The Civic Offices
building sits on Wood Quay.
The Civic Offices
building sits on Wood Quay.
Wood Quay (An Ché Adhmaid in Irish) is a riverside area of Dublin that was a site of Viking settlement. Dublin Corporation acquired Wood Quay gradually between 1950 and 1975, finally announcing that it would be the location of their new offices. Finds made during the initial excavation of the site led to a massive, but ultimately unsuccessful, public campaign to halt the development. Finds from Wood Quay are now on display in the National Museum of Ireland.
The site is now entirely occupied by Dublin City Council's Civic Offices.
Bibliography
- John Bradley, Viking Dublin Exposed: The Wood Quay Saga, O'Brien Pr, Dublin, 1984, ISBN 978-0862780661
- Clare McCutcheon, Medieval Pottery from Wood Quay, Dublin, Medieval Dublin Excavations 1962-81, Series B, vol. 7, Royal Irish Academy, Dublin, ISBN 1-904890-12-1
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