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's visit in 1900, to provide cover for the elderly Queen in her carriage.]]


  • Its distinctive metal portico over the main door, erected for the visit of Queen Victoria in 1900;



Its most famous occupants included Lords Mayor:
  • Daniel O'Connell , nineteenth century nationalist leader

  • Alfie Byrne (1930s), longest serving Lord Mayor in the 800 year history of the office

  • Jim Mitchell (1976–77), the youngest Lord Mayor of Dublin, aged 29, in the history of the office


Famous visitors to the mayoral residence include:

In the 1930s and 1940s, plans were made to demolish the building, and all other buildings on the block on which it is located (which covered an area on Dawson Street , Molesworth Street , Kildare Street and the North side of St. Stephen's Green ), to enable the building of a new Dublin City Hall. However the decision of the Irish Government to erect a new Department of Industry and Commerce on a site on the block, on Kildare Street , led to the abandonment of the plans.

In August 2006, the loyalist paramilitary , 31 August , 2006 .


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