Irish Internet Awards 1997
Architectural Dublin - Best Non Commercial Website
Citation: In the non-commercial category the judges were looking for a site which excels in quality of content, but which also disseminates that content without any guarantee of financial return. Key factors considered were the depth and quality of content presented, as well as evidence of commitment to the site. The judges awarded the trophy to Paul Clerkin for his tremendous personal effort with his Architectural Dublin site, citing its value both as a tool for tourists and for locals wanting to know more about Dublin.

Yahoo International
Pick of the Week
25 November 1996
Perhaps what you really need to win at bingo is the luck of the Irish. Well, okay, if not their luck, then at least their architecture. Not just any old architecture, either - we're talking the real McCoy here: Architectural Dublin, a fascinating tour of exactly what the title suggests. A work in progress, the site currently offers a look at "the myriad glories" of Dublin's architectural development from medieval times through the 17th and 18th Centuries. Soon to be included: the 19th and 20th Centuries. In the meantime, read about and view images of Trinity College, Christchurch Cathedral and Dublin Castle, amongst others. In short, visit this beautifully done site to see everything that makes Dublin so...so... so... well, so Dublin-like.

Yahoo Ireland
Pick of the Month
June 1997
Some people build the road to the future, and some people build real stuff. Archéire is the latest brick in the wall that is the Irish architecture scene on-line, featuring news from the Architecture Association of Ireland, an area designed to provoke on-line discussion of local architectural issues, and the latest news of ongoing Irish projects. If you only click on one link, make it Architectural Dublin, an exquisite look at Irish architecture through the centuries, complete with explanations of street names and profiles of people who shaped Dublin's architecture.

Yahoo Internet Life
GUIDE TO THE BEST OF THE BEST
week of November 26 - December 3
Beautiful Dublin, of story and song, is now favored with a beautiful site that explains some of its features. Proprietor Paul Clerkin's project highlights (and, in some cases, explains) the best of Dublin's architectural bounty. He promises to expand the site beyond the current focus on medieval, seventeenth-, and eighteenth-century architecture, but it will take us some time to get through what's already available here. (Attention literature majors: the list of explanations for Dublin street and quay names is...well, it's really cool, that's what.)

The Guardian Web Guide
Site of the day 25 September 1998
A surprisingly wide range of architectural styles jostle for space in Dublin. Paul Clerkin's carefully crafted site, full of succinct comment, helpful hyperlinks and high-quality photographs, is surely the best way to see the architectural highlights in an hour. It also boasts clear navigation, fast-loading pages and a clean design that any architect would appreciate.

Snap! Online - Best of the Web
Council blocks aside, Dublin has a rich architectural heritage, and site creator Paul Clerkin -- thankfully -- is bound and determined to catalog it. From the medieval (St. Audeon's Gate, the sole surviving section of the city's original walls) through the Georgian and Victorian eras to modern times (the Internationalist-style Busaras), Clerkin details through photos and essays dozens of Dublin's greatest landmarks. He also adds plenty of context (profiles of architects, street name etymologies, endangered buildings) for a bountiful display that's both a phenomenal labor of love and fantastic scholarship.

MSN Pick of the Day
Architectural Dublin - Illustrated with great photographs and intelligently written, Architectural Dublin is a wonderful guide to Dublin.

Web Wombat (Australia) Pick of This Week
Browse through Dublin's medieval, 17th Century, and 18th Century architecture, including castles, cathedrals and Georgian landmarks. Excellent resource! More like an encyclopaedia than a Web site.

La semaine de France Pratique!
31 January 1997
Férus d'architecture, ce serveur va vous combler. Architectural Dublin est un site qu'on aimerait voir plus souvent. Complet, finement présenté, précis et instructif, il se voue - comme son nom l'indique - à l'architecture de la capitale irlandaise. Il se concentrera d'abord sur l'architecture médiévale, celle des 17èmes et 18èmes siècles avant d'entamer les 19èmes et 20èmes. Ce site incite à la curiosité : à quand un équivalent pour Paris, Londres, Bruxelles?

This is Useful: This is Cool
Sunday, February 9, 1997
Architectural Dublin: This is a lovely site for architecture fans, especially if you're not likely to ever get to Dublin in the flesh. Writer Paul Clerkin has divided up the city's architectural history by the decade (he's through the 18th and is working on the 19th and 20th). Each feature has a brief text describing the history of the building; some have many pictures, some have floor plans, some have neither. But for those interested in architecture, city planning and Irish history will find stuff to chew on here.

The World of Hibernia: Summer 1997
World.Wide.Shamrock
Starting with the medieval period and finishing with the 20th century, ArchitecturalDublin traces the city's great architectural landmarks throughout the ages. From Dublin Castle and Leinster House to the National Gallery and Busaras, the visitor is treated to details and histories of buildings, as well as information about the architects and surrounding town planning. Filled with beautiful photographs and drawings, the site also includes a history of the development of the Dublin streetscape and biographies of architects who were significant in the city's development. This intuitively designed site is a pleasure both for those who know Dublin well and those who have never been there.

Netsurfer Digest
Saturday, January 25, 1997 - Volume 03, Issue 03
IRISH EDIFICES
Paul Clerkin's Architectural Dublin is a labor of love and scholarship that presents some of the noteworthy, noble buildings of Dublin. The site currently covers medieval, 17th and 18th century architecture and features information on the architects and town planning of each period. The site is spare and elegant, simply serving to give more weight to Clerkin's words and pictures. A great spot for anybody planning to visit Dublin or interested in the architectural evolution of a city.

PC Live
Top Ten Websites April 1997
Full marks: a site about the design of buildings is itself well-designed, uncluttered and colour-coded. It doesn't take the obvious route of looking at Georgian architecture only--medieval and 17th century buildings get a look-in, as do city planning and development. There are also biographies of some of the men who shaped Dublin. The site is a work in progress and the information deserves more than just a quick nod. Short of taking a stroll through our nation's capital, this is as good a view of Dublin as you're likely to get.

Irish Independent
Pick of the Web December 2 1996
Top Ten Irish Websites of the 1996
Elegant and informative, the site profiles Dublin architecture from medieval times through the 18th century, including Trinity College, Dublin Castle, the Bank of Ireland and more. Also explains the origins of street names, from Bachelor's Walk to Aungier Street, and profiles the people who shaped Dublin's architecture: 19th and 20th century sections coming soon.

Telecom Internet
Doras Directory of Irish Sites
You'll wish you could carry your computer through the streets of Dublin to better appreciate this attractive account of the city's architecture.

An introduction to the myriad glories of Dublin's architecture is undertaken by this site. An excellent, in-depth account is presented of medieval, 17th and 18th century architecture, soon to be updated to the present day. You'll also find a fascinating account of the derivation of the city's streetnames, together with biographies of figures of note in its structural development. One to view before you build.

An attractive, well-constructed site, with valuable content and effective and atmospheric use of graphics. The sentences which run helter-skelter after the manner of J.P. Donleavy are rather charming.

Webcrawler Select
A guide to the architecture of Dublin, Ireland. The creation of industrial designer Paul Clerkin, this site focuses primarily on medieval, 17th, and 18th century structures, with more modern architecture promised to come. The entries for individual buildings are dense with historical commentary, although illustrations tend to be spare. Commentary is supplemented by biographies of important figures in the development and architecture of Dublin, plus an etymological key to Dublin street names.