1799 – Commercial Buildings, Dame Street, Dublin
Architect: Edward Parke
A fine but austere seven-bay three-storey building. Sited on the old Fownes Court, there was a pedestrian shortcut through the building and courtyard to Cope Street.
1869 – Royal Insurance, Dame St., Dublin
Architect: William G. Murray
Italianate palazzo by William G. Murray on the corner of Dame and Fownes Streets. Finished in Portland stone,
1967 – Design for Central Bank, Dublin
Architect: Stephenson Gibney & Associates
An unbuilt concept for a new Central Bank of Ireland on Dame Street. Quite different from the final design,
1860s – The Oak, Dame Street, Dublin
A comfortable Dublin pub now sadly part of the ‘superpub’ next door, The Oak contains a fine mahogany interior that came from an ocean liner,
1832 – Houses, Dame Street, Dublin
Elevation of Houses to be erected on Dame Street (northside) between Crow and Fownes Streets.
1790 – No. 38 Dame Street, Dublin
One of the original plots of Dame Street from when it was widened by the Wide Streets Commissioners, No. 38 also retains its original ground floor facade.
1980 – Commercial Buildings, Dame Street, Dublin
Rebuilt at a 90 degree angle after the original was demolished to make way for the Central Bank development. Originally the building crossed the pedestrian walkway to Crown Alley,
1860 – No.69 Dame Street, Dublin
A fine large commercial premises on Dame Street with decorative plasterwork. It is in effect two buildings, with two separate doorways off-centre at ground level.
1879 – Olympia Theatre, Dame Street, Dublin
Architect: R.N. Bruton
Remodeled in 1897, this is, internally, the most elaborate of the remaining theatres in Dublin. A plain facade with a cast-iron canopy hides an elaborate interior complete with its gods.
1865 – No. 39 “Lucky Coadys”, Dame Street, Dublin
Architect: William Fogerty
“Lucky Coady’s” gets its name from its past as a small shop that sold Irish Sweepstakes tickets,
