Drumcondra Public Library

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Drumcondra Public Library
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Drumcondra Public Library
53°22′11″N6°15′33″W / 53.36984°N 6.25904°W / 53.36984; -6.25904
Architect(s) Robert Sorley Lawrie
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Parent organization Dublin City Libraries
Website www.dublincity.ie/drumcondra-library

Drumcondra Public Library is an art deco style public library in Drumcondra, Dublin designed by Robert Sorley Lawrie working in the city architect's office under Horace O'Rourke. [1] [2]

This building was one of four similar libraries built by Dublin Corporation between 1935 and 1940 in the Dublin suburbs of Phibsborough, Ringsend, Drumcondra and Inchicore. [3] [4]

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