George's Dock, Dublin
{{Short description|Georgian canal dock in Dublin, Ireland}}
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{{Use Irish English|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox historic site
|name=George's Dock
|native_name= Duga Sheoirse
|native_language=ga
|image=File:CHQ TobaccoStore Map1840.jpg
|caption=Map of the original dock area in 1840
|coordinates={{coord|53.3496|N|6.2476|W|display=title}}
|gbgridref=
|location=Dublin
|built=1821
|built_for=
|demolished=
|locmapin=Ireland Central Dublin
|architect=John Rennie the Elder
John Rennie the Younger
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George's Dock ({{Irish place name|Duga Sheoirse}}){{Cite web |title=Duga Sheoirse / George's Dock |url=https://www.logainm.ie/en/1381808 |access-date=9 August 2018 |publisher=Irish Placenames Commission}} is a Georgian dock in the Docklands area of Dublin forming part of the International Financial Services Centre.
History
Located near the Custom House,{{Cite web |title=History - The Port - Dublin Docklands |url=http://www.dublindocklands.ie/index.jsp?a=81&n=113&p=629 |access-date=2016-09-11 |publisher=Dublindocklands.ie}} the dock was originally built in 1821 as a working maritime dock and was named for George IV of the United Kingdom.{{Cite web |title=History - The Custom House Docks - George's Dock |url=http://www.turtlebunbury.com/published/published_books/docklands/custom_house_docks/pub_books_docklands_chq_docks.html |access-date=2016-09-11 |publisher=Turtle Bunbury}} The Inner Dock (previously Revenue Dock), was constructed a few years later in 1824 following the death of John Rennie the Elder and was completed by his son, John Rennie the Younger.{{Cite web |title=Inner Dock, George's Dock, Dublin 1, DUBLIN |url=https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/50010007/inner-dock-georges-dock-dublin-1-dublin-city |access-date=16 December 2021 |website=buildingsofireland.ie}}
Along with the old Custom House Dock, designed by James Gandon in 1796, the three docks and the various warehouses formed what was later known as the Custom House Docks.{{Cite web |title=History of Port |url=https://www.dublinport.ie/about-dublin-port/history-of-port/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |website=Dublin Port}} The Old Dock was infilled in 1927 with many of the store buildings and the swing bridge across the inlet removed to make way for an extension of Amiens Street and Beresford Place through to Custom House Quay, thus creating a new stretch of road now known as Memorial Road.{{Cite book |last=Casey |first=Christine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQzYxvX_U8MC&q=custom+house&pg=PA444 |title=Dublin: The City Within the Grand and Royal Canals and the Circular Road with the Phoenix Park |date=1 January 2005 |publisher=Yale University Press |isbn=0-300-10923-7 |language=en |access-date=16 November 2022}} It would later link to Talbot Memorial Bridge in 1978.{{Cite web |title=John Rennie - The Dublin Custom House Docks and Stores |url=https://rbt.org.uk/john-rennie/projects/the-dublin-custom-house-docks-and-stores/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |website=The Rochester Bridge Trust}}
As with other public spaces within the Docklands, George's Dock was redeveloped during the 1980s and 1990s with elements of the Custom House Harbour apartment complex being constructed on a new island within the Inner Dock.{{Cite web |title=Custom House Docks Regeneration |url=https://www.rte.ie/archives/2016/1109/830351-custom-house-docks/ |access-date=20 December 2021 |website=RTÉ Archives |language=en}}
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Alternative uses
File:Customhouse Harbour, facing west.jpg
George's Dock has been used by Dublin City Council as an event space including for the annual Dublin Oktoberfest festival and the showing of sporting and live music events.{{Cite web |title=George's Dock Platform - Dublin Docklands |url=http://www.dublindocklands.ie/index.jsp?p=744&n=746 |access-date=2016-09-11 |publisher=DublinDocklands.ie}}
In 2021, controversial plans to convert the dock into a white water rafting facility were postponed after a Dublin City Council vote.{{Cite web |last=Coyle |first=Colin |date=29 November 2023 |title=If we build this Dublin white-water rafting facility for €25m, will they come? |url=https://www.thetimes.com/world/ireland-world/article/if-we-build-this-dublin-white-water-rafting-facility-for-25m-will-they-come-v2vkwr3pk |website=TheTimes.co.uk}}{{Cite news |last=O'Loughlin |first=Ciara |date=6 December 2021 |title=Controversial white water rafting facility on Dublin's George's Dock has been shelved |language=en |work=Irish Independent |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/controversial-white-water-rafting-facility-on-dublins-georges-dock-has-been-shelved-41122112.html |access-date=26 February 2022}}{{Cite web |last=Maguire |first=Mairead |date=21 August 2023 |title=Development at 'white water rafting' site at stalemate as council 'in limbo' |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/georges-dock-development-white-water-rafting-lido-dublin-docklands-dublin-city-council-6143565-Aug2023/ |website=TheJournal.ie}}
Transport hub
From a transport perspective, the George's Dock Luas stop is served by the Luas Red Line which runs from Tallaght to Connolly and from Busáras to Point Village (3Arena). Dublin Bus serves nearby North Wall Quay and East Wall Road with routes 33d, 33x, 53a, 74, 74a, 90, 142, 151 and the 747 Airlink service to Dublin Airport. The Red Line extension opened on 9 December 2009.{{Cite news |last=O'Brien |first=Tim |date=9 December 2009 |title=New Luas extension through Docklands opens |work=The Irish Times |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/new-luas-extension-through-docklands-opens-1.786542 |url-status=live |url-access=subscription |access-date=5 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210628193221/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/new-luas-extension-through-docklands-opens-1.786542?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Fnew-luas-extension-through-docklands-opens-1.786542 |archive-date=28 June 2021}}
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