Identity area
Reference code
IE LMOD 372
Title
1970s Collection of Dublin hotel tea cups
Date(s)
- Twentieth Century (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
Ceramic, paint. 17 x 7.5 x 56.5 cm
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Biographical history
Archival history
12/07/2011
Content and structure area
Scope and content
1: Dolphin Hotel -Their logo in black on a white cup.
2:Royal Marine Hotel, Dún Laoghaire - White cup with wine coloured logo and a wine and gold stripe around the rim.
3: Metropolitan Hotel - White cup with a green M logo and a green stripe around the rim.
4: Royal Hibernia Hotel - White cup with RH logo in gold with a gold stripe around the rim.
- Dolphin Hotel. This fine Gothic building is on East Essex Street. It was later converted into Dublin District Court offices.
- Royal Marine Hotel. Originally the Hayes Royal Hotel (1828), the hotel was bought in 1863 by William Dargan, builder of the Kingstown Railway, and was rebuilt and reopened as the Royal Marine Hotel in 1865.
- The Metropole Hotel. During the 1916 Rising this hotel, adjacent to the GPO, was completely destroyed. The same site is now home to Penney’s clothing store.
- Royal Hibernian Hotel. Formerly located on Dawson Street, this grand old hotel was demolished in the 1980s to make way for the Royal Hibernian Way.
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Physical characteristics and technical requirements
The Royal Hibernia cup has a small chip.
