In response to excess demand for school places in the area, Rutland Street was chosen as a site for the...
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Shop – 1930s
Available now: A self-guided walking tour around some of Dublin’s 1930s highlights.
Dublin Institute of Technology, Kevin Street, Dublin 8+
Dublin Institute of Technology has its origins in the City of Dublin Technical Schools, with a Technical College founded at...
Richmond Tower, Royal Hospital Kilmainham, Dublin 8+
Originally built at Barrack/Bloody Bridge in 1812 as the Watling Street Gatehouse, the tower marked the beginning of Military Road. It...
Statue, Gray Street and Reginald Street, Dublin 8+
The square of blocks around Gray Street and Reginald Street in the Coombe is a particularly lovely section of low-rise...
Church Gardens/Castlewood Place, Rathmines, Dublin 6+
Opposite the Swan Centre entrance on Castlewood Avenue, there’s a laneway opening, giving a view up Castlewood Place. It’s a...
ESB Headquarters, Fitzwilliam Street Lower, Dublin 2+
It’s difficult to separate a building from a controversial genesis, and maybe rightly so. For the ESB Headquarters on the...
St. Catherine’s National Schools, Donore Avenue, Dublin 8+
Just beside the Donore Avenue entrance to the former John Player/Player Wills Factory, there’s St. Catherine’s National School, a small...
Former public toilets, Anglesea Road, Dublin 4+
The former public convenience near the junction of Anglesea Road and Merrion Road presents a symmetrical elevation to the street....
Power House, Guinness Brewery, St. James’ Gate, Dublin 8+
Though the Power House at Guinness faces the street to the south at St. James’s Gate, a number of descriptions...
Nassau Street entrance, Trinity College, Dublin 2+
The passageway from Nassau Street into Fellows’ Square in Trinity College is part of the Arts and Social Sciences building,...