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Welcome to the Irish Architectural Archive
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The Irish Architectural Archive was established in 1976 to collect and preserve material of every kind relating to the architecture of the entire island of Ireland, and make it available to the public.
As a cumulative body of material the holdings of the Archive represent the greatest single source of information on Ireland’s buildings and those who designed them.
The Archive is located at 45 Merrion Square. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, new access protocols are now in place. For more see Access.
The Archive reading room and exhibition spaces will reopen to the public on Monday 17 May 2021.
The Irish Architectural Archive is supported by the Arts Council
Material held by the Irish Architectural Archive may be consulted in the Archive’s Reading Room at 45 Merrion Square, Dublin 2.
No. 45 Merrion Square
The largest terraced house on Merrion Square, No. 45 is one of the great Georgian houses of Dublin. Public areas include the Archive Reading Rooms and Architecture Gallery on the ground floor and a suite of interconnecting reception, meeting and lecture rooms on the piano Nobile..
These are available for hire. Find out more here.