County Hall () is a municipal building in

Swords A sword is an edged, bladed weapon intended for manual cutting or thrusting. Its blade, longer than a knife or dagger, is attached to a hilt and can be straight or curved. A thrusting sword tends to have a straighter blade with a pointed ti ...

in the county of

Fingal Fingal ( ; ) is a Counties of Ireland, county in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster and is part of the Eastern and Midland Region. It is one of three successor counties to County Dublin, which ...

, Ireland.

History

Following the implementation of the

Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 The Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993 was an Act passed by the Oireachtas The Oireachtas ( ; ), sometimes referred to as Oireachtas Éireann, is the Bicameralism, bicameral parliament of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The Oireachtas consi ...

, which created Fingal County Council, the county council initially met at the former offices of the abolished

Dublin County Council Dublin County Council () was a local authority for the administrative county of County Dublin in Ireland. History The county council was established on 1 April 1899 under the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 for the administrative count ...

, an office block at 46-49

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. The new building, which was designed by Bucholz & McEvoy in association with the Building Design Partnership, was purpose-built for the county council and completed in 2000. It has full-length glass wall engineered by RFR, a French firm who also carried out the engineering for the

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. There is a 150-year-old Himalayan Cedar tree growing in the centre of the building.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:County Hall, Swords Buildings and structures in Fingal

Fingal County Council