30 Frederick Street North, Dublin 1

30 Frederick Street North, Dublin 1

Designed by architect Michael Fredrick Trench c.1793 the house is a protected structure now derelict for over 20 years. Believed to be an IRA safehouse during the war of independence where Michael Collins stayed.

The house was bought in the late 19th century by Cathal McGarvey, who wrote the ballad Star of the County Down. He ran the building as a guesthouse and social club, An Stad, and it was a popular meeting place for the Irish nationalist and cultural movements, with James Joyce, Major John MacBride, Oliver St John Gogarty, GAA founder Michael Cusack and Michael Collins recorded among its visitors. The An Stad sign was later moved to another building.

 

2nd building from the front right 1900-1940