Irish Roots

Gallery

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Map of Ireland, 1797.
Library of Congress
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A View of Kilkenny by Thomas Mitchell, 1757.
The National Gallery of Ireland
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The former Glendower, Newcomen & Company Bank Building, 2007.
Picture Project/Alamy
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The Duke of Leinster's medal for drawings of "Brackets, Stairs, and Roofs, & c." awarded to James Hoban in November 1780 by the Dublin Society.
Smithsonian Institution
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View of the Church Callan, 1816. Hoban would have known well Saint Mary's Church on Green Street, a major landmark in the market town of Callan since 1460. Part of the church is still used for Anglican services.
British Library Board
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Thomas Ivory, architect and Hoban's teacher, sits at the center of a meeting discussing the new Blue Coat School, c. 1783.
Board of Governors of the King's Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, courtesy Irish Architectural Archives, with the permission of the Board of Governors of the King’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland
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The North Front of the President's House
White House Collection/White House Historical Association