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Brown Thomas, one of Dublin’s
finest department stores
(see p108). In addition, there
are plenty of recognizable
high-street retailers to tempt
shoppers, including Tommy
Hilfiger and River Island. There
are also many excellent
jewellers in Grafton Street.
Number 78 stands on the
site of Samuel Whyte’s school,
whose illustrious roll included
Robert Emmet (see p81), leader
of the 1803 Rebellion, and the
Duke of Wellington.
Original chamber of the Irish House of Lords at the Bank of Ireland Hidden along many of
the side streets are quaint,
1 Bank of Ireland further additions around 1797. traditional Irish pubs, catering
After the dissolution of the to the weary shopper’s need
2 College Green. Map D3. Tel 677 Irish Parliament in 1800, the for a refreshment break.
6801. Open 10am–4pm Mon, Tue & Bank of Ireland bought the
Fri, 10am–4pm Wed, 10am–5pm Thu. building. The present structure
Closed Sat, Sun & public hols. House was then completed in 1808
of Lords 8 10:30am, 11:30am &
1:45pm Tue. with the transformation of the
former lobby of the House of
The prestigious offices of the Commons into a magnificent
Bank of Ireland began life as the cash office and the addition of
first purpose-built parlia ment a curving screen wall and the
house in Europe. The original Foster Place annexe.
central section was started by At the front of the bank on
Irish architect Edward Lovett College Green is a statue (1876)
Pearce and completed in 1739 by John Foley of Henry Grattan
after his death. Sadly, Pearce’s (see p44), the most formidable
master piece, the great octag- leader of the old parliament.
onal chamber of the House
of Commons (see p44), was 2 Trinity College
removed at the behest of the Royal College of Surgeons, which overlooks
British government in 1802. See pp66–7. St Stephen’s Green
The House of Lords, however,
remains gloriously intact, 4 St Stephen’s
especially its coffered ceiling 3 Grafton Street Green
and oak panelling. There are Map D4.
also huge tapestries of the Map D5. Open daylight hours.
Battle of the Boyne and the The spine of Dublin’s most St Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2.
Siege of Londonderry, and a popular and stylish shopping Tel 475 7816. Open all year round
splendid 1,233-piece crystal district (see pp108–9) runs south Closed 25 Dec; phone for
closing details &
chandelier dating from 1788. from Trinity College to the glass 8 tours on request.
The east portico St Stephen’s Green Shopping
was added Centre. At the junc tion with Originally one of three ancient
by architect Nassau Street is a statue by Jean commons in the old city,
James Rynhart of Molly Malone (1988), St Stephen’s Green was enclosed
Gandon the celebrated street trader in 1664. The 9-ha (22-acre)
in 1785, from the traditional song “Molly green was laid out in its present
with Malone”. This busy pedestrian- form in 1880, using a grant
ized strip, charac terized by given by Lord Ardilaun, a
energetic buskers and talented member of the Guinness family.
street theatre artists, boasts Land scaped with flowerbeds,
trees, a fountain and a lake, the
green is dotted with memorials
to eminent Dubliners, including
Ardilaun himself. There is a bust
of James Joyce (see p94), and a
memorial by Henry Moore
Bronze statue of Molly Malone at the bottom of Grafton Street (1967) dedicated to W B Yeats
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp296–7 and pp308–11

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