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Leinster House

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Leinster House stands on Kildare Street in central Dublin, built between 1747 and 1748 as a grand private townhouse for James FitzGerald, then Earl of Kildare and later the first Duke of Leinster, to a design by the German-born architect Richard Cassels. At the time of its construction it was the largest private house in Dublin, and its layout, with a formal entrance facing the city on one side and a more relaxed garden facade facing open countryside on the other, is said to have influenced the design of the White House in Washington. The Royal Dublin Society took over the building in the early nineteenth century and used it for scientific and agricultural exhibitions, before the newly formed Irish Free State purchased it in 1922 to house its parliament. Leinster House has served as the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland comprising the Dail and the Seanad, ever since.

Facts
Building Type
Parliament Building 1
Location
Kildare Street, Dublin, Ireland 1
Completed Year
1748 2
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)
Government / Parliament Building 1
Connections

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Parliament Building, Concepts

In Style

Georgian Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Leinster House - Wikipedia
Palladian Architecture, Styles and Movements
Source Leinster House - Wikipedia

Uses Element

Granite, Architectural Materials
Source Leinster House - Wikipedia
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Located In

Ireland

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Sources
1. Leinster House - Wikipedia
  • Lead paragraph, first sentence
    is the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland.
  • Infobox, Location field
    Kildare Street, Dublin, Ireland
  • Infobox: completion_date
    1748
  • Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
    Leinster House stands on Kildare Street in central Dublin, built between 1747 and 1748 as a grand private townhouse for James FitzGerald, then Earl of Kildare and later the first Duke of Leinster, to a design by the German-born architect Richard Cassels. At the time of its construction it was the largest private house in Dublin, and its layout, with a formal entrance facing the city on one side and a more relaxed garden facade facing open countryside on the other, is said to have influenced the design of the White House in Washington. The Royal Dublin Society took over the building in the early nineteenth century and used it for scientific and agricultural exhibitions, before the newly formed Irish Free State purchased it in 1922 to house its parliament. Leinster House has served as the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of Ireland comprising the Dail and the Seanad, ever since.
  • In Style: Georgian Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Georgian, Palladian
  • In Style: Palladian Architecture, infobox architectural_style field: Georgian, Palladian
  • Uses Element: Granite, Article text
    Granite from Golden Hill quarry in County Wicklow was originally used in the construction of the Merrion Street side of the building in the 1740s, but was exhausted as a quarry by 1850.
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2. Wikidata: Leinster House
  • Wikidata Q247595, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q247595, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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