Henrietta Street, No. 11: plaster medallion in entrance hall


The house was built by Luke Gardiner and leased respectively to Henry Boyle, Earl of Shannon. Design in part attributed to Sir Edward Lovett Pearce. Plaster medallion from 1782 redecoration by Charles Thorp.

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Church of Mary Immaculate, Refuge of Sinners: portico


Original church designed by Patrick Byrne and complete, minus portico, by 1856. Portico built 1878-81. Burnt 1920 and rebuilt under R. H. Byrne.

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St Patrick's Cathedral: choir and south transept


St Patrick's Cathedral: choir and south transept

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St Patrick's Cathedral: belfry ringing chamber


St Patrick's Cathedral: belfry ringing chamber

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St Stephen's Green, No. 86: ceiling of stairhall


No. 86 St Stephen's Green now forms part of Newman House (together with No. 85 St Stephen's Green). It was built for Richard Chapel Whaley from 1765. The design of the house and its stuccoed interiors are attributed to Robert West. A major conservation and restoration project undertaken in 1989-93.

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St Stephen’s Green, No. 17: ground floor dining room


St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

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Trinity College Dublin: Old Library, view from Fellow's Garden


Trinity College Dublin: Old Library, view from Fellow's Garden

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St Stephen's Green, No. 85: joinery in saloon


No. 85 St Stephen's Green now forms part of Newman House (together with No. 86 St Stephen's Green). It was built for Captain Hugh Montgomery from 1738. This slide shows a detail from the saloon ceiling prior to the conservation and restoration project undertaken in 1989-93. The decorative plasterwork is attributed to Paolo and Filippo Lafranchini. Source material for the design of the figurative components are largely derived from engravings after paintings by the C17 French artist Simon Vouet.

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Merrion Square: view of south side looking towards Mount Street Upper


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Leases for the south side were issued from 1786.

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Fitzwilliam Place, Nos. 28-29: doorcases


Development of Fitzwilliam (now Pembroke) estate instigated by 6th Viscount Fitzwilliam from 1752. Fitzwilliam Place developed in tandem with E and S sides of Fitzwilliam Square. No. 28 built in 1854-5 by Deane & Woodward for Hans Henry Hamilton. No. 29 is one of a group of five designed by Joseph Maguire.

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Mountpleasant Square: general view of west side


Mountpleasant Square lies south of the grand canal, and was completed by 1830. The principal developers were Solomon Williams and Terence Dolan.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 85: façade


Nos. 85 and 86 St Stephen's Green together constitute Newman House: No. 85 was designed by Richard Castle in 1738 for Captain Hugh Montgomery.

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St Stephen's Green, No. 17: stairhall, view towards rear of house


St Stephen's Green laid out as residential square by Dublin Corporation in 1664. Largely built during the first half of the C18. No. 17 built 1776-79 by Gustavus Hume for Joseph Leeson, 1st Earl of Milltown. Decorated by the Dublin stuccodore Michael Stapleton: drawings for the interiors form part of the Stapleton Collection at the National Library of Ireland.

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Rory O'More Bridge, River Liffey: view looking east


Fabricated at Robert Dalglish Foundry at St Helen's, Lancashire in 1858. Site of the original Barrack Bridge of 1670 (known as Bloody Bridge). Completed in 1859 and opened as the Victoria & Albert Bridge (or the Queen Victoria Bridge). Renamed in 1939.

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Trinity College Dublin: Old Library, parapet detail


Trinity College Dublin: Old Library, parapet detail

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Iveagh House (Department of Foreign Affairs): façade


Comprises Nos. 78-81 St Stephen's Green behind a 7-bay Portland Stone façade. No. 80 built in 1736-7 for Robert Clayton, Bishop of Cork and Ross, to designs by Richard Castle. Extended from 1862 by J. F. Fuller and Benjamin Lee Guinness.

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Four Courts: portico


Reconstructed 1924-32 by T. J. Byrne of the Office of Public Works.

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Henrietta Street, No. 7: staircase


This was Nathaniel Clement's residence, built between 1739-43. Double-height stair hall.

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Rotunda Hospital Chapel: ceiling cartouche


Plasterwork by Barthelemij Cramillion 1755-57.

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Royal Exchange (City Hall): portico of west front, window detail


Royal Exchange (City Hall): portico of west front, window detail

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St Saviour: nave arcade


St Saviour: nave arcade

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Dr Steeven's Hospital: north front


Remodelled in 1987 as HQ of the Eastern Health Board by Arthur Gibney & Partners: the north elevation was aggrandised and now acts as the principal entrance front.

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Heuston Station: general view


Formerly Kingsbridge Station. Train shed by Sir John Macneill, 1846.

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Rotunda Hospital Chapel: ceiling plasterwork


Plasterwork by Barthelemij Cramillion 1755-57.

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