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Step by step: 12 of Ireland's most striking staircases, in photos

Striking curves, beautiful bannisters.

The staircase at the National College of Art and Design David Allen Wizardgold David Allen Wizardgold

FROM RUGGED STONE stairways in bell towers to ornate craftsmanship in country manors, staircases can be an underappreciated part of the design around us.

Here are twelve unique examples to climb across the country. 

1. The Shelbourne Hotel, Dublin

 2. National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin

3. The Heritage Hotel in Killenard, Co Laois

4. Powerscourt Centre, Dublin

5. Kilkenny Castle, Co Kilkenny

6. Kilmainham Gaol, Dublin

7. Shandon bell tower at the Church of St Anne, Cork City

8. Dublin Castle, Dublin

8. Bellinter House, Co Meath 

9. Farmleigh House, Dublin

10. Kylemore Abbey in Connemara, Co Galway

11. Rathmullan House, Co Donegal

12. The Merrion Hotel, Dublin

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    Apr 10th 2022, 4:45 PM

    Ignore all Sean Murphy posts, he’s either insane or extremely bored and only fix he gets is posting Pro Russian stuff.

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    Apr 10th 2022, 8:34 PM

    It seems strange that the Russians are going out of their way to lay waste to the new republics that they’ve recognised, and making all the ethnic Russians homeless. Methinks Putin didn’t give a hoot about the ethnic Russians in the first place. He certainly is an overly large part of the body that excretes faecal matter, there’s no question.

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    Apr 10th 2022, 9:13 PM

    @E.J. Murray: you are so right, he would not be doing this to them if he did.Mariupol has a high Russian speaking population also which are living in a hell underground for the last 6 weeks.
    He is an absolute beyond evil human being as are some of his shoulders the way they have treated civilians.

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