Grafton Street Shopping District

Trinity College Dublin is marked by the Campanile, an elegant bell tower of Portland stone that stands at the center of the university’s Front Square. Founded in fifteen ninety-two by Queen Elizabeth the First, the college was established…

The bronze figure of a woman pushing a two-wheeled cart is the Molly Malone statue. You can identify her by her low-cut period dress and the fact that the bronze on her chest is notably brighter than the rest of the sculpture, polished by…

Brown Thomas occupies a long stretch of Grafton Street with a decorative facade that defines the scale of this shopping thoroughfare. Established in eighteen forty-nine by Hugh Brown and James Thomas, the store began as a modest…

Bewley’s Grafton Street is recognizable by the vibrant Egyptian Revival mosaic that covers its façade. This architectural detail, inspired by the discovery of Tutankhamen’s tomb in nineteen twenty-two, distinguishes the building from the…

The Gaiety Theatre on South King Street is marked by a Venetian-style façade that stands out among the surrounding city blocks. Opened on November twenty-seventh, eighteen seventy-one, it was built in less than seven months by brothers…

Stephen's Green Shopping Centre is marked by a distinctive exterior of white decorative ironwork and large glass panels that curve along the street. Completed in nineteen eighty-eight, the building was designed by architect James Toomey as…

The Fusiliers' Arch stands at the Grafton Street entrance to St Stephen's Green, a structure of ashlar granite modeled after the Arch of Titus in Rome. Completed in nineteen oh seven, the monument commemorates the officers and men of the…