Sites and Monuments Record · Ireland
House - 17th/18th century
County Dublin, Ireland
The record
- County
- Dublin
- Country
- Ireland
- First-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Latest-edition OS map
- Not indicated
- Coordinates
- 53.34552, -6.27170
- SMR number
- DU018-554----
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
American Geographical Society Library, UW-MilwaukeeLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDigital Commonwealth, Boston Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Ireland." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Historical maps covering this location
- 1799 · Ireland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1836 · Dublin (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
- 1891 · Ireland 16 (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
- 1900 · Large scale plan of Dublin. (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library)
- 1908 · Dublin, Ireland 1908 (American Geographical Society Library, UW-Milwaukee)
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The National Monuments Service's description
King's Inns Quay Watch House
Watch House on Inns Quay is depicted on the northern side of Ormond Bridge (DU018-020460-) now destroyed, immediately west of the bridge on the northern bank of the River Liffey. Annotated ‘W H’ on Rocque's 1756 map of the city and suburbs of Dublin. On this map a rectangular building aligned on an E-W axis is depicted standing parallel to the River Liffey and directly south of the junction with Charles Street.
Compiled by: Caimin O'Brien
Date of Compilation: 13 November 2025
References
Rocque, J. 1756 An exact survey of the city and suburbs of Dublin in which is express'd the ground plot of all publick buildings, dwelling houses, ware houses, stables, courts yards &c / by John Rocque, chorographer to their Royal Highnesses, the late & present Prince of Wales, 1756 ; A. Dury Sculpt.
Nearby in the register
- Quayunder 1 mi
- Bridgeunder 1 mi
- House - 17th/18th centuryunder 1 mi
- Mural tower (Historic Town)under 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.