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Welcome to Parnell Square

Welcome to the Parnell Square Cultural Quarter website. We are delighted to have the opportunity to develop a new City Library and other cultural spaces beside the existing renowned Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane at Parnell Square at the northern tip of Dublin’s civic…

READ ARTICLE > January 20th 2014
Parnell Square Cultural Quarter Consultation, Summer 2013. Image © Dublin City Council.

Consultation Summer 2013

Green Hat undertook a first phase of public consultation on the development of Parnell Square Cultural Quarter on behalf of Dublin City Council. The consultation took place over 5 weeks in May and June 2013 and was delivered through a series of consultation activities which included:…

READ ARTICLE > November 28th 2013
The Parnell Monument, Dublin. Images courtesy of Dublin City Library and Archive (F.E. Dixon Postcard Collection)

Parnell Monument

Charles Stewart Parnell was the most significant political figure in Ireland during the second half of the 19th century. As leader of the Home Rule Party, he made a notable contribution to the progress towards national self-determination and he also played a hugely important role…

READ ARTICLE > November 27th 2013
Sedan Chair Licence 1774. Image courtesy of Dublin City Library and Archive.

Licence for sedan chairs

In 1748 Dr. Bartholomew Mosse leased four acres and one rood on the north side of Great Britain Street to erect a new maternity hospital, today’s Rotunda Hospital. He had opened a hospital in George’s Lane in 1745, but this new Lying-in Hospital would be…

READ ARTICLE > November 27th 2013
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