This is a list of the tallest habitable buildings on the island of Ireland (used for living and working in, as opposed to masts and churches). This includes both Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, and the Republic of Ireland. The island of Ireland has relatively few tall buildings. The island's first tall building was Liberty Hall, built in 1965, which stands at 59.4 metres (195 ft). The current tallest habitable building on the island of Ireland is the Obel Tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland at 85 metres (279 ft).[1][2][3] The tallest storied building in the Republic of Ireland is Capital Dock in Dublin, at about 79 metres (259 ft).[4][5]
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Tallest habitable buildings
editNorthern Ireland
editRank | Name | Location | Type | Year completed |
Floors (above ground) |
Height | Picture |
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1 | Obel Tower | Belfast | Residential | 2010 | 28 | 85 m (279 ft) [2][1][3] | |
2 | Grand Central Hotel | Belfast | Hotel | 1975 | 23 | 80 m (260 ft) | |
3 | Belfast City Hospital | Belfast | Hospital | 1986 | 15 | 76 m (249 ft) | |
4 | City Quays 3 | Belfast | Office | 2022 | 16[6] | 73.8 m (242 ft) [7] | |
5 | The Ewart Building | Belfast | Office | 2022 | 17[8][9] | 73 m (240 ft) | |
6 | Belfast Hilton Hotel | Belfast | Hotel | 1998 | 16 | 63 m (207 ft) | |
7 | BT Riverside Tower | Belfast | Office | 1998 | 14 | 62 m (203 ft) | |
8 | Divis Tower | Belfast | Residential | 1966 | 20 | 61 m (200 ft) | |
9= | Royal Victoria Hospital | Belfast | Hospital | 2012 | 12 | 57 m (187 ft) | |
9= | The Boat | Belfast | Residential, Office | 2010 | 15 | 57 m (187 ft) | |
11 | Ulster University Campus | Belfast | Education | 2022[10] | 12[11] | 55.5 m (182 ft) | |
12= | Linium Square | Belfast | Office | 2005 | 13 | 55 m (180 ft) | |
12= | Causeway Tower | Belfast | Office | 2004 | 13 | 55 m (180 ft) | |
12= | Great Northern Tower | Belfast | Office | 1992 | 13 | 55 m (180 ft) | |
15 | Belfast City Hall | Belfast | Government building | 1906 | N/A | 53 m (174 ft) | |
16 | Grainne House | Belfast | Residential | 1968 | 17 | 52 m (171 ft) | |
17 | Europa Hotel | Belfast | Hotel | 1971 | 13 | 51 m (167 ft) | |
18 | Lanyon Place | Belfast | Office | 2014 | 12 | 50 m (160 ft) |
Republic of Ireland
editRank | Name | Location | Type | Year completed |
Floors (above ground) |
Height | Picture |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Capital Dock | Dublin | Mixed-use | 2018 | 22[5] | 79 m (259 ft)[12] | |
2 | The Exo Building | Dublin | Office | 2021 | 17[13] | 73 m (240 ft) | |
3 | The Elysian | Cork | Mixed-use | 2008 | 17[14] | 71 m (233 ft)[14][15] | |
4= | Google Docks | Dublin | Office | 2010 | 15[16] | 67 m (220 ft) | |
4= | Cork County Hall | Cork | Office | 1968 | 17 | 67 m (220 ft)[17] | |
6 | Millennium Tower | Dublin | Residential | 1998 | 16 | 63 m (207 ft) | |
7 | Liberty Hall | Dublin | Office | 1965 | 17 | 59.4 m (195 ft) | |
8 | One George's Quay Plaza | Dublin | Office | 2002 | 13 | 59 m (194 ft) | |
9 | Riverpoint | Limerick | Mixed use | 2008 | 15 | 58.5 m (192 ft) | |
10 | The Gateway Hotel (formerly Crowne Plaza) | Dundalk | Hotel | 2007 | 14[18] | 58 m (190 ft) | |
11 | Sandyford Central, Block D | Dublin | Residential | 2023 | 17[19] | 57.1 m (187 ft)[19][20] | |
12 | Clayton Hotel | Limerick | Hotel | 2002 | 17 | 57 m (187 ft) | |
13 | Boland's Quay | Dublin | Mixed use | 2020 | 13 | 54 m (177 ft) | |
14 | Metro Hotel, Ballymun | Dublin | Hotel | 2005 | 15[21] | 52.1 m (171 ft)[22] | |
15 | Alto Vetro | Dublin | Residential | 2008 | 16 | 51 m (167 ft) |
Tallest buildings by city
editThis list only includes cities with buildings taller than 50m. Cities in light blue are in Northern Ireland.
