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	Leinster House - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The former palace of the Duke of Leinster.
		Leinster House is the former ducal palace in Dublin that has served since 1922 as the parliament building of the Irish Free State and the Republic of Ireland.
		Leinster House in 1911, decorated for the visit of King George V.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Leinster_House (903 words)

	A Guide to Leinster House, and Tour of the Parliament
		On becoming the Duke of Leinster in 1776 (Dublin and Kildare are in the province of Leinster) the house was renamed Leinster House.
		In 1815, Augustus Frederick, the third Duke of Leinster, sold the mansion to the Royal Dublin Society (RDS) for £10,000 and a yearly rent of £600 which was later redeemed.
		Today, Leinster House is the seat of the two Houses of the Oireachtas (National Parliament), comprising Dáil Éireann (the House of Representatives) and Seanad Éireann (the Senate).
	www.irlgov.ie /oireachtas/tour/kildare.htm (1126 words)

	Knowledge King - Leinster House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leinster House is the former ducal palace in Dublin that has served since 1922 as the parliament building of the Irish Free State, Éire and the Republic of Ireland.
		One famous member of the family who occasionally residenced in Leinster House was Lord Edward Fitzgerald, who became involved with Irish nationalism during the 1798 Rebellion, which cost him his life.
		Among the world leaders who have visited Leinster House to address joint sessions of the Oireachtas are US Presidents John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke and French President Francois Mitterrand.
	www.knowledgeking.net /encyclopedia/l/le/leinster_house.html (853 words)

	DUKE OF LEINSTER FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The subsidiary titles of the Duke of Leinster are: Marquess of Kildare (1761), Earl of Kildare (1316), Earl of Offaly (1747), Viscount Leinster, of Taplow in the County of Buckingham (1747), Baron Offaly (1620) and Baron Kildare, of Kildare in the County of Kildare (1870).
		The courtesy_title of the eldest son and heir of the Duke of Leinster is ''Marquess of Kildare''.
		Their Carton House seat was sold (though one of Ireland's most historic buildings with perfectly preserved 18th century grounds, it was controversially turned into a hotel and golf course in the late 1990s by the current owner in an act condemned by environmentalists), as later on was their other residence in Waterford.
	www.whereintheworldiskerry.com /Duke_of_Leinster (450 words)

	ninemsn Encarta - Search Results - Leinster
		Leinster, province, south-eastern Republic of Ireland, bordered by Ulster counties Cavan and Monaghan to the north, Connaught to the west, Munster to...
		Leinster House, building in Dublin, Ireland, the seat of the Irish parliament.
		Dublin (city) (Gaelic, Baile Átha Cliath, “Town of the Ford of the Hurdles”), capital of the Republic of Ireland, in County Dublin, Leinster Province....
	au.encarta.msn.com /Leinster.html (88 words)

	LEINSTER HOUSE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leinster House is the former ducal palace in Dublin that has served since 1922 as the parliament building of the Irish_Free_State and the Republic_of_Ireland.
		One famous member of the family who occasionally resided in Leinster House was Lord_Edward_FitzGerald, who became involved with Irish nationalism during the 1798 Rebellion, which cost him his life.
		Among the world leaders who have visited Leinster House to address joint sessions of the Oireachtas are US Presidents John_F._Kennedy, Ronald_Reagan and Bill_Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony_Blair, Australian Prime Minister Bob_Hawke and French President FranÃ§ois_Mitterrand.
	www.witwik.com /Leinster_House (799 words)

	Leinster House, Kildare Street, Dublin [Archeire, Irish Architecture Online]
		Leinster House was designed by Richard Cassels in 1745 for the Earls of Kildare and Leinster, The Fitzgeralds.
		The house remained in the family for seventy years until it was acquired by the Royal Dublin Society from whom it was bought by the Irish Government in 1925.
		Leinster House built on the edge of Molesworth Fields is obviously a country house constructed in town, though it was on the edges at the time of its construction.
	www.irish-architecture.com /buildings_ireland/dublin/southcity/kildare_street/leinster.htm (327 words)

	White House Information - TextSheet.com
		The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the President of the United States.
		The White House was built after the creation of the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress in December, 1790.
		The White House was attacked again on August 16, 1841 when US President John Tyler vetoed a bill which called for the establishment of the Second Bank of the United States.
	www.medbuster.com /encyclopedia/w/wh/white_house.html (1372 words)

