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The middle of the square is composed of a private park, which for more than 200 years has been accessible only to keyholders, mostly the residents and owners of the 69 houses on the square, some of whom pay almost €1,000 a year for the privilege. Fitzwilliam Square East makes up part of Dublin's
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of 1920. As independence from the United Kingdom arrived and during a broader period of renaming prominent streets in the city, a proposal was considered in 1921 to rename the square after
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were granted permission to demolish five early 19th-century houses on the edge of the square, with plans to construct a modern office block on the site. The plans were later dropped.
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An Act for inclosing, lighting and improving Fitzwilliam Square, in the County of the City of Dublin.
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lived at number 18, on the southside of the square, from 1930 onwards.
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Fitzwilliam Square is located in Central Dublin
Irish
Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam
Dublin
Ireland
D02
53°20′07″N 6°15′07″W / 53.3354°N 6.2520°W / 53.3354; -6.2520
Irish
Georgian
garden square
Dublin
Ireland
Georgian mile
Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam
Acts of Union
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title
Citation
53 Geo. 3
Royal assent
Text of statute as originally enacted
act of Parliament
53 Geo. 3
Merrion Square
Irish Social Season
Saint Patrick's Day
Bloody Sunday
Oliver Plunkett
Thomas O'Shaughnessy

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