Wood Quay

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Wood Quay is a historic riverside area in central Dublin, Ireland, best known as the site of major Viking archaeological discoveries and the later construction of Dublin City Council’s Civic Offices.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Wood Quay canonical 6

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Statements (37)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historic district ⓘ
riverside area ⓘ
adjacentTo Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin ⓘ
Fishamble Street ⓘ
Winetavern Street ⓘ
containsBuilding Dublin City Council Civic Offices ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
earliestSignificantOccupationCentury 9th century ⓘ
governedBy Dublin City Council ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalFind Viking artefacts ⓘ
Viking houses ⓘ
medieval street patterns ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteType urban excavation site ⓘ
hasCivicFunction seat of Dublin City Council administration ⓘ
hasCurrentUse civic administration area ⓘ
office district ⓘ
tourist interest area ⓘ
hasHeritage Viking settlement remains ⓘ
hasHistoricFunction riverfront quay ⓘ
hasNameLanguage English ⓘ
hasTransportAccess Dublin Bus services ⓘ
hasUrbanCharacter mixed-use area ⓘ
hasViewOf River Liffey ⓘ
heritageControversy demolition of Viking remains for civic offices ⓘ
knownFor Dublin City Council Civic Offices ⓘ
Viking archaeological discoveries ⓘ
locatedIn Dublin ⓘ
Dublin city centre ⓘ
linked to: Dublin
locatedInAdministrativeArea Dublin 8 ⓘ
locatedOnWaterbody River Liffey ⓘ
near Dublin Castle ⓘ
Temple Bar ⓘ
linked to: Temple Bar district
partOf Dublin city ⓘ
linked to: Dublin

historic core of Dublin ⓘ
significantEvent construction of Dublin Civic Offices ⓘ
large-scale archaeological excavations in the 1970s ⓘ
timePeriodOfMajorOccupation Viking Age ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Christchurch Place → near → Wood Quay ⓘ
Fishamble Street → near → Wood Quay ⓘ
Winetavern Street → runsTo → Wood Quay ⓘ
River Liffey quays → hasPart → Wood Quay ⓘ