Fitzwilliam Square is a small but historic Georgian square in the south of central Dublin, Ireland. Georgian architecture is the name given in most English -speaking countries to the set of Architectural styles current between 1720 and 1840 Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world It was the last of the five Georgian squares in Dublin to be built.
The square was developed by Richard FitzWilliam, 7th Viscount FitzWilliam, hence the name. Richard FitzWilliam 7th Viscount FitzWilliam (1 August 1745 – 4 February 1816 was an Irish Viscount in the FitzWilliam family who was a Benefactor It was designed from 1789 and laid out in 1792. The centre of the square was enclosed in 1813 through an Act of parliament. To the north is the much larger Merrion Square, with which Richard FitzWilliam was also involved. Merrion Square ( Cearnóg Mhuirfean in Irish) is situated on the south side of Dublin city centre and is considered one of the city's finest Georgian The square was a popular place for the Irish Social Season of aristocrats entertaining in Dublin between January and Saint Patrick's Day each year. The Irish Social Season was a period of aristocratic entertainment and social functions that stretched from January to St Saint Patrick's Day (Lá ’le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig) colloquially St
Shootings took place in the square during Bloody Sunday of 1920. Bloody Sunday was a day of violence on 21 November 1920 in Dublin, during the Irish War of Independence ( 1919 - 1921) Sir Thomas O'Shaughnessy (1850–1933), the last Recorder of Dublin, lived in Fitzwilliam Square and died here on 7 March 1933. Sir Thomas O'Shaughnessy (1850–1933 was the last Recorder of Dublin in Ireland. The Recorder of Dublin was a Judicial position in Dublin, Ireland. In the 1960s, around twenty houses in the square were demolished to build a new headquarters for the Electricity Supply Board. The Electricity Supply Board (ESB (Bord Soláthair an Leictreachais (sometimes called ESB Ireland to differentiate it from US utilities is a semi-state electricity Apart from this, much of the square is as it was originally.
The N11 road passes through the west side of the square on its way into central Dublin.
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- Irish architecture information (including photographs of doorways)
- DublinTourist.com information
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