THE IVEAGH MARKETS - Francis Street, Dublin.
GREAT TRADITION AND HISTORY LIES BENEATH THE ROOF OF A FANTASTIC BUILDING
WHICH STANDS ON DUBLIN'S FRANCIS STREET.
The Iveagh Markets building stands proud but tired on Dublin's Francis Street in the heart of the Liberties, today it lies closed and derelict. This building once housed a bustling markets activity of new and second hand clothing as well as a food market selling grocery and meats.
In the early 1900's the traders around St Patrick's Cathedral were in great need of a more permanent covered area to carry out their business. A charitable trust was in existence and a plan was in place to erect a covered market for these traders. This trust was part of the Guinness trust founded in 1890 by Edward Cecil Guinness 1st Earl of Iveagh and known as Lord Iveagh. The Iveagh Trust began to develop the area around the cathedral and had plans to lay out a park advanced the need to relocate the street traders, and so the plans were advanced for the Iveagh Market on Francis Street.
The Market was designed by Fredrick G. Hicks on Francis Street on the site of the former Sweetman Brewery which Guinness had acquired a few years earlier. The market continued in operation until the 1990's but has been lying empty and derelict since. But plans are a foot to redevelop the market they plan to spend €90M
WHICH STANDS ON DUBLIN'S FRANCIS STREET.
The Iveagh Markets building stands proud but tired on Dublin's Francis Street in the heart of the Liberties, today it lies closed and derelict. This building once housed a bustling markets activity of new and second hand clothing as well as a food market selling grocery and meats.
In the early 1900's the traders around St Patrick's Cathedral were in great need of a more permanent covered area to carry out their business. A charitable trust was in existence and a plan was in place to erect a covered market for these traders. This trust was part of the Guinness trust founded in 1890 by Edward Cecil Guinness 1st Earl of Iveagh and known as Lord Iveagh. The Iveagh Trust began to develop the area around the cathedral and had plans to lay out a park advanced the need to relocate the street traders, and so the plans were advanced for the Iveagh Market on Francis Street.
The Market was designed by Fredrick G. Hicks on Francis Street on the site of the former Sweetman Brewery which Guinness had acquired a few years earlier. The market continued in operation until the 1990's but has been lying empty and derelict since. But plans are a foot to redevelop the market they plan to spend €90M
A winking Face with smoking cap tassel dangling with long curls flow down to meet his thick moustache and long beard this keystone is said to represent Edward Cecil Guinness 1st Earl of Iveagh.
The building was split into two markets, a “dry” clothes market fronting on to Francis Street and a “wet market” to the rear, selling fish, fruit and vegetables, accessed from the entrance on John Dillon Street. There was also a laundry and delousing house in an adjoining building. The corporation, now the city council, continued to operate the market throughout the 20th century, but by the 1980s it had become very rundown. In 1993 the council announced plans for a £1.25 million refurbishment, but over the following years it became clear this sum would be inadequate.
In 1996, the council announced it was seeking a private developer to regenerate the market. The following year Mr Keane secured the tender with a 500-year lease on the building. However the development became mired in an ownership row between the corporation and the Guinness family-controlled Iveagh Trust. The dispute was not resolved until 2004. Mr Keane applied for planning permission, which was granted by An Bord Pleanála in 2007, but before he could act on it, the recession hit and lending institutions shut up shop.
“By the time we got permission, the banks, which had been very positive, had started to change their mind and then very quickly everything came to a grinding halt,” Mr Keane said.
His planning permission was due to expire in 2012, but he secured a five-year extension from the council and has been able to secure new investment for the project. However the building, which has been unoccupied for at least 15 years is now in a very poor state of repair, and the work required for its redevelopment, along with the construction of the two hotels, is extensive.
“In total,” Mr Keane said, “when the work on the plazas and new walkways is taken in, it will cost more than €80 million, nearer to the €90 million mark.”
(From The Irish Times 7th January 2015)
In 1996, the council announced it was seeking a private developer to regenerate the market. The following year Mr Keane secured the tender with a 500-year lease on the building. However the development became mired in an ownership row between the corporation and the Guinness family-controlled Iveagh Trust. The dispute was not resolved until 2004. Mr Keane applied for planning permission, which was granted by An Bord Pleanála in 2007, but before he could act on it, the recession hit and lending institutions shut up shop.
“By the time we got permission, the banks, which had been very positive, had started to change their mind and then very quickly everything came to a grinding halt,” Mr Keane said.
His planning permission was due to expire in 2012, but he secured a five-year extension from the council and has been able to secure new investment for the project. However the building, which has been unoccupied for at least 15 years is now in a very poor state of repair, and the work required for its redevelopment, along with the construction of the two hotels, is extensive.
“In total,” Mr Keane said, “when the work on the plazas and new walkways is taken in, it will cost more than €80 million, nearer to the €90 million mark.”
(From The Irish Times 7th January 2015)
Edward Cecil Guinness, 1st Earl of Iveagh (1847-1927) Brewer and philanthropist
The Faces of the world Merchant's Keystones on the front of the Building
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IVEAGH MARKETS FROM JURASSIC PARK TO CONVENT GARDENS
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