Leinster House

Leinster House is the seat of the Oireachtas, the parliament of . Originally, it was the ducal palace of the Dukes of Leinster. Since 1922, it has been a complex of buildings which houses Oireachtas Éireann, its members and staff.
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  • Opening hours: Monday—Friday 10:30 AM—3:30 PM
  • Type: Public building
  • Description: building housing the parliament of Ireland
  • Address: Kildare Street, Dublin, D02 XR20

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Library of Ireland and National Museum of Ireland – Natural History.

Library
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The is 's national library located in , in a building designed by Thomas Newenham Deane. The mission of the is "To collect, preserve, promote and make accessible the documentary and… is situated 110 metres north of Leinster House.

Museum
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The , sometimes called the Dead Zoo, a branch of the , is housed on Merrion Street in , .

Government building
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is a large Edwardian building enclosing a quadrangle on Merrion Street in Dublin, Ireland, in which several key offices of the Government of Ireland are located. Among the offices of State located in the building are:… is situated 120 metres south of Leinster House.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Temple Bar and International Financial Services Centre.

Quarter
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Dublin is the capital city of Ireland. Its vibrancy, nightlife and tourist attractions are world renowned and it's the most popular entry point for international visitors to Ireland.

Quarter
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The is an area of central Dublin and part of the CBD established in the 1980s as an urban regeneration area and special economic zone on the derelict state-owned former port authority lands of the reclaimed and areas of the .

Suburb
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is an area east of the inner north side of Dublin, along the where it forms one of the Dublin quays. The name refers to the North Bull Wall, which was constructed to form Dublin Port, extend the Liffey estuary and reclaim land at various stages from the early 1700s until its final completion around 1825.

Leinster House

Latitude
53.34019° or 53° 20′ 25″ north
Longitude
-6.25419° or 6° 15′ 15″ west
Elevation
17 metres (56 feet)
Operator
Oireachtas
Open location code
9C5M8PRW+38
Open­Street­Map ID
way 231082843
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­public
Open­Street­Map feature
office=­government
Geo­Names ID
6949200
Wiki­data ID
Q247595
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“Leinster House” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لينستر هاوس”
  • Basque: “Leinster etxea”
  • Basque: “Leinster House”
  • Belarusian: “Ленстэр-хаус”
  • Catalan: “Leinster House”
  • Chinese: “伦斯特府”
  • Chinese: “利揚堂”
  • Danish: “Leinster House”
  • Dutch: “Leinster House”
  • Estonian: “Leinster House”
  • French: “Leinster House”
  • German: “Kildare House”
  • German: “Leinster House”
  • Hebrew: “בית ליינסטר”
  • Irish: “Teach Laighean”
  • Irish: “Tigh Laighean”
  • Italian: “Leinster House”
  • Japanese: “レンスター・ハウス”
  • Latvian: “Leinstera ēka”
  • Latvian: “Lenstera ēka”
  • Latvian: “Lensteras ēka”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Leinster House”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Leinster House”
  • Norwegian: “Teach Laighean”
  • Polish: “Leinster House”
  • Portuguese: “Leinster House”
  • Portuguese: “Teach Laighean”
  • Romanian: “Casa Leinster”
  • Romanian: “Leinster House”
  • Russian: “Лейнстер-хаус”
  • Russian: “Ленстер Хаус”
  • Russian: “Ленстер-хаус”
  • Scots: “Leinster House”
  • Slovenian: “Leinster House”
  • Spanish: “Casa de Leinster”
  • Spanish: “Leinster House”
  • Swedish: “Leinster House”
  • Ukrainian: “Ленстер-хаус”
  • Urdu: “لینسٹر ہاؤس”
  • Welsh: “Leinster House”
  • Welsh: “Teach Laighean”
  • Welsh: “Ty Leinster”
  • Welsh: “Tŷ Leinster”
  • Yue Chinese: “利揚堂”

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