Oriel House, Westland Row

This article is about the building that housed the former CID Headquarters, Dublin. For other uses, see Oriel.

Oriel House, Westland Row is a building at the intersection of Westland Row and Fenian Street in Dublin. It is owned by Trinity College Dublin and serves as the headquarters for CONNECT, the Centre for Future Networks and Communications (formerly CTVR),^[2] a Science Foundation Ireland-sponsored research centre.

Oriel House
South façade, Oriel House, Westland Row
Former names	Dunlop House
General information
Type	Offices
Architectural style	Victorian
Location	Westland Row/Fenian St., Dublin
Address	35 Fenian Street, Dublin 2
Completed	1872
Owner	Trinity College Dublin
References
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Overview

Oriel House was the address at which a US pneumatic tyre patent was drafted in 1893 'for the wheels of Velocipedes and other Vehicles'.^[3] The house served as headquarters for the Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company, for which it was known as the Dunlop Oriel House.^[2]

During the Irish Civil War, under Frank Thornton,^[4] it became the base for the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Irish Free State - but separate from An Garda Síochána, the national police force.^[5]

TCD Connect (including CTVR) research centre

It was used by the Department of Lands in the late 1940s,^[6] and Gaeltarra Eireann had its head office there in the 1950s.^[7] It was later purchased by Trinity College Dublin.