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Charles Brooking's map of Dublin (1728)

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The map was one of the first accurate maps of the modern Dublin Georgian streetscape and includes 20 notable Dublin buildings and structures which are embedded as vignettes within the borders of the map. As of 2024, a number of these structures still remain intact. The map also contains the coats of
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Demolished only in the second half of the 20th century. Many of the buildings which made up the original South Dublin Union and Foundling Hospital still exist and form part of the St James' Hospital campus.
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It was completed by Charles Brooking (1677–1738), an engraver and map maker of English origin and printed in London by John Bowles at The Mercer's Hall in 1728. Brooking is recorded as working at
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The building was demolished in the years following the map and was replaced by a modern Georgian hospital building in 1759 the facade of which still stands.
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Some elements of the original baroque structure remain within the structure of the modern church which was constructed in the 19th century.
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The bottom section of the church is still in existence. The spire was demolished in the late 18th and early 19th century.
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Intact but transferred to a different location in Birmingham, England in 1937. It was originally commissioned in 1717.
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Replaced with a Georgian building in the second half of the 18th century which still exists and houses the
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Most of the key buildings which made up the castle campus are still in existence and have been restored.
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Still exists as a public city park and green area. It was originally first enclosed as a common in 1664.
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Some elements of the basin remain below ground level but have now mostly been replaced with apartments.
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Demolished in the second half of the 18th century to be replaced with the current west front.
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Demolished around 1812. The coat of arms on the front of the building is still in existence.
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Demolished in the early 19th century around 1815 as it was deemed structurally unsound.
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Destroyed by fire during the Easter Rising. Some of the gates and arches remain intact.
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It was severely damaged in an explosion in 1928 and was removed entirely in 1929.
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between 1729 and 1736 as a painter and decorator. He had earlier been active in
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Now usually referred to as Collins Barracks except in historical accounts.
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and was one of the first detailed attempts at mapping the city of Dublin.
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where he is recorded as working at Trinity College Dublin in 1723–25.
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Still fully intact and used as a governmental administrative office.
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Still exists and is now generally referred to as the Old Library.
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Much altered but now used as the official residence of the
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It was the first detailed map of Dublin carried out since
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Index

Dublin
Ireland
Greenwich Hospital (London)
Plymouth
Dublin
Charles Brooking
Guilds of the City of Dublin
John Speed

Mansion House
Lord Mayor of Dublin

Equestrian statue of George I

Linenhall

Dr Steevens' Hospital

The City Basin

The Old Custom House

St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street

St. Werburgh's Church

Mercer's Hospital

Cornmarket House
Thomas Street

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