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Portmahon House - The front

The front of Portmahon House, Rialto, Co.Dublin.

Portmahon House.
Photo from the period when W.T. Cosgrave was President of the Executive Council (1922-32).
Photo is by John Keaney, one of W.T.'s army drivers. Provided here courtesy of his daughter Mary Quinn.
Liam Cosgrave had thought the ground-floor extension at front LHS was new, but this photo shows it is old.
See full size.

Portmahon House on 1887 to 1913 map.
This also shows that the ground-floor extension at front LHS is old.

Portmahon House, front view, 1985.

"Port Mahon House". Sketch by Mary O'Carroll, 1987.
In the nearby "The Bird Flanagan" pub, Rialto.
She seems to have done an artist's impression, since the old photo above shows the house did not look like this.
Photo 2007. See full size and other shot.

Portmahon House, front view, 1997.

Portmahon House, front view (from S).
Photo 2007. See full size.

Movie of the front (from S), 2007.
Pans from W to E.
Shows the tiny yard left at Portmahon.
From here. Hosted at my YouTube account.
Download AVI file.

Portmahon House.
On sale as at 2010 on daft.ie. Try archive.

Portmahon House, being renovated.
Photo 2012. See full size.

Portmahon House, renovated as apartments.
Photo 2014. See larger and full size.
See wider shot.

Portmahon House, renovated as apartments.
Photo 2014. See larger and full size.

Portmahon House.
Photo 2020. See full size.

The renovated front door.
Photo 2020. See full size.
See close-up.