suffolk street

From Suffolk Street, stroll down Trinity Street which brings you to College Green. Across Dame Street you will see the curved colonnaded front of an impressive granite building that once housed the Irish Parliament. When it was built in 1720 it was the world's first purpose built Parliament building and you will notice that there are no windows in the front portico to avoid distractions when Parliament was in session. In 1800 the Parliament took the unusual step of voting itself out of existence in the Act of Union with the British Parliament. The building was then bought by the Barnk of Ireland which owns it today. Among its many treasures are its magnificent Irish oak woodwork a coffered ceiling, and an elaborate Irish crystal chandelier dating from 1765.