The Wide Streets Commission was established by an Act of Parliament in 1758, at the request of Dublin Corporation, as a body to govern standards on the layout of streets, bridges, buildings and other architectural considerations in Dublin. The commission was abolished by the Dublin Improvement Act of 1849, with the final meeting of the Commission taking place on 2 January 1851.
Sackville Street (as represented in this mid-18th century etching) was created by demolishing the buildings on the western side of Drogheda Street
Dublin is the capital and largest city of Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2022 census, the city council area had a population of 592,713, while Dublin City and its suburbs had a population of 1,263,219, and County Dublin had a population of 1,501,500.
Image: Samuel Beckett Bridge At Sunset Dublin Ireland (97037639) (cropped)
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Image: Goerge Salmon Trinity College Dublin
Image: O'Connell Bridge (25748548914)