The High School, Dublin was established in 1870 to train boys for the civil service, colonial service, the army, the world of commerce, and university. The school plans can be discovered in the Erasmus Smith Schools Archive in DRI doi.org/10.7486/DRI.g4… #EYABackToSchool

#IrishResistance Mention the name Daniel O'Connell and you probably think of 'the liberator', but did you know that his descendants found themselves working for the Resistance during WW2 in far-flung Vietnam! The Irish-French branch of the family moved there at the end of the

The 623 longlist entries for Helsinki's new Museum of Architecture & Design are all now revealed. They're all anonymoused, so good luck spotting the inevitable Hadid, Heatherwick, BIG, Chipperfield, Snohetta etc in the pile! competitiongallery.admuseo.fi

A date for the diary: 10 October, my lecture on the history of the Freeman’s Journal (an event in the Dublin Festival of History), 6.30 @ Pearse Street Public Library. Dublin Festival of History NPHFI dublinfestivalofhistory.ie/event/a-great-…

Need to make a screen print like this so bad

1973 - Stamping Building, Lower Yard, Dublin Castle archiseek.com/1973-stamping-…

Noticed on an Auction website. "Ronald Searle ( British,1920-2011) - Bank of Ireland, Dublin' - Pen, ink and watercolour - dated 1962 - This cartoon of 1962 was published in 'Holiday' magazine in April 1963 as part of 'The Emerald Isle as seen through Searle's eyes'

Spanish aristocrat with familiar Irish name recalls family’s storied history in Ireland and Spain irishtimes.com/history/2024/0…

The other side of William Heath Robinson, (1920) watercolour, Eastern Market Scene. #watercolour #heathrobinson #pinner #theothersideofwilliamheathrobinson

Ar aghaidh leat go dtí Garter Lane Arts Centre chun #Poitín a fheiceal Dé Sathairn, 14 Meán Fómhair ag 7pm, lena n-áirítear manglam Blackwater Irish Poitín. Costas €15 an duine. garterlane.ie/events/poitin-… #DéiseAbú

Book lovers unite! This is Scotland's Oldest Free Lending Library - Innerpeffray Library and it's still there for us to go and read incredibly old books! Safe to say that I could hardly contain myself...

I first met Basil Blackshaw in 1989 at a party hosted by David Hammond in Belfast. Even then, he was a hero to me. It was always a pleasure and a privilege to spend time with him - even now, after his passing in 2016, his presence is never far from my studio. 1/2

Copy of Sean Rothery's Shops of Ireland in Temple Bar Bookshop for €6 if anybody wants a copy. Also a Buildings of Ireland - Dublin for €25.

...if you'd like an intro about how special traditional buildings are, how to sensitively #retrofit, and how they can play their part in #ClimateAction ...then this is the event for you! Register for tickets 👇

Lost Glasgow I remember drawing in the top studio above library in the Glasgow School of Art and seeing that Mackintosh had clearly framed the view of these towers from the low windows. Fortunately saw this before the Dental Hospital blocked it and, of course, fires destroyed the building...

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2nd hand book purchases today were etymological rather than Architectural.

George Fox (1624-1691) and the Irish Quaker tradition. Presented by the Friends Historical Library Dublin libraries.dlrcoco.ie/events-and-new… .. Would be great if DCC did something similar ...

A reminder on Archiseek.com after 28 years or being online, not everyone has nice funding or book deals, so share or link to promote archiseek.com/about/