Architectural Dublin / 19th Century / AIB Foster Place

Architects: Papworth & Geoghegan
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Before the formation of AIB, this was known as the Royal Bank. The interior is fairly straight forward classicism with a good neo-classical porch added in 1850. It is the interior however that makes this building important - it has the finest banking hall in Dublin.

This was added by Charles Geoghegan in 1859 at the rear of the building. It is a coffered barrel vaulted space top lit and supported by cast iron corinthian columns. A barrier between the banking hall and the street is created by a double height entrance hall.