Parliament House, Dublin

By 1981, restorations were still ongoing and an episode of the TV series ''[[Hands (TV series)|Hands]]'' followed the work of some of the stoneworkers onsite for its episode entitled 'Stone'.<ref name = Hands>{{cite AV media | people=Éamonn Mac Thomáis, David Shaw-Smith | date=2010-09-08 | title=Hands 24 Stone| type=Video | location=College Green, Dublin | publisher=David Shaw-Smith |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzA2nLYFQI4}}</ref>{{rp|00:28}} The episode depicted the work of Paddy Roe, a stonecutter from the Dublin Mountains, who was working on a replacement right hand for the statue of [[Hibernia (personification)|Hibernia]] (the female [[National personification|personification]] of Ireland) which stands as the central statue on the south pediment of the building. Roe had also carved Hibernia a new head, although this was not shown in the episode.<ref name = BarnaculliaSC/>{{rp|40:30}} Concurrent to being a stonecutter, Roe was also a teacher of stone carving at the [[National College of Art and Design]] at the time.<ref name = BarnaculliaSC/>{{rp|40:30}} The episode also filmed workmen setting a replacement facing wall of granite blocks at the building, and Ballyknockan stoneworker George Flynn [[grout]]ing the base of an [[ionic column]].

By 1981, restorations were still ongoing and an episode of the TV series ''[[Hands (TV series)|Hands]]'' followed the work of some of the stoneworkers onsite for its episode entitled 'Stone'.<ref name = Hands>{{cite AV media | people=Éamonn Mac Thomáis, David Shaw-Smith | date=2010-09-08 | title=Hands 24 Stone| type=Video | location=College Green, Dublin | publisher=David Shaw-Smith |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NzA2nLYFQI4}}</ref>{{rp|00:28}} The episode depicted the work of Paddy Roe, a stonecutter from the Dublin Mountains, who was working on a replacement right hand for the statue of [[Hibernia (personification)|Hibernia]] (the female [[National personification|personification]] of Ireland) which stands as the central statue on the south pediment of the building. Roe had also carved Hibernia a new head, although this was not shown in the episode.<ref name = BarnaculliaSC/>{{rp|40:30}} Concurrent to being a stonecutter, Roe was also a teacher of stone carving at the [[National College of Art and Design]] at the time.<ref name = BarnaculliaSC/>{{rp|40:30}} The episode also filmed workmen setting a replacement facing wall of granite blocks at the building, and Ballyknockan stoneworker George Flynn [[grout]]ing the base of an [[ionic column]].

==Appraisal==

An 1890 [[guidebook]] to Ireland, produced at a time when Ireland was still part of the [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland]], gives an overview of the building to the tourist:

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Opposite the former is the old ''Parliament House'', now the Bank of Ireland... The building was begun in 1729 with the main-front. The E. front was added somewhat later, and the W. front was not completed till abt. 1790. (''To view the interior apply to one of the bank-porters in the central vestibule; an order from the Secy. is required to see the bank-note printing.'') The old House of Commons was in the centre of the building, where the Board Room and Accountants' office now are. The present Cash Office was built by the Bank on the site of the old Court of Requests. The House of Lords is little altered, except that a statue of George III., by Bacon, occupies the position of the Throne. Two pieces of tapestry: "[[Siege of Derry]]" and "[[Battle of the Boyne]]," and the handsome chimney-pieces should be noticed. The Bank holds the premises under a [[perpetual lease]], without any [[quit-rent]].{{sfn|Baddeley|1890|page=9}}

</blockquote>

==See also==

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* {{Cite book |last=Baddeley |first= M. J. B. |year=1890 |title= Thorough Guide Series. Ireland (Part I). Northern Counties including Dublin and Neighbourhood (Second Edition - Revised) |location=London |publisher= Dulau & Co., 37, [[Soho Square]], W. | url = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89096950654&seq=15 | access-date= 2025-07-12 |author-link = M. J. B. Baddeley}}

* {{cite book|first=Christine|last=Casey|title=Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-30010-923-8}}

* {{cite book|first=Christine|last=Casey|title=Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park|publisher=Yale University Press|year=2005|isbn=978-0-30010-923-8}}

* {{cite journal |last = Keatinge| first = Edgar F.|title = Colourful, Tuneful Dublin | journal = [[Dublin Historical Record]]| volume = 9| issue = 3| pages = 73–83| publisher = [[Old Dublin Society]]| location = Dublin| date = 1947-09-01| jstor = 30084153| url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30084153}}

* {{cite journal |last = Keatinge| first = Edgar F.|title = Colourful, Tuneful Dublin | journal = [[Dublin Historical Record]]| volume = 9| issue = 3| pages = 73–83| publisher = [[Old Dublin Society]]| location = Dublin| date = 1947-09-01| jstor = 30084153| url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/30084153}}