County Hall ( ga, Halla an Chontae, Dún Laoghaire) is a municipal facility in Marine Road,

Dún Laoghaire Dún Laoghaire ( , ) is a suburban coastal town in Dublin in Ireland. It is the administrative centre of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown. The town was built following the 1816 legislation that allowed the building of a major port to serve Dubli ...

in the county of

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown ( ga, Dún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is part of the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three s ...

, Ireland.

History

The building, which was designed by John Loftus Robinson in the Lombard Romanesque style, was completed in 1879. It was intended to contain the local municipal offices, a public hall and a large courthouse under one roof and went on to become the home of the

Corporation of Dún Laoghaire A corporation is an organization—usually a group of people or a company—authorized by the State (polity), state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law "born out of statute"; a legal person in legal ...

on its formation in 1930. It was extensively refurbished in 1990 and, following the implementation of the

Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 The Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 was an Act passed by the Oireachtas. It abolished the County Dublin and awarded county status to: * Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown and established Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council, * South Dublin and est ...

, it became the headquarters of

Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council ( ga, Comhairle Contae Dhún Laoghaire–Ráth an Dúin) is the authority responsible for local government in the county of Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown, Ireland. It is one of three local authorities that s ...

. Subsequently renamed County Hall, it benefited from a further refurbishment at a cost of €3 million in 2017.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:County Hall, Dún Laoghaire Buildings and structures in Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown