Iveagh Market, Indoor market hall in The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland.
Iveagh Market is an Edwardian-style market hall at Francis Street and John Dillon Street in The Liberties, Dublin. Frederick G. Hicks designed it, and it was built from 1902 in red Portmarnock brick with Newry granite and imported Portland stone. Its ground storey is grey rusticated stone with round-headed arches; a gabled section carries a round clock face, and a grey plaque sits between the arched and gabled parts. Inside, a dry market faced Francis Street and a wet market faced John Dillon Street.
Lord Iveagh obtained an Act of Parliament to build and gift the markets, and the site of the old Sweetman's brewery was cleared by 1900. Frederick G. Hicks designed the building, constructed from 1902 and opened in June 1906 by George William Addison as a representative of Viscount Iveagh. Dublin Corporation maintained it until closure in the 1990s.
The market's name comes from the Guinness family title: the 1st Earl of Iveagh obtained an Act of Parliament to build and gift it, on condition that Dublin Corporation run it as a public market or the title would revert to his heirs. The adjoining building held laundry, disinfecting and delousing facilities, an innovation in Dublin markets influenced by Iveagh's sponsorship of the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine in London.
The building is currently not accessible to visitors and has not been in public use since the 1990s. Extensive restoration work will be needed before it can be reopened for any future use.
The 1901 Act of Parliament that let Lord Iveagh build the markets stated that the title would revert to his heirs if Dublin Corporation stopped running them as public markets. On 8 December 2020 the 4th Earl of Iveagh sent a security team to take occupancy of the derelict site, citing that clause; Dublin City Council, Martin Keane and Lord Iveagh were still before the High Court over ownership in October 2023.
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