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Embassy of the United Kingdom, Dublin

Coordinates: 53°19′30″N 6°13′26″W / 53.3251°N 6.2238°W / 53.3251; -6.2238
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Embassy of the United Kingdom, Dublin
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LocationRepublic of Ireland Ballsbridge, Dublin
Address29 Merrion Road,
Ballsbridge,
Dublin 4,
Ireland
Coordinates53°19′30″N 6°13′26″W / 53.3251°N 6.2238°W / 53.3251; -6.2238
AmbassadorDominick Chilcott
WebsiteBritish Embassy, Dublin

The Embassy of the United Kingdom in Dublin is the chief diplomatic mission of the United Kingdom in Ireland. The Embassy is located on Merrion Road in the Ballsbridge area of the city. The current British Ambassador to Ireland is Dominick Chilcott.[1]

History

British Ambassador's residence, Glencairn House

The current embassy building on Merrion Road was built in 1995 and designed by Allies and Morrison. It is built around a central courtyard, a cloister-like space.[2]

The old embassy located in Merrion Square was burnt to the ground by a 20,000-30,000 strong angry mob on 2 February 1972, following the Bloody Sunday incident in Derry on 30 January 1972 when the British Army's Parachute Regiment shot dead 14 unarmed Catholic civilians during a civil rights demonstration.[3] In 1981 protesters tried to storm the British Embassy in response to the IRA hunger strikes of that year.[4]

Ambassador's residence

The British Ambassador's official residence in Dublin is Glencairn House, located on Murphystown Road. Glencairn has been the official residence of successive British Ambassadors to Ireland since the 1950s.

See also

References

  1. ^ "British Embassy Dublin". FCO.gov.uk. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  2. ^ "1995 – United Kingdom Embassy, Merrion Road, Dublin". http://archiseek.com/. Retrieved 15 March 2015. {{cite web}}: External link in |website= (help)
  3. ^ "1972: British embassy in Dublin destroyed". BBC On This Day. Retrieved 15 March 2015.
  4. ^ "The Hunger Strike of 1981 – A Chronology of Main Events". CAIN. Archived from the original on 31 May 2007. Retrieved 26 May 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
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