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Architecture of Leinster

11 June 2010
1748 – Rotunda Hospital, Parnell Square, Dublin

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. Really it is...

30 November 2011
1748 – Royal Charter School, Clontarf

1748 – Royal Charter School, Clontarf

Architect: In 1733 King George III granted a charter that provided protestant education for the poor. The chartered school system attempted to educate children in the scriptures as well as teaching them about...

23 June 2010
1750 – Dominick Street, Dublin

1750 – Dominick Street, Dublin

This was developed by the Dominick family in the 1750s and for a time was very fashionable with some fine house being developed. The street went into terminal decline after the Act of...

28 January 2010
1750 – Great Windmill, Skerries, Co. Dublin

1750 – Great Windmill, Skerries, Co. Dublin

Skerries has a long tradition of harnessing wind and water power, and in the period 1821 to 1839 two working windmills are recorded. The mill with its waterwheel and two windmills have been...

10 June 2010
1750 – No.5 South Leinster Street, Dublin

1750 – No.5 South Leinster Street, Dublin

Beautifully restored in 2007/08, this fine Georgian building with later Victorian external details adjoins and is surrounded by the National Gallery of Ireland wing by Benson + Forsyth. Originally intended to be demolished,...

09 June 2010
1750 – No.6 South Leinster Street, Dublin

1750 – No.6 South Leinster Street, Dublin

A Georgian house from around 1750, this building now contains offices. Maintained in good condition, the interior has a fine staircase and entrance hall.

05 February 2010
1751 – Aras an Uachtarain, Phoenix Park, Dublin

1751 – Aras an Uachtarain, Phoenix Park, Dublin

Architect: John Ensor Aras an Uachtarain is the Official Residence of the President of Ireland, and was formerly the Viceregal Lodge until independence in 1922. The original house was built by Park Ranger...

09 April 2012
1752 – Moira House, Dublin

1752 – Moira House, Dublin

Architect: Built as the Dublin home of the Earls of Moira. Later became part of the Mendicity Institute which mirrored the composition so that the original Moira House was the right hand side...

07 January 2010
1752 – St. Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda, Co. Louth

1752 – St. Peter’s Church of Ireland, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Architect: Hugh Darley Built on the site of an earlier church, St Peters is a fabulous example of a Georgian church. It has been described as “probably the finest provincial Georgian church in...