- Address
- 136 Capel Street, Dublin 1
- Type
- Church / chapel
- NIAH reg. no.
- 50010442
Gorta
136 Capel Street, Dublin 1, O'Connell Street
About Gorta
Gorta is one of 450 buildings in O'Connell Street the National Inventory rates Regional. Gorta dates from 1860–1880. 160 other places on the record stand within 400 m.
Capel Street was laid out in 1680 by Humphrey Jervis as a prestigious residential street and named after Arthur Capel, Earl of Essex. By 1800 the street had become one of the city’s principal commercial thoroughfares with the current plot ratios reflecting the layout of that period.
From the National Inventory’s appraisal, record 50010442 · 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 · 50010442↗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
O'Connell Street · about 400 m on foot, as the crow flies
- 1GortaStart here
- 2Wolfes Irish Artisan BistroRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 3Slovakia ShopRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 4Morrison Hotel (house)Regional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
- 5Zulu Tattoo/Accident & General Travel Insurance/Language Communications Company LtdRegional rating (NIAH) · 100 m on
78 within 150 m
Every place on the record within this distance; each opens its own page.
Show the other 60
Churches on the record near O'Connell Street
Just 300 m away stands Saint Michan's Roman Catholic Church, in Phibsborough. 8 like it are within 40 km, each with a photo.
Questions about Gorta
Is Gorta on the National Inventory?
Yes: rated Regional (record 50010442).
Can you visit Gorta?
It can be seen from the street; whether you can go inside depends on its owner.
When was Gorta built?
Its National Inventory record dates it to 1860–1880.
Is Gorta 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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