Privy Council Chamber

It is recommended that the space formerly occupied by the Privy Council Chamber, becomes available exhibition space (see Zone 1 proposals).

The Government’s “Decade of Centenaries” programme

“aims to commemorate each step that Ireland took between 1913 and 1923 in a tolerant, inclusive and respectful way”.

As one of the most symbolic events in the establishment of the modern Irish State happened in this space in January 1922, when Dublin Castle was formerly handed over to Michael Collins and symbolically the State along with it, there is a unique and unmissable opportunity to tell the story of both the War of Independence and the Civil War in these rooms, as the handover marks the end of one war and the start of the next. Both periods of conflict can be anchored in Dublin Castle through personal accounts from all sides, giving a balanced account.

IMAGES COURTESY OF THE NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND