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Regional rating (NIAH)
1835–1840
Address
12B Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1
Type
Bank / financial institution
NIAH reg. no.
50010288
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Regional rating (NIAH)

Age Action

12B Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1, O'Connell Street

Rated Regional on the National InventoryOne of 450 rated Regional in O'Connell Street
BBank / financial institutionBBuilt 1835–1840
DirectionsIts National Inventory record ↗
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About Age Action

Age Action is one of 450 buildings in O'Connell Street the National Inventory rates Regional. Its record dates Age Action to 1835–1840. 274 other places on the record stand within 400 m.

Formerly known as Great and Little Mary Street, Abbey Street derives its name from Saint Mary’s Abbey, whose extensive lands covered most of the northeast of the city. This former bank survived the widespread destruction of the 1916 Rising and stands as testament to its high quality design and construction.

From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50010288 · 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 · 50010288↗

Regional is the National Inventory’s rating for a building of significance in its region; most rated buildings carry it.

Visit

Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes

O'Connell Street · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies

DirectionsWalk the tour in Google Maps
  1. 1Age ActionStart here
  2. 2Liberty HallRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  3. 3Eden HouseRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  4. 4Wynns HotelRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
  5. 5Clery and CompanyNational rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
Farther afield
Central Model SchoolRegional rating (NIAH)300 mThe Confectioners HallRegional rating (NIAH)300 mMcDowell or The Happy Ring HouseRegional rating (NIAH)300 mBollard, General Post OfficeRegional rating (NIAH)300 mThe OvalRegional rating (NIAH)300 mO'Connell BridgeNational rating (NIAH)300 m
Around it

49 within 150 m

Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.

RegFBC18 mRegPost box, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 127 mRegSmith O'Brien Hegarty Solicitors / Aspire English Language Training40 mRegThe Salvation Army41 mRegVHI Healthcare43 mRegScots Presbyterian Church45 mRegScots Presbyterian Hall45 mRegHouse, 25 Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 146 mRegLe Phare57 mRegShop, Marlborough Street, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 169 mRegCustom House Global Fund Services Ltd86 mRegAn Oifig Mhuir-Thráchtála/Mercantile Marine Office86 mRegThe Pint87 mRegRonanz88 mRegOffice, 23 Eden Quay, Dublin 189 mRegThe Flowing Tide89 mRegOffice, 22 Eden Quay, Dublin 190 mRegThe Car Boot Shop92 m
Show the other 31
RegHouse, 105-6 Marlborough Street, Sackville Place, Dublin 193 mRegCleopatra Hairdressing/Eden School of English95 mRegHouse, 28 Abbey Street Lower, Marlborough Street, Dublin 197 mRegChariot of Life98 mRegLiberty Hall101 mRegHouse, 109 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1101 mRegBudget Travelshop103 mRegPost box, Beresford Place, Dublin105 mRegHouse, 110 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1106 mRegDublin Central Mission106 mRegEden House107 mRegHouse, 111 Marlborough Street, Harbour Court, Dublin 1109 mRegClub Travel110 mRegOffice, 98-100 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1115 mRegPhotocare116 mRegOffice, 112 Marlborough Street, Harbour Court, Dublin 1120 mRegShop, 9-9B Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1125 mRegEuro2125 mRegQuay, Eden Quay, Dublin 1130 mRegHouse, 95 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1132 mRegLefroy House133 mRegShop, 34 Lower Abbey Street, Dublin 1135 mRegHouse, 94 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1136 mRegHouse, 23 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1138 mRegVeritas Building139 mRegGuineys (house)139 mRegHouse, 93 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1141 mRegIarnród Éireann Travel Centre145 mRegHouse, 92 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1146 mRegLanigan's146 mRegReynolds149 m
More like it

Near O'Connell Street: more public buildings on the record

Within 40 km, 8 have a photo. The nearest is Lafayette in St Stephen's Green, 300 m away.

LafayetteSt Stephen's Green · 300 m away
The Merchants' ArchTemple Bar · 500 m away
Berkley LibrarySt Stephen's Green · 600 m away
M.J. O'NeillTemple Bar · 600 m away
Central BankTemple Bar · 600 m away
Andrew Street Post OfficeTemple Bar · 700 m away
Dental HospitalSt Stephen's Green · 800 m away
National Library of IrelandSt Stephen's Green · 900 m away

Questions about Age Action

Is Age Action on the National Inventory?

Yes: rated Regional (record 50010288).

Can you visit Age Action?

It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.

When was Age Action built?

Its National Inventory record dates it to 1835–1840.

Is Age Action 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).

Contains Central Statistics Office (CSO) data, Census 2022, and Tailte Éireann boundaries (CSO Urban Areas, Small Areas, local electoral areas, constituencies), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0).