Kildare Street Club
The Kildare Street Club is a historical member's club in
The Club remained in
History
Founded in the year of the Constitution of 1782, the club's first home was a house in Kildare Street built by Sir Henry Cavendish on land bought from James FitzGerald, 20th Earl of Kildare, later first Duke of Leinster. In 1786 the club acquired an adjoining house also built by Cavendish, thus completing its original clubhouse.[1]
There is a tradition that what prompted the foundation of the club was the
In a famous incident at the Kildare Street Club in 1806,
By 1840, the club had some six hundred and fifty members, "a large and elegant card-room, coffee, reading, and billiard-rooms". There was a committee of fifteen members, elected annually. Admission to membership was by ballot, with an entrance fee of £26, 10s., and an annual subscription of £5.[3][4]
In 1858, it was decided to build a new clubhouse, as the original premises at 6, Kildare Street, were now too small for the club's needs. In 1859, the club was described in The Building News as "an institution famous for
The club had planned to move from the old to the new building in 1861, but on 11 November 1860, there was a disastrous fire at the old clubhouse. Three maids died, and a fourth was saved by being at the time in the bedroom of the club accountant, from which she was rescued. All of the club's pictures and furniture and a library of fifteen thousand books were destroyed, and the club moved into its new building before completion.[5]
In Parnell and his Island (1887),
Overwhelmingly
Redevelopment and reuse
After the
As of 2002, the building was leased to the State Heraldic Museum and Genealogical Office and the Alliance française.[6][10]
Notable members
- Sir Jonah Barrington[2]
- Lord Henry FitzGerald[2]
- Arthur O'Connor of the Society of United Irishmen[2]
- Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington[12]
- Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh[2]
- Sir Boyle Roche[2]
- Thomas Conolly[2]
- Sir William Gregory[2]
- First Anglo-Sikh War[2]
- Henry Arthur Herbert of Muckross[2]
- Abraham Creighton, 2nd Earl Erne[2]
- William Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen[2]
- William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford[2]
- Edward Gibson, 1st Baron Ashbourne[2]
- Thomas Pakenham, 5th Earl of Longford[2]
- David Plunket, 1st Baron Rathmore[2]
- William Humble Ward, 2nd Earl of Dudley[2]
- James Bernard, 4th Earl of Bandon[13]
In fiction
In the
Club Soda
The 'club' in '
Gallery
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Portico of the building
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Carved capital
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Decorative carving of monkeys playing billiards
See also
External links
Notes
- ^ a b c The Irish quarterly review (1853), pp. 295–296
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q Thomas Hay Sweet Escott, Club Makers and Club Members (1913), pp. 329–333
- ^ Samuel Lewis, A topographical dictionary of Ireland (1840), p. 541
- ^ James Fraser, A hand book for travellers in Ireland (1844), p. 41
- ^ a b Frederick O'Dwyer, The architecture of Deane and Woodward, pp. 329–330
- ^ a b c Brendan Lehane, The companion guide to Ireland (2001), p. 16
- ^ George Moore, Parnell and his Island (1887), p. 31
- ^ Don Gifford, Joyce annotated: notes for Dubliners and A portrait of the artist (1982), p. 58
- ^ Fergus J. M. Campbell, The Irish establishment, 1879–1914 (2009), pp. 163–164
- ^ a b Sean Sheehan, Patricia Levy, Ireland handbook (2002), p. 74
- OCLC 60079186.
- ^ Elizabeth Longford, Wellington:Pillar of State (1982)
- ^ Hesilrige, Arthur G. M. (1921). Debrett's Peerage and Titles of courtesy. London: London: Dean & son, limited. p. 87.
- ^ Peter Ridgway Watt, Joseph Green, The Alternative Sherlock Holmes: pastiches, parodies, and copies, p. 122
- ^ "Origin of the Words Seltzer and Club Soda for Soda Water". culinarylore.com. 28 September 2012.