A view of the round tower of Michael of Pole in the city of Dublin

Title: A view of the round tower of Michael of Pole in the city of Dublin
Creator/author/artist of the original item: Beranger, Gabriel, ca.1729-1817
Date: ca. 1780-1800
Description: A view of the round tower of St Michael le Pole and a schoolhouse in the area of Chancery Lane/Ship Street, Dublin. Two headstones depicted in centre foreground, while in the foreground to the left, a man leaning on a stick looks towards the buildings.

The rectangular structure is a schoolhouse which was built on the site of an earlier church on the condition that the tower was not to be pulled down The tower was so badly damaged by a storm in 1775 that it had to be demolished the following year.
Place: Dublin, Ireland
Source Citation: Beranger, Gabriel. RIA MS 3 C 32/9A View of the Round Tower of Michael of Pole in the City of Dublin [...]. 2020. https://repository.dri.ie/objects/5q485775h/doi/5q485775h.
Citation URL: Digital Repository of Ireland
Rights / License: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License

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