Culture Night 2024 in Dublin was a vibrant celebration of the city’s rich traditions and heritage. To celebrate the event, we’ve gathered a selection of flexible office spaces from across Dublin and Kildare to explore the fascinating history behind each building.
A plaque has been placed outside 12 Merrion Square to honour Violet Gibson, the Irishwoman who nearly assassinated Italian Fascist leader Benito Mussolini nearly 100 years ago. The location is her childhood family home.
On 7 April 1926, three years into his fascist rule, Mussolini was making a speech in Rome. The then 50-year-old Gibson stepped out of the crowd and with a pistol and shot him at point-blank range. The plaque was proposed by Independent Councillor Mannix Flynn, who described her as an anti-fascist revolutionary.
Find out more about the workspaceOriginally built in the early 1800s, Ely House, at 10 Ely Place, offers one of the most exclusive locations in Dublin 2, just off St Stephens Green. This beautiful restoration has succeeded in retaining the original features including the sash windows & ceiling roses, whilst catering for the modern needs of business.
For many years, world-renowned Chinese-Irish designer John Rocha once based his business out of this building. As a nod of respect to John Rocha and his beautiful design work, the main meeting room at Ely House is named The Rocha. It is also the very room where his office was based and where every one of his designs was brought to life.
Ely House has also retained the two purposes build vault rooms with original vault doors that were installed in the building by the La Touche banking family, the original occupiers of the building.
Find out more about the workspaceIn 1854 Hans Henry Hamilton took out a lease for the site of 28 Fitzwilliam Place and commissioned Deane and Woodward to design the elegant Victorian Gothic Revival style house. Hamilton’s initials – HH - were built into the brickwork on the side of the house and remain visible to this day.
When Hamilton died in 1875, the property was sold to Christopher Palles (Chief Baron of the Exchequer), who was a devout Roman Catholic and in 1878 he commissioned George Ashlin to design the chapel to the rear – where some of the original stained-glass windows can still be found. Over the years, 28 Fitzwilliam Place moved from residential to office use and in 2007 underwent a huge renovation, opening its doors as “Hamilton House” in late 2008.
Find out more about this workspaceLocated on the threshold of Dublin's historic Docklands, Glandore’s Bottleworks was sensitively designed by renowned architect Henry JJ Lyons. Replacing a derelict factory with 3500m2 of light-filled workspace, the design navigates the confined urban site to maximise daylight with beautifully landscaped internal courtyards.
Find out more about this workspaceNo. 40 Merrion Square has a rich history of being used for medical purposes. From 1914 - 1918, No. 40 housed the Irish War Hospital Supply Depot – the First World War medical supply organisation, which provided the war effort with vital hospital equipment including splints, crutches and surgical supplies.
During Easter Week 1916, it was transformed into an Emergency Field Hospital led by Dr. Ella Webb, the most senior female volunteer with St. John Ambulance at the time, and a pioneering Irish female pediatrician.
Find out more about the workspace6 Northbrook Road was previously known as St. Anne's Hospital, Northbrook Road (founded 1899). St. Anne's was Ireland's first dedicated cancer hospital under the care of the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul.
The hospital closed on the 19th of December 1997 and since then has been converted into office space retaining a lot of its original features throughout.
Find out more about this workspaceBuilt-in 1840, Charlotte House was once the town’s main Post Office and the birthplace of famed Crystallographer Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, the first woman elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1945.
Today, after a 5-year renovation project, Charlotte House is the home to Newbridge Business Centre (NBC) - a state-of-the-art co-working & digital hub. NBC is a fully serviced facility providing professionals and businesses with ‘the third workspace solution’ bridging the gap between working from home and the office.
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