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(Nancy Kaufman) #1
Fans of Georgian architecture should pack
some comfortable shoes and a map for a trip
round the city’s finest 19th-century squares.
The vast St Stephen’s Green is one of the most
popular in no small part due to the beautiful
park that lies at its heart. Close by Merrion
Square is one of the best surviving Georgian
squares and home to the Natural History
Museum National Gallery and the immense
Leinster House a former private mansion that
houses the Oireachtas or Irish Parliament.
Close to the River Liey the historic
Temple Bar area is a magnet for revellers and
by day its galleries markets and boutiques

ABOVE The Custom
House an 18th-
century neoclassical
building is right on
the banks of the River
Liffey RIGHT Iveagh
Gardens on Clonmel
Street is a public park
open all year round
and one of Dublin’s
green treasures

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Antiques


We take you on a tour of


three cities chosen for


their architectural styles


and decorative arts


FEATURE ELEANOR O’KANE

DUBLIN


For design Georgian


squares and architecture


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