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incoming ships. The port at Essex Bridge was regularly jammed with ships trying to enter and leave the small, shallow space, resulting in a situation whereby fewer than one in four ships arriving into the city chose to continue onwards from the mouth of Dublin Bay to Custom House Quay. The increase in the size of ships meant they were often even unable to approach the newer wharfs further down the river nearer the sea, and instead would lay at anchor in the bay a mile below
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some of its most remark-able Natural Curiosities, such as Salmon-Leaps, Water-Falls, Cascades, Glynns, Lakes, &c With a more particular Description of the Giant's Cause-way in the North; and of the celebrated Lake of Killarney in the South of Ireland; taken from an attentive Survey and Examination of the Originals. Collected in a Tour Through the Kingdom in the Year 1764 And ornamented with Plans of the principal Originals, engraved from Drawings taken on the Spot
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House, and to remove goods from the area to their desired location away from the river. The quays were not solidly built or properly maintained at this point, and carriages and horses caused not only congestion but also actual damage to the quays. The tides themselves also presented a variety of problems, in that
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who complained that it would still leave little room for shipping and was being built on what at the time was made up of low-lying sandbanks and marshland. Temple Bar merchants and traders also voiced huge opposition to the move, as it would completely shift the economic focus of the city away to the
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on which smaller vessels could become stuck. As the tonnage of shipping increased over time, the navigational problems became even more pronounced. Another issue was the increasing congestion in Dublin's narrow medieval streets which made it difficult for merchants to get goods onboard at the Custom
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in which numerous vessels can be seen lining Custom House Quay, and the entirety of the river eastwards. Goods from merchant vessels were offloaded with cranes and processed on the quay, with warehouses built behind and adjacent to the building to store them. Shops, taverns, coffee houses, printers,
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concluded that, given the choice between repairing and refurbishing the present Custom House and building a new one for the city and port of Dublin, it would be better to build one in a new location. The council, after much deliberation and the interviewing of witnesses, concluded that "The present
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to be transported by them further upstream, or to wait for a tide sufficient to carry the ship (often against the prevailing western wind) upriver to the congested space beside Essex Bridge at Capel Street where the number of ships already lying alongside the quay dictated the turn-around times for
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Hibernia Curiosa: A Letter from a Gentleman in Dublin to his Friend at Dover in Kent, Giving a general View of the Manners, Customs, Dispositions, &c. of the Inhabitants of Ireland. With occasional Observations on the State of Trade and Agriculture in that Kingdom. And including an Account of
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Bush was critical of the standard of accommodation for people visiting Dublin, stating that "There is absolutely not one good inn in the town, not one, upon my honour, in which an Englishman of any sense of decency would be satisfied with his quarters, and not above two or three in the whole city
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on 23 July 1803. As part of Emmet's plan, three hundred men were to have gathered at the Custom House, with instructions to seize the gates and prevent reinforcements from getting through to relieve the other areas of the city targeted as part of the coup d'état, but the rebellion was aborted.
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In the 1770s, the suitability of the site began to come into question, with merchants complaining of the amount of shipping traffic on the river, the shallowness of the water, the inability of larger vessels to reach the Custom House, and the presence of a large mass of hidden rock known as
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where their cargo would be transferred to shore with great difficulty and at great expense. Even then the cargo had reached only the end of a long spit of land, separated from Dublin by a mile of strand covered at high tide, and much further away by the dry land route.
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Remedial works continued to be carried out to maintain the operability of the site as a quay, and in the year 1774 alone, 308 tons of stones from the shoals were dredged from the river in front of the Custom House in an attempt to deepen the channel.
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Prior to the construction of Burgh's Custom House, various earlier trade halls and customs houses existed in Dublin with a similar purpose although Burgh's custom house was the first large-scale dedicated building to be constructed.
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In 1773 it was found that the upper floors of the building were structurally unsound which would require the construction of additional warehouses on Essex Street West. A report prepared for the
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with designs submitted by Benjamin Eaton to this effect, however, nothing came of this. The site was also considered in the late 1700s as a potential premises for the headquarters of the
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As of 2024, the site of the original building is now largely occupied by the Clarence Hotel, built in 1852, the former Dollard's printing house (1885) and the Workman's Club (1815).
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For much of the 18th century, Essex Bridge was the most westerly bridge on the River Liffey, and the furthest point upriver to which tall-masted merchant ships could navigate.
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storey added in 1706-07 a few years after its initial construction. It was built with an arcaded ground floor with a rusticated granite front and the roof had a grand
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in the area from the seventeenth century onwards allowed for the eventual construction of a new Custom House in 1704-06 on what was already then known as
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The building was accessible via steps from Essex Bridge, and an archway leading to and from Essex Street to the south. Its principal entrances were in
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The River Liffey at Grattan Bridge circa 1898, showing the limited area in which the ships would have been able to berth in front of the Custom House
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In July 1886, while excavations were being made for the foundation of the premises of Messrs. Dollard and Company (the site of the modern-day
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east, and would lessen the value of their properties while making the property owners to the east wealthier. In 1781, Beresford appointed
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encouraged "to stay at one of the coffee-houses in Essex Street, by the Custom House" after their 10-12 hour journey across the
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In 1764, John Bush, an English traveller, visited Dublin and had the following to say about the state of trade on the river:
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From 1798, the structurally unsound building partially operated as a temporary barracks until around the end of the
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In 1797, the site of the original Custom House was earmarked as a possible site for a replacement for Dublin's
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publishers, theatres and brothels proliferated in the area with the increase of trade and mercantile activity.
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The Custom House became a focal point of commercial and leisure activity in Dublin, with visitors from
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Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park
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The building began to be used as a temporary barracks from 1798 until around the end of the
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that he could bear to be in". The best he found were near the Custom House, and advised:
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Merchant ships arriving into Dublin had the choice whether to unload their goods onto
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in 1815. In the early nineteenth century, the original Custom House Quay was renamed
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eaves-cornice. Historian Samuel A. Ossory Fitzpatrick described the building thus:
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A Prospect of the Custom House, and Essex Bridge, Dublin from a c 1753 engraving by
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at the bar of Dublin occurred 45 minutes before its arrival at the Custom House at
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The building's main function was transferred to the significantly grander new
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began in 1781, and was completed and opened for business on 7 November 1791.
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location is inconvenient to trade and prejudicial to His Majesty's revenue".
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The building was 200 feet long and three storeys in height with a fourth
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in forming a plan to blow it up or seize it as part of the attempted
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showing the custom house on the far side of the river circa 1790.
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Looking south towards the site of the building in 2023 from the
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was a large brick and limestone building located at present-day
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Demolished buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland
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and was said to be Dublin's first dedicated office building.
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there. The importance of the position, may have influenced
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Index


Joseph Tudor
Dublin
53°20′43″N 6°16′01″W / 53.345402°N 6.267017°W / 53.345402; -6.267017
Thomas Burgh
Wellington Quay
custom house
Revenue Commissioners
Wide Streets Commission
Custom House
Napoleonic Wars
Wellington Quay
the 1st Duke of Wellington
Wood Quay
Winetavern Street
Dublin gunpowder explosion
James VI and I
Essex Gate
Crampton Court
Dame Street
River Liffey
William Conolly
Thomas Burgh
Essex Bridge
city walls of Dublin
lighters
gabbards
Ringsend

Great Britain

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