	Leinster House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leinster House was built in 1745 by Richard Cassels for Lord Kildare, Duke of Leinster.
		It’s a county house constructed in town, though it was on the edges at the time of its construction.
		Leinster House remained in the family for seventy years until it was acquired by The Royal Dublin Society, from whom it was bought by the Irish Government in 1925.
	www.esatclear.ie /~mrbrennan/lhouse.htm (193 words)

	The White House
		The White House, one of the most recognizable buildings in Washington, DC, was designed by James Hoban, an Irish-born and-trained architect who won a competition organized by President George Washington and Secretary of State Thomas Jefferson in 1792.
		Hoban's inspiration for the house was drawn from an Anglo-Irish villa called the Leinster House in Dublin.
		The White House, an architectural symbol of the American presidency and the nation's power, remains a stylistically simple residence and an example of the stolid republican ideals of the Founding Fathers.
	www.cr.nps.gov /nr/travel/wash/dc31.htm (598 words)

	Leinster Lodge Self Catering Accommodation, Athy, Co. Kildare, Ireland
		Leinster Lodge is an Irish Tourist Board approved 200 year old house situated on a working farm in quiet, peaceful countryside.
		Leinster Lodge is a two storey georgian House built of limestone, with two central chimneys and a slate roof.
		Leinster Lodge is on the estate maps of the Duke of Leinster, dated 1765, the original of which is in Trinity College, Dublin.
	kildare.ie /leinsterlodge (357 words)

	Europa Nostra
		Leinster House 2000 is a development project, which created a major new office wing for the houses of Ireland’s Parliament at Kildare Street.
		Leinster House was designed by Richard Castle in 1745 and built shortly afterwards as a grand town house for the Duke of Leinster although in reality its scale and layout were of a country, rather than a town house.
		Leinster House 2000 is a confident, yet respectful project that inserts a new building into a historic and symbolic environment of great national significance.
	www.europanostra.org /lang_uni/awards_2001/2001_dublin.html (598 words)

	Leinster House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Leinster House is the former ducal palace in Dublin that has served since 1922 as the parliament building of the Irish Free State, Éire and the Republic ofIreland.
		Both the National Library and National Museum wingsnext to Leinster House remain used by as a library and museum and are not attached to the parliamentary complex.
		Among the worldleaders who have visited Leinster House to address joint sessions of the Oireachtas are US Presidents John F. Kennedy, RonaldReagan and Bill Clinton, British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Australian Prime Minister BobHawke and French President François Mitterrand.
	www.therfcc.org /leinster-house-111997.html (817 words)

	ireland.com - The Irish Times - PROPERTY (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The extension is built to the immediate north of Leinster House on land formerly occupied by properties belonging to the National College of Art and Design.
		On the Kildare Street side of Leinster House an even more dramatic transformation has occurred as a new frontage between the former home of the Dukes of Leinster and the National Library has been erected to mirror that joining the Dáil to the National Museum.
		Due to the sloping ground, the principal floor of the atrium directly connects with the old cellars of Leinster House; these have been cleared of their former services, electric cables and decades of accumulated material so that they can serve as the main corridor linking one structure with the other.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/property/2000/1019/prop26.htm (1101 words)

	Irish Georgian Society - Castletown House
		The design of the building led to the construction of Leinster House and from thence to the White House in Washington, D.C. The estate was begun in 1722 by William Conolly (1662-1729), Speaker of the Irish House of Commons.
		Castletown House reflects the balance of that philosophy with a great central block of grey stone flanked by golden Ardbraccan stone curved colonnades which join the kitchen and stables to the main house.
		The house was inherited by Speaker Conolly's nephew, William, who died two years later, leaving the house to his son Tom, known as "Squire Conolly." Tom Conolly and his wife, Lady Louisa Lennox, continued to improve the house, adding the world-famous plasterwork by the Lafranchini brothers.
	www.irish-architecture.com /igs/castletown.html (317 words)

	Leinster House: A Tour and History - History - Tithe an Oireachtais
		The history of Leinster House - the building that now houses the National Parliament of Ireland - evolved in stages.
		The house was originally known as Kildare House after James Fitzgerald, the Earl of Kildare, who commissioned it to be built between 1745-47: James Fitzgerald set out to create the stateliest of Dublin Georgian Mansions to reflect his eminent position in Irish society.
		The designer of Leinster House was the architect Richard Cassels (or Castle), who was born in Hesse-Cassel in Germany about 1690.
	www.oireachtas.ie /viewdoc.asp?fn=/documents/tour/kildare.asp (630 words)

