Print view of O'Connell Street showing Gardiner's Hall.

Print view of O'Connell Street showing Gardiner's Hall.

O'Connell Street

Lantern Slide depicting a perspective view of O'Connell Street, formerly known as Sackville Street, and Gardiner's Hall. People and horses and carriagescan be seen in the print. In the left hand corner of the print can be seen a smoking chimney. The print is engraved with the following caption: 'Perspective View of Sackville Street and Gardiners Hall Dublin'. The caption then goes on to detail the length and breadth of the street: ' This street was begun by the Rth. Hon. Mr. Luke Gardiner Esq. in the year 1749, in length is 1050 foot and in breadth 150, being equally divided in three'. Originally catalogued as 'D3 VIII 92' with label 1753.

Betty Maguire

The Discovery Programme

The Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland (RSAI)

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RSAI Lantern Slide, Box 16

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11/06/15

Scanned to 2400 dpi , 16 bit greyscale image with automatic exposure

RSAI Lantern slide collection

7559 x 7559 pixels

Lantern slides

Country: Ireland

County: Dublin

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Town: Dublin City

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Irish National Grid East: 15

Irish National Grid North: 35

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Latitude: 53.350451

Longitude: -6.255970

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