| Tailors Hall | |
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Halla na dTáilliúirí[1] | |
-166144.jpg) Limestone entrance gate to Tailors' Hall with broken rounded pediment | |
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| Alternative names | Back Lane Parliament |
| General information | |
| Type | guildhall |
| Architectural style | Queen Anne |
| Classification | Protected structure |
| Address | Back Lane, off High Street, The Liberties, Dublin, Ireland, D08x2a3 |
| Town or city | Dublin |
| Country | Ireland |
| Coordinates | 53°20′34.5″N 06°16′24.1″W / 53.342917°N 6.273361°W |
| Current tenants | An Taisce |
| Estimated completion | 1707 |
| Owner | Dublin City Council |
| Technical details | |
| Material | red brick, granite, limestone |
| Renovating team | |
| Awards and prizes | Europa Nostra Award 1988 |
Tailors' Hall is the oldest of two surviving guildhalls in Dublin, Ireland. It is located on Back Lane, off High Street, in the part of the city known as the Liberties. Aside from meetings of its own and many other of the guilds of Dublin, the hall has hosted many social, cultural and educational events. It has been used as a court-house, a barracks, a school, a place of worship and in place of Dublin's City Hall. It was also a meeting place of the United Irishmen, and the site of the Back Lane Parliament. The Tailors' Guild having fully released it by 1873, the building hosted a Christian Mission and later the Legion of Mary. The building having become uninhabitable by the mid-20th century, the Irish Georgian Society launched a restoration campaign in 1966, and it was reopened in 1971. It now holds the headquarters of Ireland's national heritage charity, An Taisce, and can be visited, and rented for events.