Buildings on Campus

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: Between 1848 and 1854 (North House / West Wing)
• History: North House was originally the male ward of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum and later serving as St Brendan’s Hospital.
• Heritage / Protected Building: North House only
• Launched: September 2026
• Floors: 5
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: AH
• Facilities include:
  • Event / Expo spaces
  • Seminar rooms
  • Study spaces
• Services include:
  • Library including extensive library collections
  • Academic Writing & Learning Centre
  • Career Development Centre
  • Computer Learning Centre
  • Disability Support Service
  • Maths Learning Centre

Campus Development

The building incorporates the beautifully restored North House, which was originally built between 1848 and 1854 as part of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum and later serving St Brendan’s Hospital. TU Dublin welcomed its first 1,000 students to Grangegorman following the first refurbishment of North House in 2014.

Adjacent to the recently completed Central Quad in Grangegorman, TU Dublin's new Academic Hub & Library was under construction by OHL-Townlink Joint Venture Ltd. The building was designed by award-winning architects, O'Donnell + Tuomey. It comprises a new, modern building which wraps to the North and the South of the North House - an historical building dating from the 19th century - to create a stunning new Library facility. Some 12,000m² of new learning space will be delivered with the building featuring a roof garden with spectacular views of the city. The project was completed in 2026.

Did you know that Stop 5 of the free self-guided history walking tour around the Grangegorman campus is located here?

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1854
• History: Designed by W. Murray, nephew of renowned architect Francis Johnson. 
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: 2014 
• Floors: 2
• Eircode: D07 E3HW 
• Building Code: BR
• Facilities include:
  
  • BR-002 Student common area (pool tables, table tennis, ...)
• Services include: 
  • BR-102 Student Union

Campus Development

Bradogue was originally built in 1854 as an infirmary, originally part of the Richmond Asylum complex. Today, it's a restored historic building located in An Croí (The Heart) of Grangegorman campus, serving as a multi-functional building for TU Dublin staff and students. 

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 2020
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• Launched: April 2021
• Floors: 6 plus half a basement
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: CQ
• Schools: Computer Science; Mathematics and Statistics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Chemical and Biopharmaceutical Sciences; Biological, Health and Sports Sciences, Food Science and Environmental Health, Physics, Clinical & Optometric Sciences, Culinary Arts and Food Technology, and Hospitality Management and Tourism.
• Facilities include:
  • CQ-006 INTEL Lecture Theatre (250 seats)
  • CQ-011 Arthur Guinness training bar
  • Training & Production Kitchens
• Services include:
  • National Optometry Centre (open to the public)
  • Training Restaurants (open to the public - reservations only)
  • CQ-040 Culinary Arts Shop (open to students & staff - card payments only)
• Art pieces include:
  • Solaris Nexum by Alexandra Carr (sculpture)
  • RGB Sconce, Hold Your Nose by Alan Phelan (sculpture)

National Optometry Centre Front Entrance

Take a 3D virtual tour

• CQ-0C002 Foyer 
• CQ-LG04 Electrical Engineering
• CQ-LG12 Pastry Kitchen
• CQ-LG13 Standard Kitchen
• CQ-LG22 Lecture Theatre
• CQ-001 Training (Musgrave Market Place) Restaurant
• CQ-218 Science Lab

Campus Development

2020 was a momentous year for TU Dublin as we prepared to welcome the first 10,000 students to our new state-of-the-art campus in Grangegorman. We packed over 16,000 office crates, carefully transported almost 90 pianos, and reassembled all types of specialist lab and technical equipment in our two new purpose-built learning hubs in Grangegorman. After over 100 years we said goodbye to our old homes in Kevin Street, Cathal Brugha Street, Chatham Row, Sackville Place and Mountjoy Square. This development phase at saw the Central Quad open in April 2021 - you can see a video of the building here . Every detail has been carefully researched, designed, and agreed at planning stage, now the Central Quad is home to 6,500 students & 400 staff and the Grangegorman campus is home to 16,000 Students now enjoying a totally new and modern learning experience in dedicated Computing, Chemistry and Music Labs

An overview of the Central & East Quads PPP project, delivered in collaboration with the National Development Finance Agency, Grangegorman Development Agency and Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1860
• History:  Designed by George Wilkinson as an ancillary building to the Richmond Asylum
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: Not yet refurbished (possible student event space)
• Floors: 1
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: CI

Campus Development

St. Laurence’s Church was initially built to serve both the Catholic and Church of Ireland congregations as part of the Richmond Asylum. Later in 1860 this chapel was built for the Church of Ireland congregation. Future plans include restoration and repurposing for cultural and community use, preserving its heritage while giving it new life. Currently unoccupied, the building is occasionally used for exhibitions and events.

