Dundalk Courthouse
Dundalk Courthouse
Dundalk Courthouse is located in Ireland
Dundalk Courthouse
Dundalk Courthouse
Location within Ireland
General information
Architectural styleNeoclassical style
AddressMagnet Road, Townparks, Dundalk, County Louth
CountryIreland
Coordinates54°00′17″N 6°24′04″W / 54.0046°N 6.4012°W / 54.0046; -6.4012
Completed1819
Design and construction
Architect(s)Edward Parke and John Bowden

Dundalk Courthouse is a judicial facility in Dundalk, County Louth, Ireland.

History

The courthouse, which was designed by Edward Parke and John Bowden in the neoclassical style and built in ashlar stone, was completed in 1819.[1] The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing Crowe Street; there was a short flight of steps leading up to a large hexastyle portico with fluted Doric order columns supporting a triglyphed entablature and a pediment.[1] The design was modelled on the Temple of Hephaestus in Athens.[2]

The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for Louth County Council.[3][4] Meanwhile, a home for the county officials was established at County Buildings in Crowe Street.[5] Both the county council and its officials moved to County Hall in 2000.[6] By then the courthouse had fallen into a state of disrepair and, after an extensive programme of refurbishment works, it was officially re-opened by Michael McDowell, the Minister for Justice, Equality and Reform, in March 2003.[2]

References

  1. 1 2 "Dundalk Court House, Townparks, County Louth". Buildings of Ireland. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 "Courthouse in Dundalk reopens". Irish Times. 24 February 2003. Retrieved 26 October 2019.
  3. ↑ "Louth County Committee of Agriculture (and Technical Instruction) Archives, 1901 - 1985" (PDF). Louth County Council. p. 2. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Details of Local Authorities in Ireland". 8 October 2003. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Rudd, Joy (1990). Studying Your Local Area: A Guide to Information Sources. Combat Poverty Agency. ISBN 9781871643855.
  6. ↑ "Louth County Hall Millennium Centre". Planning Architecture Design Database Ireland. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
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