| 1710/00/00 |
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The Mansion House is built for merchant and property developer Joshua Dawson. |
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| 1715/04/25 |
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Dublin Corp buys the house as the official residence of the Lord Mayor and agreed to pay Dawson a yearly rent of 40 shillings and a 6 lbs loaf of double-refined sugar each Christmas. Dawson agrees to build a reception room, the wood-panelled Oak Room. |
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| 1715/12/26 |
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The Lord Mayor's Ball is held in the Oak Room on St Stephens night. The principal invited guests are the citys 24 Aldermen and their wives. Proceeds support poor boys at the Blue Coat School in Blackhall Place. |
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| 1821/00/00 |
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The Round Room is built in preparation for a vist by King George IV, King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
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| 1821/08/00 |
George IV of England |
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King George IV is received at the Mansion House during a state visit to Dublin. |
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| 1891/00/00 |
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Lord Mayor's Banqueting Hall also known as the Supper Room, the third built on the site, is built on a budget of 1,500 pounds. |
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| 1900/00/00 |
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The metal portico over the main door is added for the visit of Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. |
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| 1900/04/03 |
Queen Victoria of England |
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Queen Victoria makes a state visit to Ireland, which is believed to be a recruitment tool for the Boer War in South Africa. |
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| 1918/00/00 |
Michael Collins (Irish leader) |
Rebel |
Michael Collins poses as a janitor by sweeping the floor of the Round Room and successfully duping the British Army who were there specifically to arrest him but failed to recognize him. |
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| 1919/00/00 |
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In the Round Room, the first Dail Eireann is held: Making the first parliamentary move for home rule. Seventy of the elected Irish representatives do not attend West Minister but pledge to the First Irish parliamentary meeting ever held in Ireland. |
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| 1922/01/07 |
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The Anglo-Irish Treaty is ratified in the Round Room at Mansion House, Dublin. The ratification ends the Anglo Irish War, declares Ireland as a Free State and causes the Civil War. |
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Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921 |
| 1961/06/10 |
Grace Kelly |
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From the Round Room, Princess Grace of Monaco presents various charities with 700 punts before a four-day private holiday in the west to visit her ancestral homeland of Co Mayo. |
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| 2000/03/18 |
U2 |
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The members of U2 - Bono, the Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton, and their then manager, Paul McGuinness became freemen of Dublin in a ceremony in The Round Room. |
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| 2000/03/18 |
Bono |
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The members of U2 - Bono, the Edge, Larry Mullen and Adam Clayton, and their then manager, Paul McGuinness became freemen of Dublin in a ceremony in The Round Room. |
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| 2005/00/00 |
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The Supper Room becomes Fire Restaurant and Lounge, whilst the building itself remains in the care of the state, and the Lord Mayor is still in residence in the Mansion House and often comes to dine in The Supper Room. |
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