- Address
- 52 Millmount Avenue, Millbourne Avenue, Dublin 9
- Type
- Library / archive
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50130157
Drumcondra Library
52 Millmount Avenue, Millbourne Avenue, Dublin 9, Drumcondra
About Drumcondra Library
The National Inventory rates Drumcondra Library Regional, one of 87 in Drumcondra. Its record dates Drumcondra Library to 1935–1940. 8 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
An Art Deco library attributed to British architect Robert Sorley Lawrie. A prominent public building, it stands adjacent to Griffith Park with a restrained but notably well-proportioned exterior characteristic of the period, with strong horizontal lines balanced by the dominant central portal.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50130157 · 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 · 50130157↗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 15 minutes
Drumcondra · about 700 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1Drumcondra LibraryStart here
- 2
St. Patrick's College Chapel (New)Regional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on - 3Dublin City University St. Patrick's CampusRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Ivy House/Patrick Carthy & Sons Public BarRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
- 5
Church of St. John the BaptistRegional rating (NIAH) · 200 m on
1 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Recorded public buildings around Drumcondra
St. Columba's National School in Glasnevin is the nearest, at 500 m. There are 8 with photos within 40 km.
Questions about Drumcondra Library
Is Drumcondra Library on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50130157).
Can you visit Drumcondra Library?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Drumcondra Library built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1935–1940.
Is Drumcondra Library 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). Under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).
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