Saint Patrick's Tower
Also known as St Patrick's Tower (Dublin)
Thomas Street, Watling Street, Dublin 8, Dolphins Barn
About Saint Patrick's Tower
The National Inventory rates Saint Patrick's Tower Regional, one of 181 in Dolphins Barn. Saint Patrick's Tower dates from 1755–1760. 87 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
This structure was once the largest smock windmill in Europe and was built as part of the Roe whiskey distillery in 1757. Although it has lost its sails, it remains an iconic reminder of the industrial heritage of the area, particularly its extensive associations with the distilling and brewing industries.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50080329 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAHRead its National Inventory recordThe full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50080329↗Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.
Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes
Dolphins Barn · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Saint Patrick's TowerStart here
- 2Guinness Brewery (office)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Guinness BreweryRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Guinness Brewery (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5RyansRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
James Joyce House of the DeadNational rating (NIAH)300 mGuinness Brewery (vat hall)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mGuinness Brewery (factory)Regional rating (NIAH)300 mGuinness BreweryRegional rating (NIAH)300 m27 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 9
Buildings on the record near Dolphins Barn
The list holds 8, all within 40 km and photographed. Closest of all: “Kiln, Bow Street, Dublin 7”, Stoneybatter, 600 m away. Malahide Railway Station in Malahide is the farthest, at 15 km.
Questions about Saint Patrick's Tower
Is Saint Patrick's Tower on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50080329).
Can you visit Saint Patrick's Tower?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Saint Patrick's Tower built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1755–1760.
Is Saint Patrick's Tower protected?
Being on the National Inventory or the Sites and Monuments Record is a record, not protection by itself: buildings are protected by their council’s Record of Protected Structures, which each council keeps and no national open list gathers, so this page can’t say which are on it.
Source: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage and Sites and Monuments Record, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage (CC BY 4.0); Wikidata (CC0).
Sources: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage (buildingsofireland.ie) · Photos: Wikimedia Commons, including the National Library of Ireland’s collections, each credited with its licence and copied to our own server · Wikidata (CC0) for other names and articles. Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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