The Hotel Metropole (''The Met'') was a notable landmark hotel in Dublin, Ireland. It was located next to the General Post Office building in

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. Originally four Georgian buildings, they were combined to form a unified hotel in a high-french style by architect William M. Mitchell in 1891–93. Various architectural additions and embellishments were included to make the building look more French including a

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with rounded dormer windows. This followed the style other Dublin hotels were adopting at the time including the

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and nearby the Jury's Hotel at College Green. The building was badly damaged during the

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and the remains were ultimately demolished. The hotel's owners received significant compensation following the final report of the Property Losses (Ireland) Committee.

Metropole Cinema

In 1922, a neoclassical building, designed by Aubrey V. O'Rourke, was built out of the ruins - ''The Metropole'' - and this building included a cinema and a ballroom, as well as a couple of bars and a restaurant, the Georgian Room. ''The Met'' closed on 11 March 1972 and the building was sold to

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who demolished it.

Penneys

The replacement was a modernist nondescript modern retail building constructed by G&T Crampton in 1977. As of 2022, the building houses a large

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shop.http://bridge-it.tchpc.tcd.ie/items/show/214 "The Metropole Cinema, O'Connell Street. c.1923." Lifescapes: Mapping Dublin Lives, Item #214 (Accessed August 2011)

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