Dublin City Hall 18th Century view of the Royal Exchange one of Malton's views of Dublin
The City Hall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, was built between 1769 and 1779 and is a particularly fine example of 18th century architecture. Located at the top of Parliament Street on the city's southside, it stands next to Dublin Castle, the location of British government in Ireland until 1922.
City government had originally been located in the mediæval Tholstel one quarter of a mile away. In the 1850s, the City Corporation bought the Royal Exchange and converted it for use by city government. The building was restored to its eighteenth century appearance at the begininning of the twenty-first century.
Most Dublin Corporation staff are located in the new and controversial Civic Offices, built on the site of a national monument, the viking city foundations on Wood Quay. Dublin Corporation itself was renamed in the late 1990s as Dublin City Council. Council meetings take place in City Hall.
Dublin Corporation took possession of the building in 1851 and converted the ambulatory surrounding the rotunda into offices by constructing various walls.
When the lift pit was excavated fragments of the old city wall were discovered forcing a relocation of the drilling rig and reducing the tolerance in the oversized drilling.
CityHall is now a major cultural and tourist attraction offering exhibitions of DublinCity and artefacts including the magnificence of the restored Thomas Cooley building.
The CityHall, Dublin, originally the Royal Exchange, was built between 1769 and 1779 and is a particularly fine example of 18th century architecture.
Most DublinCity Council staff are located in the new and controversial Civic Offices, built on the site of a national monument, the viking city foundations on Wood Quay.
Dublin Corporation itself was renamed in the early 2000s' as DublinCity Council.
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