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The Arts Council

Dublin Castle Ship Street

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The offices on ship street were built in the 19th century as accommodation for Army engineers. Over the years they were used for a variety of purposes including training and offices. By the 1980s they were derelict due to abandonment and vandalism. Since that the Office of Public Works have renovated the buildings creating a streetscape inside the Castle compound and restored the facades to Great Ship Street.


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Virtually unknown the buildings are noteable for their variety of doorways and window treatments and face across a paved open area to the new Chester Beatty Library of Oriental Art.