Dublin's Four Courts reflected in the River Liffey.
One of the city's finest buildings the Four Courts is seen here with reflections in the River Liffey at sunset.
Dating to the end of the eighteenth century, the fine building was begun by architect Thomas Cooley who designed the Royal Exchange, which is now City Hall; it was finished by Dublin's most famous architect, James Gandon in 1784 after Cooley's death.
Gandon also designed the Custom House in Dublin.
At the centre of the building a 19.5 metre diameter round hall topped with a large dome that makes for an unmistakable presence in Dublin's skyline.
The buildings were extensively destroyed in 1922 before being brought back into use in the 1930s.
And it was here that so many of Ireland's centuries-old records were lost during the Civil War - parliamentary records, parish and civil records and more. This is why it is so hard to trace Irish ancestry, so many documents were all held in one place with no copies held elsewhere, a lesson that we are all too careful of in the digital age.
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