B - Balbriggan to Broadstone · The Dictionary of Dublin · Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

Parliament Building on Westmoreland Street

PARLIAMENT HOUSE IN 1784

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Bank of Ireland. The most central, best situated, and most beautiful building in Dublin is the Bank of Ireland in College-green. Up to 1800 this was the Parliament House [...]

In 1785 the House of Lords required more room and a separate entrance ; so the east wing, consisting of a noble portico, connected with the main building by a screen wall, was erected from the design of James Gandon.

Ceiling stucco-work detail, Belvedere House,<br />
Co. Westmeath, Ireland

"DIANA" CEILING, BELVIDERE HOUSE

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Belvidere House. Belvidere House, Great Denmark-street, faces North Gt. George's-street. It is one of the finest old houses of Dublin, and contains magnificent stucco work [...] The three reception rooms on the first floor are finely decorated. One - the music room - is dedicated to Apollo [...] another to Diana has the objects of the chase (finely modeled)

"VENUS" CEILING, BELVIDERE HOUSE

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Belvidere House. Belvidere House, Great Denmark-street, faces North Gt. George's-street. It is one of the finest old houses of Dublin, and contains magnificent stucco work [...] The three reception rooms on the first floor are finely decorated. One - the music room - is dedicated to Apollo [...] and the third to Venus and the Arts.

Poulaphouca Bridge, Co. Wicklow, Ireland

POULAPHUCA

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Blessington is a village in Co. Wicklow, some sixteen miles from Dublin, on the old main road to Kilkenny and the South. It is a favourite trip with Dubliners going to the picturesque Falls of Poulaphuca on the river Liffey.

St. Michael le Pole, Dublin City, Co. Dublin, Ireland

ROUND TOWER OF S. MICHAEL LE POLE, IN 1766

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Bride. Church of S. [...] S. Michael de la Pole, the church of which stood near the "Castle steps" possessed an ancient cloigtheach or circular belfry like that at S. Kevin's Kitchen, GLENDALOUGH. This church and belfry were pulled down in 1781, and Dublin lost one of its most interesting relics. A stone tablet over an archway points out the entrance to the old schools of S. Michael de la Pole.

Illustration, Barracks Bridge and Queen's Bridge, Co. Dublin, Ireland

BARRACKS AND QUEEN'S BRIDGE (In 1819.)

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Bridges. [...] (3.) Victoria-bridge, built in 1863. It took the place of Barrack-bridge, or, as it was more generally called, Bloody-bridge [...]

(4.) Queen's-bridge, 1764-1768 built to replace Arran-bridge which had been built in 1683, and swept away by a flood in 1763.

ESSEX BRIDGE. (End of 18th century.)

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Bridges. [...] (7.) Grattan-bridge, built in 1678 om the model of Westminster-bridge, and called Essex-bridge after the Lord Lieutenant of that date. It was rebuilt in 1756, and in 1874 the arches were lowered, and it was widened by metal wings bearing the pathways. In the following year it was renamed Grattan-bridge. It connects Capel-street with Essex-street, and marks the N.E. corner of the old city. The old Custom House used to stand just below it on the south side.