The surrounding streets were known as Charlemont Row, Cavendish Row and Palace Row and Great Britain Street. The central park was named after Charles Manners, fourth Duke of Rutland and Lord Lieutenant 1784-87 who died while in office.
The central square in now mostly taken over by The Rotunda Hospital and the National Garden of Remembrance. The Garden of Remembrance opened in 1966 was designed by the architect Daithi Hanly and features a large sunken pool with mosaics featuring thrown away weapons. Over the pool stands a large bronze called “The Children of Lir” by Oisin Kelly.
1753 – Parnell Square, Dublin
Originally Rutland Square, which referred to the park in the centre and the second earliest of Dublin’s squares. The surrounding streets were known as Charlemont Row,
1762 – Design for Hall Chimney-piece, Charlemont House, Dublin
Architect: Sir William Chambers
Lord Charlemont had met and befriended Sir William Chambers in Italy while Chambers was studying roman antiquities and Charlemont was on a collecting trip.
1763 – Charlemont House, Parnell Square, Dublin
Architect: Sir William Chambers
Lord Charlemont had met and befriended Sir William Chambers in Italy while Chambers was studying roman antiquities and Charlemont was on a collecting trip.
1863 – Findlater’s Church, Parnell Square, Dublin
Architect: Andrew Heiton
In the 1860s the growth of the Prebsyterian congregation and a substantial increase in rent on the Mary’s Abbey property made it desirable for the congregation to seek new premises.
1882 – Exhibition of Arts & Manufactures, Rotunda Gardens, Dublin
Architect: George C. Ashlin
A smaller exhibition held in the gardens of the Rotunda Hospital. The manufactured good were mainly of the cottage craft industry while the artistic works exhibited were mainly by Irish artists.
1895 – Auxiliary Hospital, Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin
Architect: Albert E. Murray
Constructed as the Auxiliary hospital, later the Thomas Plunket Cairnes wing. The architect Albert E.
1895 – Interiors, No. 4 Parnell Square, Dublin
Architect: William H. Byrne
Taken over by the Dublin Catholic Cemeteries Committee in 1894, they had moved in by mid 1895,
1966 – Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Square, Dublin
Architect: Dáithí Hanly
The Garden of Remembrance (Irish: An Gairdín Cuimhneacháin) is a memorial garden in Dublin dedicated to the memory of “all those who gave their lives in the cause of Irish Freedom”,
