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Bank of Ireland, Dublin,
Dublin
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The Bank of Ireland on College Green is one of Dublin's great architectural ironies.
The building was constructed in the 1720s as Ireland's own parliament, the seat of Grattan's Parliament as it became known, and dissolved on the first day of 1801 when the Act of Union abolished Irish self-governance entirely. The building then sat empty until a private bank bought it, filled in the windows to avoid the window tax, and quietly moved in. That last detail, the tour script's note, is the disputed origin of the phrase "daylight robbery".
The bank's Huguenot connection adds another layer: the Bank of Ireland was founded in 1783 by David La Touche, descended from French Protestant refugees who fled Louis XIV's persecution.
VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours trace the building's double life, connecting it to the broader story of Huguenot influence in Dublin and the long political struggle that followed the parliament's abolition.
The building was constructed in the 1720s as Ireland's own parliament, the seat of Grattan's Parliament as it became known, and dissolved on the first day of 1801 when the Act of Union abolished Irish self-governance entirely. The building then sat empty until a private bank bought it, filled in the windows to avoid the window tax, and quietly moved in. That last detail, the tour script's note, is the disputed origin of the phrase "daylight robbery".
The bank's Huguenot connection adds another layer: the Bank of Ireland was founded in 1783 by David La Touche, descended from French Protestant refugees who fled Louis XIV's persecution.
VoiceMap's self-guided audio tours trace the building's double life, connecting it to the broader story of Huguenot influence in Dublin and the long political struggle that followed the parliament's abolition.
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