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New Building

The new Garda station at Kevin Street will consist of a 6,840 square metre Divisional Headquarters building with a 5,400 square metre double basement. It will provide extensive accommodation facilities to meet the requirements of both Gardaí and members of the public, including a public office, conference, training, custody and event management facilities, accommodation for victim support and a vehicle testing garage.

History

The existing Garda station is on the site of a medieval palace in one of Dublin’s most historic quarters. Marsh’s Library, St. Patrick’s Cathedral and St. Sepulchre, the 14th century Episcopal Palace formed the original core of the ancient Liberties of St. Patrick and St. Sepulchre, outside the city walls on the east bank of the river Poddle. The building included a large stone hall and annex which still remain within the current building.

Following Reformation St. Sepulchre’s Palace became the residence of the King’s Lord Deputies before becoming the Archbishop’s residence towards the end of the 16th century. The building ceased to be a Palace when Archbishop Charles Agar
moved his residence to 16 St. Stephen’s Green.

The former Palace was then converted to a barracks for mounted constables of the Dublin Metropolitan Police in 1806.

The new Garda Divisional Headquarters will be located east of the historical Archbishop’s palace. An extensive programme of archaeological investigation was carried out as part of this project. The archaeological teams recorded and removed all archaeological deposits and the site was cleared prior to works commencing.