Did you know that Stop 3 of the free self-guided history walking tour around the Grangegorman campus is located here?

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1816
• History: Grangegorman's most iconic and historically significant structures:
  • Designed by Francis Johnson as the UK & Irelands first penitentiary 
  • Had multitude of purposes throughout its lifetime - Fever hospital for a deadly typhus epidemic in 1818, Dublin Cholera Hospital in 1832, and the UK and Ireland’s first exclusively female penitentiary. It also functioned as a transportation depot for women sent to Tasmania until 1858, with male prisoners returning in 1874 due to overcrowding. 
  • By 1897, the building became the administrative center for the Richmond Lunatic Asylum—later Grangegorman Mental Hospital and St. Brendan’s Hospital—a role it held for over a century. 
  • The 4-sided clock on the top of the building is the oldest working flatbed mechanical clock in Britain, Ireland & Europe
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: 2014
• Floors: 3
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: CT
• Serves as administration offices

Campus Development

Standing since 1816 and located across from An Croí and the East Quad, the Clock Tower Building is one of Grangegorman’s most iconic and historically significant structures. Designed by architect Francis Johnston as a penitentiary, it has served many roles.

Stabilisation and refurbishment began in 2014, with accessibility improvements in 2016 and further conservation works in 2022 protecting the building’s fabric. Supported by Dublin City Council grants, restoration efforts have preserved features such as the original sash windows and the historic Carriageway Gates. 

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Aerial photo of Clocktower & Grangegorman c. 1880

Did you know there are free guided history walking tours of the Grangegorman site meeting at the entrance of the Clocktower?

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 2020 (late)
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• Launched: 2020 (end)
• Floors: 5
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: EQ
• Schools:  Media, Social Sciences, Creative Arts, Music & Drama 
• Facilities include
  • EQ-010 Concert Hall (400 seats)
  • EQ-009 Blackbox Theatre
  • EQ-016 Recital Hall
  • Event / expo spaces
  • Informal Learning Spaces

Take a 3D virtual tour

• EQ-CS001 Foyer
• EQ-010 Concert Hall 
• EQ-322 Film Studio
• EQ-502-504 Fine Art Studios
• 4th floor roof garden

Campus Development

2020 was a momentous year for TU Dublin as we prepared to welcome the first 10,000 students to our new state-of-the-art campus in Grangegorman. We packed over 16,000 office crates, carefully transported almost 90 pianos, and reassembled all types of specialist lab and technical equipment in our two new purpose-built learning hubs in Grangegorman. After over 100 years we said goodbye to our old homes in Kevin Street, Cathal Brugha Street, Chatham Row, Sackville Place and Mountjoy Square. This development phase at saw the East Quad open in late 2020 - you can see a video of the building here . 16,000 Students now enjoy a totally new and modern learning experience in dedicated Computing, Chemistry and Music Labs where every detail has been carefully researched, designed, and agreed at planning stage.

An overview of the Central & East Quads PPP project, delivered in collaboration with the National Development Finance Agency, Grangegorman Development Agency and Department of Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science. Designed by  AHR Architects. Built by SISK & Sons.

Did you know that Stop 1 of the free self-guided history walking tour around the Grangegorman campus is located here?

