Four Courts, Dublin

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Four Courts, Dublin is a prominent neoclassical courthouse complex on the River Liffey that serves as the principal seat of Ireland’s superior courts.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf courthouse complex ⓘ
neoclassical building ⓘ
architect James Gandon ⓘ
Thomas Cooley ⓘ
architecturalStyle Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith Bar of Ireland ⓘ
Law Society of Ireland ⓘ
category Buildings and structures in Dublin ⓘ
Courthouses in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ
Neoclassical architecture in Ireland ⓘ
client Government of Ireland ⓘ
constructionEndDate 1802 ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1786 ⓘ
coordinates 53.346°N 6.273°W ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
destroyedIn Irish Civil War ⓘ
domeCompleted 1802 ⓘ
featuredOn Irish banknotes and stamps (various issues) ⓘ
governingBody Courts Service of Ireland ⓘ
hasDome true ⓘ
hasFunction civil justice ⓘ
criminal justice (limited) ⓘ
hasLawLibrary true ⓘ
heritageStatus protected structure ⓘ
houses Court of Appeal of Ireland ⓘ
Dublin Circuit Court (civil business) ⓘ
High Court of Ireland ⓘ
Supreme Court of Ireland ⓘ
locatedIn Dublin ⓘ
Inns Quay ⓘ
locatedOn River Liffey ⓘ
material stone ⓘ
namedAfter four courts formerly housed in the building ⓘ
near Church Street Bridge ⓘ
James Joyce Bridge ⓘ
numberOfColumnsInPortico 8 ⓘ
originalCourtsHoused Court of Chancery ⓘ
Court of Common Pleas ⓘ
Court of Exchequer ⓘ
Court of King’s Bench ⓘ
owner Office of Public Works ⓘ
principalFunction seat of Ireland’s superior courts ⓘ
publicAccess restricted ⓘ
reconstructionArchitect Thomas Aloysius Coleman ⓘ
reconstructionStartDate 1920s ⓘ
reopenedAfterReconstruction 1932 ⓘ
significantEvent siege and explosion in June 1922 ⓘ

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James Gandon → notableWork → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ
Luas → hasStation → Four Courts ⓘ
linked to: Four Courts, Dublin
Battle of Dublin (1922) → location → Four Courts ⓘ
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Irregulars → notableStronghold → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ
High Court of Ireland → principalSeat → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ
High Court (Ireland) → seatsAt → Four Courts ⓘ
linked to: Four Courts, Dublin
President of the High Court → officeLocation → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ
Inns Quay → hasBuilding → Four Courts ⓘ
linked to: Four Courts, Dublin
Thomas Cooley → notableWork → Four Courts, Dublin (original design) ⓘ
linked to: Four Courts, Dublin