Four Courts, Dublin

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courthouse complex neoclassical building

Four Courts, Dublin is a prominent neoclassical courthouse complex on the River Liffey that serves as the principal seat of Ireland’s superior courts.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Four Courts	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	courthouse complex ⓘ neoclassical building ⓘ
architect	James Gandon NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Cooley NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Neoclassical architecture ⓘ
associatedWith	Bar of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Law Society of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
category	Buildings and structures in Dublin ⓘ Courthouses in the Republic of Ireland ⓘ Neoclassical architecture in Ireland ⓘ
client	Government of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
constructionEndDate	1802 ⓘ
constructionStartDate	1786 ⓘ
coordinates	53.346°N 6.273°W ⓘ
country	Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedIn	Irish Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
domeCompleted	1802 ⓘ
featuredOn	Irish banknotes and stamps (various issues) ⓘ
governingBody	Courts Service of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDome	true ⓘ
hasFunction	civil justice ⓘ criminal justice (limited) ⓘ
hasLawLibrary	true ⓘ
heritageStatus	protected structure ⓘ
houses	Court of Appeal of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Dublin Circuit Court (civil business) NERFINISHED ⓘ High Court of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ Supreme Court of Ireland NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Dublin NERFINISHED ⓘ Inns Quay NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedOn	River Liffey NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	stone ⓘ
namedAfter	four courts formerly housed in the building ⓘ
near	Church Street Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ James Joyce Bridge NERFINISHED ⓘ
numberOfColumnsInPortico	8 ⓘ
originalCourtsHoused	Court of Chancery NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Common Pleas NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of Exchequer NERFINISHED ⓘ Court of King’s Bench NERFINISHED ⓘ
owner	Office of Public Works NERFINISHED ⓘ
principalFunction	seat of Ireland’s superior courts ⓘ
publicAccess	restricted ⓘ
reconstructionArchitect	Thomas Aloysius Coleman NERFINISHED ⓘ
reconstructionStartDate	1920s ⓘ
reopenedAfterReconstruction	1932 ⓘ
significantEvent	siege and explosion in June 1922 ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

James Gandon → notableWork → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ

Luas → hasStation → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Four Courts

Battle of Dublin (1922) → location → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ

this entity surface form: Four Courts

Irregulars → notableStronghold → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ

Republican forces (Irish Civil War) → significantPlace → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ

Supreme Court of the Irish Free State → hasSeatIn → Four Courts, Dublin ⓘ