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267: 31: 853: 263:; and on the right the arms of the Lee family, Dublin builders from about 1700. The building has nine bays, with the central three broken forward and pedimented. The interior of the building is hugely elaborate and decorative, with a staircase and ballroom lined with alabaster. The staircase also has ornate ironwork, marble columns and circular roof lights. 305:
and are now used as a public park. The conservation and restoration of the Gardens commenced in 1995 and to date most of the original features have been restored, for example the Maze in Box hedging with a Sundial as a centre piece. The restored Cascade and exotic tree ferns all help to create a
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in 1862 he served as his own architect, combined the two houses and produced the building as it now stands. On the
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The building was donated to the Irish state by Benjamin Guinness's grandson,
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Georgian house and foreign ministry headquarters in Dublin, Ireland
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St. Stephen's Green South, looking east towards Iveagh House.
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facade pediment he placed his parents' arms: on the left the
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in 1908, in connection with the formation of its campus on
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Iveagh House was originally two houses, nos 80 and 81
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Iveagh House, Department of Foreign Affairs, Ireland
Neoclassical
St Stephen's Green
Coordinates
53°20′12″N 6°15′34″W / 53.336538°N 6.259376°W / 53.336538; -6.259376
Department of Foreign Affairs
Government of Ireland
Georgian
Department of Foreign Affairs
Dublin
metonym
St Stephen's Green
Richard Castle
Bishop Clayton
Master of the Rolls
John Philpot Curran
Benjamin Guinness
Portland stone
Milesian
Red Hand of Ulster
Magennis
County Down

Rupert, Lord Iveagh
Iveagh Trust
Iveagh Gardens
University College Dublin
The 1st Lord Iveagh
Earlsfort Terrace
OPW

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