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Walk Dublin in 1780

AI rebuilds Dublin street by street, and you walk through it in your browser.

Step Into History · City walk

Grattan's Dublin, 1780

Dublin in 1780 is a city being reshaped by Georgian planning: new wide streets and formal squares rise beside a medieval core, while grand public buildings and quaysakes push the river into civic view. The route follows riverfront quays and bridges, the Irish Houses of Parliament and Trinity, the brick terraces of Merrion and Mountjoy Squares, market streets, playhouses and the sedan chairs and coaches of an improving capital.

35 scenes — 22 streets, squares and views, 13 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Dublin as it stood in 1780 (“Georgian Dublin”).

The route, scene by scene

  1. 1. Dublin Bay
  2. 2. Custom House Quay
  3. ↳ Custom House Counting Room · interior
  4. 3. Essex Bridge
  5. 4. Ormond Quay
  6. 5. Wood Quay
  7. 6. Fishamble Street
  8. ↳ Fishamble Musick Hall · interior
  9. 7. Smock Alley
  10. ↳ Smock Alley Playhouse Auditorium · interior
  11. 8. Christchurch Cathedral
  12. ↳ Choir and High Altar · interior
  13. 9. High Street
  14. ↳ Tholsel Council Chamber · interior
  15. 10. Dublin Castle
  16. ↳ Castle Great Hall · interior
  17. 11. Royal Exchange
  18. 12. Dame Street
  19. 13. College Green
  20. 14. Parliament House
  21. ↳ Octagonal Commons Chamber · interior
  22. 15. Trinity College Front
  23. ↳ Long Room of Trinity · interior
  24. 16. Westmoreland Street
  25. 17. Sackville Street
  26. 18. Mountjoy Square
  27. ↳ Mountjoy Square Dining Saloon · interior
  28. 19. Henrietta Street
  29. ↳ Palladian Stair Hall · interior
  30. 20. Merrion Square
  31. ↳ Merrion Square Saloon · interior
  32. 21. Leinster House
  33. ↳ Leinster House Drawing Room · interior
  34. 22. St Stephen's Green
  35. ↳ Bow Room at St Stephen's Green · interior