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,
Kildare Street Dublin
Originally part of the Molesworth fields, or Lands of Tib and Tom and known as Coote Lane and then Coote Street until 1753. It was later renamed after the Fitzgeralds, Earls of Kildare and Leinster who built Leinster House as their townhouse in 1745.
1747 – Leinster House Gateway, Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels
Former gateway to Leinster House which terminated the vista of Molesworth Street from Dawson Street. Demolished with the development of the National Museum and Library adjacent to Leinster House in 1883.
1756 – Nos 1-4 Kildare Place, Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels / John Ensor
Originally Kildare Place consisted of four houses onto a small square bordered by Kildare Street.
1798 – The Pantheon Phusitechnikon, Kildare St., Dublin
“The following is an extract from a note furnished to us many years since by the late John Swan Sloane CE a gentleman who contributed several papers to our journal.
1860 – Kildare Street Club, Kildare Street, Dublin
Architect: Deane & Woodward
In November 1782, the newly formed Kildare Street Club purchased a property on Kildare Street for its new premises.
1861 – Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St., Dublin
Architect: William Murray
A fine Victorian interior lies behind this reproduction facade. Originally constructed with a facade of Scottish sandstone,
1862 – Proposal for College of Physicians, Dublin
Architect: John McCurdy
Unsuccessful entrant in competition to design a new College of Physicians on Kildare Street. McCurdy was awarded the sum of fifty pounds for his efforts.
1883 – Science & Art Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin
Architect: Ernest C. Lee
A premiated design from the competition to design a Museum for the Royal Dublin Society on Kildare St.
1883 – Second Placed Design for National Museum & Library, Dublin
Architect: Holme & Hornblower
An unexecuted design, awarded Second Place after an architectural competition to design a complex of museum and library around Leinster House (then part of the Royal Dublin Society).
1883 – Unbuilt Design for National Museum, Dublin
An unexecuted design after an architectural competition to design a complex of museum and library around Leinster House (then in use by the Royal Dublin Society).