	Leinster House -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Its medieval parliament consisted of two Houses, a (The lower house of the British parliament) House of Commons and a (The upper house of the British parliament) House of Lords.
		One famous member of the family who occasionally resided in Leinster House was (Click link for more info and facts about Lord Edward FitzGerald) Lord Edward FitzGerald, who became involved with Irish nationalism during the (Click link for more info and facts about 1798 Rebellion) 1798 Rebellion, which cost him his life.
		While plans were constantly made to provide a brand new parliament house (sites considered included the (Click link for more info and facts about Phoenix Park) Phoenix Park and the (Click link for more info and facts about Custom House) Custom House), parliament has remained permanently located in Leinster House.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/L/Le/Leinster_House.htm (872 words)

	Tithe an Oireachtais - A guide to Leinster House
		On becoming Duke of Leinster in 1766 the house was renamed Leinster House.
		In 1815, Augustus Frederick, the third Duke of Leinster, sold the mansion to the Royal Dublin Society for £10,000 and a yearly rent of £600 which was later redeemed.
		During votes in the House all doors to the chamber are locked.
	www.gov.ie /oireachtas/leaflet/kildare.htm (1443 words)

	Leinster House, Irish Government Buildings, Dublin Ireland Photographs (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The Dept. of An Taoiseach at Leinster House.
		The Irish Parliament building Leinster House was designed by Richard Cassells and built in 1745 as a town house residence for James Fitzgerald - the Earl of Kildare.
		The cornerstone of the Washington White House was laid in October 1792, it was damaged when set on fire in 1814 by the British army during the 1812 war and painted white in the subsequent restoration of the building.
	www.irelandposters.com /dublin_city/leinster_house_dublin_ireland.html (207 words)

	Leinster House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Former palace of the Duke of Leinster, since 1922 the seat of both houses of the Irish parliament.
		Its Kildare Street frontage used to be dominated by a large statue of Queen Victoria, first unveiled by VII of the United Kingdom">King Edward VII in 1904.
		It's not so that you she is, and what an ungrateful child she has brought up in me, that I have already received the third letter from her in which.
	www.termsdefined.net /le/leinster-house.html (1129 words)

	Leinster House, Dublin, Ireland
		Leinster House - the two houses of the Irish Parliament (Oireachtas).
		The lower house, the Dail, and the upper house is the Seanad.
		Erected in 1745 for the Duke of Leinster, and designed by Richard Cassels is thought to have influenced the architecture of the White House in the United Staes of America.
	www.tourist-information-dublin.co.uk /leinster-house-dublin/leinster-house.htm (167 words)

	County Kildare - Heritage - Carton House
		The original house was built in the early seventeenth century by a member of the Talbot family of Malahide.
		In 1703, the house was sold at auction and was bought by Major-General Richard Ingoldsby (he was at one time a Lord Justice of Ireland).
		The other important room in the house which still maintains it’s eighteenth century look, the Chinese Room, is decorated with panels of Chinese wallpaper and is embellished with gilt wood.
	kildare.ie /Heritage/History/historic/houses/carton-house.htm (578 words)

	Limerick Leader - July 31st, 2004 - Features - POLITICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		The one-time potential Taoiseach and former FG leader had the most difficult return to Leinster House given the kicking his party took in the May 2002 general election.
		In West Limerick, FF's Michael Collins is one of the quieter presences at Leinster House.
		He remains extremely active at Leinster House and is vice-chairman of the communications committee.
	www.limerickleader.ie /issues/20040731/politics.html (854 words)

	National Building Museum: The White House in Miniature
		The arrangement of pediments above Leinster House's main floor windows was published incorrectly in Views of the Most Remarkable Public Buildings in the City of Dublin, an error Hoban repeated on the White House's north facade.
		The President's House began to be popularly called the White House soon after 1798 when its tan sandstone walls were whitewashed to protect the stone.
		The PRESIDENT'S HOUSE will stand upon a rising ground, not far from the banks of the Potomack, possesses a delightful water-prospect, together with a commanding view of the Congress-House, and most of the material parts of the city.
	www.nbm.org /Exhibits/past/2000_1996/The_White_House_Hoban.html (351 words)

	1792 - Strange Secrets Of The White House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-07)
		Living around the corner from the Leinster House at 61 Harcourt Street was George Bernard Shaw, one of the founders of the Fabian Society.
		As a result of this favorable marriage, James was made Viscount Leinster in 1749 by George II and later the Duke of Leinster in 1766 by George III.
		But it is interesting that James Hoban, a Mason, chose the Leinster House, the birthplace of Irish Freemasonry, as the model for the USA's executive mansion.
	www.rense.com /general61/strrn.htm (2021 words)

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