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The Bulletin
Fix this text“The Bulletin,” Vol. 65.— No. 3359
Fix this textWednesday, June 28, 1944
Fix this textPrice 6d.
Fix this textRegistered at the General Post Office, Sydney, N.S.W., Australia, for Transmission by Post as a Newspaocr.
Fix this textJeppelts
Fix this textDUBLIN'S CUSTOMS HOUSE.
Fix this textOTANDING an North Wall of the famed and beautiful Liffey,
Fix this text'‘-•''which flows directly through Dublin, is this great square
Fix this textCustoms House, opened in 1791 and erected at a cost of £400,000.
Fix this textThere was strong public opposition, mainly for political reasons,
Fix this textto the erection of this building, but, under the leadership of the
Fix this textenergetic and enterprising Right Hon. John Beresford, the work
Fix this textwas commenced in 1781,
Fix this textAn outstanding feature of this building is its central dome sur-
Fix this textmounted by a statue symbolic of that great Irish characteristic,
Fix this textHope. With this and several other noble buildings—mainly the
Fix this textcreation of the eighteenth century—modern Dublin is, rather than
Fix this texta city of trade, an administrative and cultural centre. The public
Fix this textbuildings of Dublin which rival this Customs House in elegance
Fix this textof architecture are the Bank of Ireland, once the House of Parlia-
Fix this textment ; St. Patrick’s Cathedral, and,* above all, Trinity College, which
Fix this textis an honor not only to Ireland but to Great Britain. Like every
Fix this textother great city, Dublin has those quarters through which a tour
Fix this textis as interesting as one through the East End of London. Wherever
Fix this textthe visitor goes in Dublin, the happy buoyant disposition of the
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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