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1810–1935
Address O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 Type Post office NIAH reg. no. 50010528 No photo of it yet National rating (NIAH) General Post Office O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1
Rated National on the National Inventory One of 15 rated National in O'Connell Street
P Post officeB Built 1810–1935
About About General Post Office General Post Office is one of 15 buildings in O'Connell Street the National Inventory rates National. Its record dates General Post Office to 1810–1935. 312 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
O’Connell Street, formerly known as Sackville Street, was laid out from 1749 by Luke Gardiner who demolished earlier buildings to make way for the grand thoroughfare. Adjacent to Nelson’s Pillar, the General Post Office was constructed in 1808 to designs of Francis Johnston, replacing the GPO on College Green.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50010528 · CC BY 4.0 · Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage
NIAH Read its National Inventory record The full description and appraisal, the survey photo and the map · 50010528 ↗ National is the National Inventory’s second-highest rating: a building of significance across Ireland.
The record
Rating National rating (NIAH)
Built 1810–1935
Type Post office
Of special interest for ARCHITECTURAL, ARTISTIC, CULTURAL, HISTORICAL, SCIENTIFIC, SOCIAL, TECHNICAL
Address O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1
Where O'Connell Street, Dublin Visit Make it a walk: 5 historic places in about 10 minutes O'Connell Street · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
1 2 3 4 5 © OpenStreetMap contributors Around it 105 within 150 m Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Reg Bollard, General Post Office 22 m Reg GPO Arcade 38 m Reg House, 69 O'Connell Street Upper, Henry Street, Dublin 1 52 m Reg House, 33 Henry Street, Henry Place, Dublin 1 52 m Reg Jim Larkin Monument 55 m Reg Shop, 34 Henry Street, Henry Place, Dublin 1 55 m Reg Shop, 35 Henry Street, Dublin 1 57 m Reg House, 68 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 58 m Reg Shop, 36 Henry Street, Dublin 1 60 m Reg House, 37 Henry Street, Dublin 1 64 m Reg House, 67 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 64 m Reg Shop, 30 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 64 m Reg Shop, 29 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 64 m Reg Bank, 28 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 65 m Reg Shop, 31 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 65 m Reg Shop, 32 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 66 m Reg Shop, 38 Henry Street, Dublin 1 68 m Reg Shop, 33 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 68 m Show the other 87 Reg Shop, North Earl Street, O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin 1 70 m Reg Shop, 39 Henry Street, Dublin 1 73 m Reg Father Mathew Monument 74 m Reg Bank, 65-66 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 75 m Nat Clery and Company 76 m Reg House, 40 Henry Street, Dublin 1 79 m Reg Shop, 1-2 O'Connell Street Upper, North Earl Street, Dublin 1 82 m Reg Hot Wok Thai Noodle Bar 82 m Reg Shop, Moore Street, Henry Street, Dublin 1 84 m Reg Eason (shop / retail outlet) 86 m Reg Zumo Juice Bar 88 m Reg House, 63-64 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 89 m Reg McDowell or The Happy Ring House 90 m Reg Shop, 2 Moore Street, Dublin 1 91 m Reg Shop, 22-23 Henry Street, Dublin 1 94 m Reg Shop, 4 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 95 m Reg Nice Price 95 m Reg Shop, 3 Moore Street, Dublin 1 98 m Reg Dunnes Stores (shop / retail outlet) 99 m Reg Unity Building 100 m Reg Theatre, 62 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 100 m Reg Shop, 21 Henry Street, Dublin 1 101 m Reg Prosperity Chambers 103 m Reg Shop, 4 Moore Street, Dublin 1 104 m Reg The Oval 105 m Reg Manfield Chambers 105 m Reg Shop, 42-43 Henry Street, Moore Street, Dublin 1 105 m Reg Eason (shop / retail outlet) 106 m Reg Duffy’s Fabrics 106 m Reg Shop, 20 Henry Street, Dublin 1 107 m Reg House, 61 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 108 m Reg Linda's Hair Extension Studio 109 m Reg Govinda 109 m Reg Shop, 7 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 109 m Reg Café Aroma 111 m Reg Sir John Gray Monument 111 m Reg The Earl Bakery and Restaurant 112 m Reg American Chambers 112 m Reg Buckleys 113 m Reg House, 8 O'Connell Street Upper, Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 114 m Reg Internet Café/Elegant Nails/Cash 4 Gold 115 m Reg House, 60 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 115 m Reg Madigan’s Bar 117 m Reg The Sackville 117 m Reg Shop, 18-19 Henry Street, Dublin 1 117 m Reg House, 44 Henry Street, Dublin 1 118 m Reg F.X. Buckley 120 m Nat Independent House (office) 120 m Reg Hair World/Toys For All 121 m Reg M.J. Boylan & Son Ltd 122 m Reg Saks Hair Salon/Phish International Services Ltd 122 m Reg Stables, Henry Place, Dublin 1 123 m Reg Bank, 12-13 O'Connell Street Lower, Abbey Street Lower, Dublin 1 123 m Reg Dublin Bus 126 m Reg Dunnes Stores (shop / retail outlet) 127 m Reg Paddy Power 127 m Reg Brannigan's 127 m Reg Ladbrokes (shop / retail outlet) 127 m Reg Shop, 17 Henry Street, Dublin 1 128 m Reg Permanent TSB (public house) 130 m Reg Arus Brugha 131 m Reg House, 45-47 Henry Street, Dublin 1 132 m Reg Independent House (office) 133 m Reg Permanent TSB (shop / retail outlet) 134 m Reg Bookworms/Café Manila/Ladbrokes/Delfin English School/C.J. Osborne & Son 135 m Reg Net House/Bar Beige Ltd 135 m Reg Shop, 16 Henry Street, Dublin 1 135 m Reg Bonavox Hearing Aids 135 m Reg Terrisales Hairdressing Services Ltd 136 m Reg Shop, 45-46 O'Connell Street Lower, Abbey Street Middle, Dublin 1 136 m Reg Shop, 58 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 136 m Reg House, 7 Cathedral Street, Dublin 1 136 m Reg The Office Centre 137 m Reg New York Cleaners 138 m Reg Sherie's/English School 139 m Reg New York 140 m Reg Guineys (house) 141 m Reg William Smith O'Brien Monument 142 m Reg CRU 142 m Reg Madigan's 143 m Reg Shop, 57 O'Connell Street Upper, Dublin 1 144 m Reg Alto Food 144 m Reg Phone Wizz 145 m Reg Boyer’s Department Store 145 m Reg Abbey Chambers/Arnotts Bargain Basement 146 m Reg Irish Traditional Music 146 m Reg House of Colour 149 m More like it Like it: nationally rated public buildings near O'Connell Street Closest of all: Berkley Library, St Stephen's Green, 700 m away. 5 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo.
Questions about General Post Office Is General Post Office on the National Inventory? Yes: rated National (record 50010528).
Can you visit General Post Office? It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was General Post Office built? Its National Inventory record dates it to 1810–1935.
Is General Post Office 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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