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College Green, Dublin

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College Green (Irish: Faiche an Choláiste) is a three-sided plaza in the centre of Dublin, Ireland. On its northern side is the Bank of Ireland building, which until 1800 was Ireland's Parliament House. To its east stands Trinity College Dublin. To its south stands a series of 19th-century buildings that are mostly banks. Streets leading onto College Green are Dame Street to the west, Grafton Street to the south, and Westmoreland Street to the north. College Green has been used as an assembly point for major political rallies. In the mid-1990s, United States President Bill Clinton addressed a crowd during his visit to Ireland. President Barack Obama also spoke at the site in a major address during his visit in May 2011.

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Chichester House
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Chichester House or Carew's House was a building in College Green (formerly Hoggen Green), Dublin, Ireland, used in the 17th century to house the Parliament of Ireland. Originally built to be a hospital, it was never used as such.At one time, the building had been owned by Sir George Carew, President of Munster and Lord High Treasurer of Ireland. The house itself was partially built on the site of the Priory of All Hallows which had earlier been dissolved by King Henry VIII. Carew's House was later purchased by Sir Arthur Chichester and renamed Chichester House. Some sources state that the house was then built by Chichester in the early 17th century. It was used as a temporary home of the Kingdom of Ireland's law courts during the Michaelmas law term in 1605. Documents facilitating the Plantation of Ulster were signed in the house on 16 November 1612. Following his death in 1625, the house passed to his brother Edward Chichester, 1st Viscount Chichester who in turn sold it to Sir Edward Smyth. It was Smyth who soon after leased the property to Edward Parry as his home. On the 26th of April 1661, Sir Paul Davys, clerk of the council, leased the great hall from the merchant, Richard White. Later, on the 8th of May 1661, the first parliament convened in Ireland after the Stuart Restoration was held at the house. In 1673 it was assigned as the home of the parliament by Charles II. In 1675, John Parry had made a lease to Sir Henry Forde, secretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for a term of 99 years, for the use of the two houses of parliament. From its opening it was in a bad state of repair and by 1723 a committee had been appointed to report on the condition and estimate the cost of a replacement building on the site.Following a meeting held in 1728 it was decided that the site would be used for a replacement building, Parliament House, designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce, in 1729.