This list ranks the tallest externally complete buildings and structures in County Dublin, Ireland which stand over 50m tall.
As of December 2023 [update] , there are 6 structures over 80 m (260 ft) tall and 11 buildings over 50 m (164 ft) tall. Dublin's tallest structure is Poolbeg power station chimney 2 which is 207.8 m (682 ft) tall while Dublin's tallest building is Capital Dock which is 79 m (259 ft) tall.
This list ranks habitable buildings in Dublin that stand more than 50 m (164 ft) tall, based on height by highest architectural feature.
Rank | Name | Use | Image | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Floors | Year Built | Notes |
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1 | Capital Dock | Mixed use | 79 | 259 | 22 | 2018 | [1] [2] | |
2 | The Exo Building | Office | 73 | 226 | 17 | 2022 | [3] | |
3 | Google Docks | Office | 67 | 220 | 15 | 2010 | [5] [6] | |
4 | Millennium Tower | Residential | 63 | 207 | 16 | 1998 | [7] | |
5 | Liberty Hall | Office | 59.4 | 195 | 17 | 1965 | [10] | |
6 | One George's Quay Plaza | Office | 59 | 194 | 13 | 2002 | [13] | |
7 | Sandyford Central, Block D | Residential | 57 | 187 | 17 | 2023 | [15] [16] | |
8 | Boland's Quay 1 | Mixed Use | 54 | 177 | 13 | Under Construction | [17] | |
9 | East Wharf | Mixed Use | 52.7 | 173 | 15 | Under Construction | [19] | |
10 | Metro Hotel, Ballymun | Hotel | 52.1 | 171 | 15 | 2005 | [21] [22] [23] | |
11 | Alto Vetro | Residential | 51 | 167 | 16 | 2008 | [24] |
Rank | Name | Use | Image | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Year of construction | Notes |
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1 | John's Lane Church | Church | 70.4 | 230 | 1895 | [27] | |
2 | St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin | Church | 66.4 | 218 | 1254 (spire dates to 1749) | [28] | |
3 | St. George's Church, Dublin | Church | 61 | 200 | 1802 | [29] | |
4 | Abbey Presbyterian Church, Dublin | Church | 54.9 | 180 | 1864 | [30] |
Rank | Name | Use | Image | Height (m) | Height (ft) | Year Built | Notes |
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1 | Poolbeg Generating Station, Chimney 2 | Chimney | 207.8 | 682 and 681 | 1978 and 1970 | [31] [32] | |
2 | Poolbeg Generating Station, Chimney 1 | Chimney | 207.48 | 681 | 1970 | [31] [32] | |
3 | Three Rock transmitter | Guyed Mast | 152.4 | 500 | 2002 | [33] [34] [lower-alpha 1] | |
4 | Spire of Dublin | Monument | 120 | 394 | 2002 | [35] | |
5 | Donnybrook transmitter | Lattice Tower radio transmitter | 109.7 | 360 | [37] | ||
6 | Dublin Airport air traffic control tower | Air traffic control tower | 87.7 | 288 | 2020 | [39] The Republic of Ireland's tallest occupied structure |
Name | Height (m) | Floors | Status | Notes |
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Waterfront Tower 1 | 167 | 45 | Application submitted | [40] |
26 Parkgate Street | 98.4 | 30 | Planning permission granted | [41] |
Tara House (Aqua Vetro) | 88 | 22 | Planning permission granted | [42] |
1/2 Grand Canal Quay | 62.2[ citation needed ] | 15 | Under construction (as of 2023) [43] | |
College Square | 82.1 | 21 [44] | Under construction (as of 2023) [45] | [44] |
Name | Height (m) | Floors above ground | Notes |
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Ballsbridge Tower (2007) | 123 | 37 | [46] |
Southbank Tower | 120 | 30 | [47] [48] |
The Watchtower | 120 | 35 | Construction had commenced at the time of cessation of the project. The site was later used for The Exo Building. [49] [50] [51] |
Heuston Gate | 117 | 32 [52] | Proposed by the Office of Public Works in 2001, as part of an urban renewal project at Military Road near Heuston Station, [53] [54] the project had been cancelled by 2008. [55] |
Tara towers Hotel | 100 | 25 | [56] [57] |
Sir Rogerson's quay | 96 | 26 | [58] [59] |
Donnybrook Tower | 88 | 26 | [60] [61] |
U2 Tower | 78 | 25 | Construction had commenced at the time of cessation of the project. The site was later used for Capital Dock. [62] [63] |
Liberty Hall, in Dublin, Ireland, is the headquarters of the Services, Industrial, Professional, and Technical Union (SIPTU). Designed by Desmond Rea O'Kelly, it was completed in 1965. It was for a time the tallest building in the country, at 59.4 metres, (195 feet) high until it was superseded by the County Hall in Cork city, which was itself superseded by The Elysian in Cork. Liberty Hall is now the fifth tallest building in Dublin, after Capital Dock, the Exo Building, Montevetro and the Millennium Tower in Grand Canal Dock.
Capital Dock is a 22-storey mixed-use development at the junction of Sir John Rogerson's Quay and Britain Quay in the Dublin docklands. Developed by Kennedy Wilson, the site was acquired in 2012 and construction finished in 2018. Upon completion, the 79-metre tower became the tallest storeyed building in the Republic of Ireland, and the third tallest on the island of Ireland.
The Exo Building is a 17-storey office building located at the corner of North Wall Quay and East Wall Road in Dublin 1, Ireland. The building is adjacent to the Point Depot fronting on to the river Liffey and Dublin port. As of 2021, it was the tallest office building in the Republic of Ireland at 73 metres tall. The name Exo is in reference to its exoskeleton which reflects the traditional industrial crane and gantry landscape of the port area.
Capital Dock is Ireland's tallest residential building at 22 storeys
College Square, is a mixed-use development owned by the property group Marlet [..] still under construction