Leinster House, Ireland Government Buildings, Irish Photographs

Leinster House Dublin - Ireland Government Buildings

Ireland Government buildings : Leinster House Dublin city, Dept. of an Taoisach

The Dept. of An Taoiseach at Leinster House. Irish Government buildings Merrion Square Dublin.

The Irish Parliament building Leinster House was designed by Richard Cassells & built in 1745 as a town house residence for James Fitzgerald - the Earl of Kildare. Since 1922 it has been the seat of the Irish parliament - the Oireachtas, which is comprised of Dáil Éireann the House of elected representatives & the Irish Senate (an Seanad). There are 2 main entrances, on Kildare street & Merrion Square, pictured above.

Leinster House, Dáil Éireann - Kildare Street entrance

Leinster House Dublin, James Malton print 1792

Kildare Street entrance to Leinster House.

Leinster House lawn, on Open-day June 29 2008.

The American White House - the President's Park in Washington - was designed by Irish born architect James Hoban & is based on the design of Leinster House. The building incorporates many classical Georgian architecture features of that period. The cornerstone of the Washington White House was laid in October 1792, it was damaged when set alight in 1814 by the British army during the war begun in 1812, it was painted white in the subsequent restoration of the building.