National Museum of Ireland
Formally Collin's Barracks, Arbour Hill, Dublin. Large scale residential barracks were a thougherly new building type, pioneered by the Irish establishment in the wake of the Williamite wars and funded by a tax on tobacco and beer. The Dublin barracks, the first and grandest of their kind in Europe, were instigated by the 2nd Duke or Ormonde who had aquired the site. The Surveyor General Thomas Burgh prepared plans and building commenced in 1706. Until the building was taken over and renovated as the National Museum of Ireland it was the longest continually inhabited military barracks in the world. It's a great free place to visit...the collection is huge and varied.
I'd like to get back here when there's a bit more sun in the square...good thing I only live around the corner!
This image is 8 photos merged with Autostitch
National Museum of Ireland
Formally Collin's Barracks, Arbour Hill, Dublin. Large scale residential barracks were a thougherly new building type, pioneered by the Irish establishment in the wake of the Williamite wars and funded by a tax on tobacco and beer. The Dublin barracks, the first and grandest of their kind in Europe, were instigated by the 2nd Duke or Ormonde who had aquired the site. The Surveyor General Thomas Burgh prepared plans and building commenced in 1706. Until the building was taken over and renovated as the National Museum of Ireland it was the longest continually inhabited military barracks in the world. It's a great free place to visit...the collection is huge and varied.
I'd like to get back here when there's a bit more sun in the square...good thing I only live around the corner!
This image is 8 photos merged with Autostitch