the central hall of George III., of Grattan (a superb
work by Sir Francis Chantry), of Daniel O'Connell, and of Thomas
Drummond by John Hogan and several others.

Bank of Ireland.

The Bank of Ireland (see ARCHITECTURE, fig. 85) occupies five acres, and
was formerly the House of Parliament. There are three fronts; the
principal, towards College Green, is a colonnade of the Ionic order,
with facade and two projecting wings; it connects with the western
portico by a colonnade of the same order, forming the quadrant of a
circle. The eastern front, which was the entrance of the House of Lords,
is, by their special wish, of the Corinthian order, made conformable
with the rest of the building not without difficulty to the architect.
The House of Lords contains tapestry dating from 1733, and remains in
its original condition, but the octagonal House of Commons was
demolished by the bank directors, and replaced with a cash-office. The
building was begun in 1729, but the fronts date from the end of the
century; the remodelling took place in 1803.

Trinity College.

Trinity College, or Dublin University, fronts the street with a
Palladian facade (1759), with two good statues by Foley, of Goldsmith
and Burke. Above the gateway is a hall called the Regent House. The
first quadrangle, Parliament Square, contains the chapel (1798), with a
Corinthian portico, the public theatre or examination hall (1787),
containing portraits of Queen Elizabeth, Molyneux, Burke, Bishop
Berkeley and other celebrities, and the wain-scotted dining hall, also
containing portraits. A beautiful modern campanile (1853), erected by
Lord John George Beresford, archbishop of Armagh and chancellor of the
university, occupies the centre of the square. Library Square takes its
name from the library, which is one of the four scheduled in the
Copyright Act as entitled to receive a copy of every volume published in
the United Kingdom. There is a notable collection of early Irish
manuscripts, including the magnificently ornamented Book of Kells,
containing the gospels. The building was begun in 1712. In this square
are the oldest buildings of the foundation, dating in part from the
close of the 17th century, and the modern Graduates' Memorial buildings
(1904). These contain a theatre, library and reading-room, the rooms of
the college societies and others. The schools form a fine modern pile
(1856), and other buildings are the provost's house (1760), print