City | Building | Height | Floor count | Completed |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belfast | Obel Tower | 85 m (279 ft) | 28 | 2010 |
Dublin | Capital Dock | 79 m (259 ft) | 22[5] | 2018 |
Cork | The Elysian | 71 m (233 ft) | 17 | 2008 |
Limerick | Riverpoint | 58.5 m (192 ft) | 15 | 2008 |
Under construction
editName | Location | Type | Floors (above ground) |
Height | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
College Square | Dublin | Residential and office | 22[23] | 82.1m[24][25] | Construction commenced in 2022. |
Loftlines | Belfast | Residential | 17 | 57m | Construction commenced in 2023.[26] |
East Wharf | Dublin | Hotel and residential | 15 | 52.7m | Construction commenced in 2022.[27] Topped out in 2023.[citation needed] |
Cancelled
editThe below list contains details of buildings with a planned height of over 50m which were under construction when the project was stopped or cancelled.
Name | Location | Type | Floors (above ground) |
Height | Year cancelled | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
U2 Tower | Dublin | Mixed-Use | 36 | 130m[28] | 2008 | 3 basement floors were completed at the time of cessation of the project. The site was later used to house Capital Dock. |
The Watchtower | Dublin | Hotel | 40 | 120m[29] | 2013 | Site was sold to Nama in 2013 and is now partially used as the site of the Exo Building. |
See also
editReferences
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- ^ a b "Planning permission granted for what will be Ireland's tallest building in Cork". irishnews.com. Irish News. 25 March 2021. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
Ireland's tallest building is currently the Obel Tower in Belfast, standing at 85 metres high
- ^ a b "Tallest building in Ireland taken over by administrators". thejournal.ie. Journal Media Ltd. 1 December 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2021.
- ^ Ciarán Hancock (22 July 2016). "John Sisk to build major development at Capital Dock". Irishtimes.com. Irish Times. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b c "Capital Dock to set new benchmark with two-bed units renting at €3,300 a month". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 20 November 2018.
Capital Dock is Ireland's tallest residential building at 22 storeys
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- ^ "Lyons visits completed Ulster University campus". economy-ni.gov.uk. 28 September 2022.
- ^ "FCBS scoops planning for £250m Belfast campus". architectsjournal.co.uk. 14 March 2013.
- ^ "Huge new office development set for Dublin's Docklands". thejournal.ie. The Journal. 20 October 2015.
- ^ Olivia Kelly (31 March 2016). "Green light for plan to build Dublin's tallest office block". Irishtimes.com. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
- ^ a b "Cork anchor unit for over €13m". Irish Times. 9 April 2008.
- ^ "2008 – The Elysian, Eglinton St., Cork". Archiseek. 2010.
- ^ "Google snaps up Dublin's landmark Montevetro development". Independent News & Media. 17 February 2011.
- ^ "County Hall, County Cork". National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
Detached rectangular-plan seventeen-storey county hall, built 1968, [..] For many years it stood as the tallest building in Ireland at 67m
- ^ "Crowne Plaza Dundalk Could Be Set To Change Hands". Talkofthetown.ie. 12 March 2018. Retrieved 19 October 2018.
The 14 storey, 129 bed Crowne Plaza Dundalk opened in September 2007
- ^ a b "Citizen Portal Planning". planning.agileapplications.ie. Retrieved 14 April 2021.
- ^ "Apartment Highlights - The Hudson - Dublin Apartments to Rent". The Hudson. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "€5.5m for hotel and apartments". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 2 April 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Planning application: Metro Hotel, Dublin Airport, Santry Cross, Ballymun Road, Dublin 9". Dublin City Council. 16 November 2017. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Permission granted to build one of Ireland's tallest buildings on site of former Apollo House". TheJournal. Retrieved 7 July 2022.
- ^ "College Square, Dublin, Planning amendment granting extra 22nd floor". Dublin City Council.
- ^ "Elevation Planning Doc" (PDF). Dublin City Council.
- ^ "'Something seriously wrong with planning system' as Belfast's Titanic Centre set to be surrounded by 17-storey blocks of flats while parallels drawn with Waterfront Hall". NewsLetter. Retrieved 23 April 2024.
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