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in 1863. The new town commissioners acquired the castle and used the first floor space as a council chamber from 1869. In around 1890, the town commissioners decided to erect an extension to accommodate public meetings: a new single-storey building was constructed, extending back for six bays along
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in the town hall in the 1940s. The castle was restored in the mid-1990s and incorporated into a new heritage centre for the town which was officially opened there on 18 June 1998.
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The building was commissioned by local merchants as a fortified warehouse to protect goods being transported to and from central Dublin. It was designed in the typical
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White's Villas. It was accessed through the ground floor of the castle and became known as "Dalkey Town Hall". In 1899, the town commissioners were replaced by an
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After significant population growth, largely associated with its development as a residential suburb of Dublin, the township of Dalkey appointed
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Dalkey Castle (and part of the single-storey Dalkey Town Hall, with the steeply pitched roof, showing in the centre-right of the photograph)
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and was completed in around 1390. The merchants built a total of seven castles, of which the only other surviving example is
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being French for goat). Walter Chevers lived there until he died in 1678. It was subsequently owned by the
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The castle was acquired by the Chevers family in the 17th century and became known as Goat Castle (
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ceiling on the ground floor, and two further large spaces on the first and second floors.
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on all sides. Internally, the principal rooms were a chamber with a
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The town hall became an important venue for public meetings: the
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Dalkey Castle is located in Dublin
Norman style
Dalkey
Ireland
Coordinates
53°16′40″N 6°06′20″W / 53.2779°N 6.1055°W / 53.2779; -6.1055
Irish
Dalkey
Dublin
Norman style
rubble masonry
Archbold's Castle
lancet windows
machicolation
castellation
vaulted
Allen family
Sir William Mayne
town commissioners
urban district council
borough of Dún Laoghaire
Irish republican
leader of Fianna Fáil
Éamon de Valera
Hugh Leonard
The Colleen Bawn
Dion Boucicault
"Dalkey Castle and Heritage Centre"

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