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Constructed in 1729, the Bank of Ireland building in Dublin was the original home of the Irish Parliament. After the 1801 Act of Union abolished the Irish Parliament and placed Ireland under London's direct rule, the building was sold to the Bank of Ireland in 1803.
Leinster House in Dublin, Ireland, was built by the Duke of Leinster in 1745. The building now houses the Irish bicameral Parliament -- the Seanad Eireann (Senate) and the Dail Eireann (House of Representatives).
Dublin Castle was the seat of British rule in Ireland for seven centuries until 1922; it is now used mainly for Irish and EU governmental purposes. The Record Tower dates to A.D. 1208.
City Hall in Dublin was built between 1769 and 1779 and used as the Royal Exchange during British rule. It is currently the seat of the Dublin Corporation, the elected body that governs the city.
Christ Church in Dublin, Ireland, was built on the site of a Viking church that dated back to A.D. 1038. Strongbow, a Norman baron and conqueror of Dublin for the English crown, began construction of the current church in 1172. It is now the seat of the Protestant Church of Ireland.
The General Post Office in Dublin, Ireland, was constructed between 1814 and 1818 by the British. It was the scene of the Irish Easter Uprising against British occupation from 24 to 30 April 1916.
The entrance to the massive Kilmainham Gaol (Jail) in Dublin, Ireland. Built in 1796, it was the site of numerous hangings and deportations in the early 19th century. Leaders of the Easter Uprising of 1916 were held there before being executed.
A statue of Charles Stewart Parnell in upper O'Connell Street near Parnell Square. Parnell was a 19th-century member of Parliament and a champion of home rule for Ireland.
The River Liffey in Dublin, Ireland, divides the city into the Northside and the Southside. It flows 125 km (78 mi) from the Wicklow Mountains to the Irish Sea.
The Spire on O'Connell Street in Dublin, Ireland, was erected near the General Post Office in 2003. The 120 m- (394 ft-) high structure is also known as The Tower of Light. It replaced a pillar with a statue of England's Lord Nelson that was destroyed in 1966 and that was seen as a relic of English colonialism. The Spire consists of eight hollow stainless steel cone sections and contains a tuned mass damper to ensure aerodynamic stability during a wind storm.
Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland.
The Rock of Cashel (also known as Cashel of the Kings and Saint Patrick's Rock) in County Tipperary, Ireland, where tradition has it that Saint Patrick converted the King of Munster to Christianity.
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