heritage centres dublin 2

From Suffolk Street, stroll down Trinity Street which brings you to College Green. Across Dame Street you will see the curved colonnaded front of an impressive granite building that once housed the Irish Parliament. When it was built in 1720 it was the world's first purpose built Parliament building and you will notice that there are no windows in the front portico to avoid distractions when Parliament was in session. In 1800 the Parliament took the unusual step of voting itself out of existen...

In a modern building, constructed in the Grand Canal Basin, this exhibition is designed to introduce the visitor to Ireland's inland waterways and to the range of activities and experience they offer.

One of the most interesting exhibitions focuses on the men who built the canals. They were known as "navigators" or more commonly "navvies". Other attractions include an audio-visual show, working models and interactive multimedia presentation.

There is access for people with disa...

Most of the shape of present-day central Dublin - the wide streets, gracious squares and elegant public buildings - was defined in the eighteenth century when Ireland was controlled by a prosperous, cultured elite who devoted their efforts to making Dublin the handsomest capital in Europe.
Rich noblemen established palatial mansions in the city, and influential developers, principally Luke Gardiner on the north side and Lord Fitzwilliam on the south, laid out squares and streets of eleg...