1922 – Metropole Cinema & Restaurant, O’Connell St., Dublin
Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel, which was destroyed in the 1916 rising,
Built on the site of the former Metropole Hotel, which was destroyed in the 1916 rising,
No. 58 (left hand building in photograph) was rebuilt in 1922 but is unfortunately missing its original stone shopfront.
On the corner of O’Connell Street and Eden Quay, the Irish Nationwide building is a large commercial building more noticeable for its signage than its architecture.
The rebuilding of Lower Sackville Street was almost complete after the destruction of 1916 when civil war broke out in 1922.
No. 57 (right hand building in photograph) was rebuilt in 1922 as a chemist shop for A.
Rebuilt in 1925 for a seeds merchant Sir J.W. Mackay whose store was destroyed during a bombardment of the nearby Gresham Hotel in the Civil War in 1922.
Plain granite finished building whose sole decorative feature is the corner to Cathedral Street and a rather clumsy balcony.
Part of the post-1916 rebuilding of this part of O’Connell Street, quite an austere facade with some nice detailing.
Rebuilt in 1926 by an unknown architect after the Edinburgh Life Insurance Company was destroyed in 1922. A branch of the popular Monument Bakery chain for many years and more recently an amusement arcade.
Dublin Civic Week was held over the 17th to the 25th of September 1927. As part of the event, an elaborate structure was built on the central median of O’Connell Bridge.