Oriel House, Westland Row
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South façade, Oriel House, Westland Row
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| Former names | Dunlop House |
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| Type | Offices |
| Location | Westland Row/Fenian St., Dublin |
| Owner | Trinity College, Dublin |
Oriel House, Westland Row is a building at the intersection of Westland Row and Fenian Street in Dublin. It was the headquarters of Dunlop Rubber, and the address at which a US pneumatic tyre patent was draughted in 1893 'for the wheels of Velocipedes and other Vehicles'.[1] During the Irish Civil War, it became the base for the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Irish Free State's nascent police force.[2] It was used by the Department of Lands in the late 1940s,[3] and Gaeltarra Eireann had its head office there in the 1950s.[4] Currently it is owned by Trinity College, Dublin and serves as the headquarters for both CTVR, The Telecommunications Research Centre, and CONNECT, the SFI Research Centre for Future Networks & Communications.[5]
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