General Post Office, Dublin

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government building national monument post office building tourist attraction

The General Post Office in Dublin is a landmark 19th-century neoclassical building on O’Connell Street, best known as the headquarters of the 1916 Easter Rising and a powerful symbol of Irish nationalism.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form	Occurrences
General Post Office	2
General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	government building ⓘ national monument ⓘ post office building ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ
architect	Francis Johnston ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Irish nationalism ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Dublin ⓘ Easter Rising sites ⓘ Neoclassical architecture in Ireland ⓘ
city	Dublin ⓘ
completionDate	1818 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1814 ⓘ
coordinates	53.349°N 6.260°W ⓘ
country	Ireland ⓘ
countryCapital	Dublin ⓘ
damagedIn	Easter Rising ⓘ
hasArchitecturalElement	colonnade ⓘ flagpoles ⓘ pediment ⓘ
hasFacadeFeature	portico with six Ionic columns ⓘ
hasFunction	central post office for Dublin ⓘ philatelic services ⓘ retail post office ⓘ
hasMuseum	GPO Witness History Visitor Centre ⓘ
hasStatue	Fidelity statue ⓘ Hibernia statue ⓘ Mercy statue ⓘ
heritageDesignation	national monument of Ireland ⓘ protected structure ⓘ
inaugurationDate	1818 ⓘ
locatedInAdministrativeTerritorialEntity	Dublin Region ⓘ surface form: County Dublin Leinster ⓘ
location	Dublin ⓘ Dublin ⓘ surface form: Dublin city centre O’Connell Street ⓘ
material	Portland stone ⓘ
nearby	O’Connell Bridge ⓘ The Spire of Dublin ⓘ surface form: Spire of Dublin
operator	An Post ⓘ
ownedBy	An Post ⓘ
reconstructionStartDate	1920s ⓘ
reopenedAfterReconstruction	1929 ⓘ
significantEvent	1916 Easter Rising headquarters ⓘ Easter Rising ⓘ
streetAddress	O’Connell Street ⓘ surface form: O’Connell Street Lower
symbolOf	Irish independence movement ⓘ Irish nationalism ⓘ
usedAs	headquarters of the Provisional Government of the Irish Republic in 1916 ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

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Fidelity statue → associatedWith → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

GPO Witness History Visitor Centre → associatedWith → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

Hibernia statue → associatedWith → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

Dublin → hasLandmark → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office

Neoclassical architecture → hasNotableExample → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

Fidelity statue → locatedIn → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

GPO Witness History Visitor Centre → locatedIn → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office, O’Connell Street, Dublin

The Spire of Dublin → locatedNear → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

Fidelity statue → partOf → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

British Post Office → precededBy → General Post Office, Dublin ⓘ

this entity surface form: General Post Office