Key Facts & Highlight

• Launched: 2021 
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• Floor: 1
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: FC
• Facilities include
  • 6 changing rooms with showers & WC's
  • 2 referee rooms
  • 2 WC blocks

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1854 
• History: 
  • Designed by W. Murray, nephew of renowned architect Francis Johnson
  • Serviced as an infirmary as part of the Richmond Asylum
  • The Richmond War Hospital (June 1916 - December 1919) provided care for soldiers suffering from ‘shell-shock’ during the first world war. 
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: 2014 
• Floors: 2
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: GL
• Gym Building

Campus Development

Today, it's a restored historic building located in An Croí (The Heart) of Grangegorman campus, serving as a modern gym facility for TU Dublin staff & students. 

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: Oct 2015 
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• Launched: 2017 - the first new TU Dublin building completed on the Grangegorman campus
• Floors: 5
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: GW
• Research & innovation facility includes a wide range of research labs, meeting spaces & open plan office spaces, including
  • Environmental, Sustainability & Health Institute (ESHI) 
  • TU Dublin Hothouse

Campus Development

The Greenway Hub was the first building completed on the Grangegorman campus and serves as a symbol of innovation, sustainability, and academic enterprise. Positioned between the Central Quad and An Croí, this five-storey facility, houses two key elements of TU Dublin’s research infrastructure: the Environmental Sustainability and Health Institute (ESHI) and the TU Dublin Hothouse Incubation Centre (HHI).

The ESHI section of the Greenway Hub offers state-of-the-art labs and facilities dedicated to social and educational research, health informatics, bioengineering, molecular and cell biology, analytical chemistry, food safety and quality, energy research, and vision sciences, along with private one-to-one meeting rooms and larger rooms accommodating 6–8 people.

The Greenway hub was the first campus building constructed using Building Information Modelling (BIM), a state-of-the-art digital tool that allowed full virtual modelling during development. As part of the Grangegorman Masterplan, the Greenway Hub will be connected to the School of Engineering and form part of a landscaped pathway, reinforcing its role as a hub for collaboration across disciplines and its role as a hub for collaboration across disciplines.

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Photo Dated: March 2016

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: c 1880
• History: Once formed part of a complex of buildings including a female orphan house and church
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• Launched: Unrenovated (Office space)
• Floors: 2
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: KH

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1814 / 1815 - oldest building on campus
• History:
  • Original building was designed by renowned architect Francis Johnson as part of the Richmond Lunatic Asylum
  • The 4th Duke of Richmond's coat of arms still survives over the door today
  • End of 1800s reached its peak with 2,375 patients
  • 1940s it was called the Grangegorman Mental Hospital with more patients than any other asylum in the country 
  • In 1958 became known as St. Brendans Hospital (closed in 2013)
  • Only one wing of the original quadrangle building survived, eventually being vacated in the 1980s and falling into disrepair. 
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: 2020
• Floors: 3
• Eircode: D07 N6R2
• Building Code: LH
• Facilities include
  • LH-043 Dance Studio
  • LH-107 Spin Studio
  • LH-216 Group Fitness Studio
  • Music Practice Rooms
  • Student Common (pool table, ...)

Campus Development

Photo: Before renovation 

Photos: After renovation, Dated 2021

The Richmond Lunatic Asylum opened to patients in 1814/15 in the building we know today as the Lower House & became the largest psychiatric hospital in Ireland. Francis Johnston designed it with the southern range being retained and incorporated into the new campus on the East Quad. Throughout the 19th century, the site evolved to become a large regional mental hospital occupying over 30 hectares of land. Additional buildings were constructed stretching to the west of the original establishment. It was renamed Richmond District Lunatic Asylum in 1830 and eventually St. Brendan's Hospital. At its height, there were 2,375 inpatients in 1896, with this figure trickling down to under 100 in 2005. 

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: c. 1894
• History: Designed by W.H. Byrne as the mortuary for the Richmond Asylum
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: 2014 
• Floors: 1
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: OH
• Services include:
  • Security 

Did you know that Stop 7 of the free self-guided history walking tour around the Grangegorman campus is located here?

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1972
• History: Built as a hotel 
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• Launched: 2017
• Floors: 7 plus basement 
• Eircode: D07 EWV4
• Building Code: PH
• TU Dublin areas currently under construction

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 2021
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• Launched: 2021 
• Floors: 1
• Eircode: D07 K2KR
• Building Code: PW
• School: Art & Design

Campus Development 

Originally located in DIT's Mountjoy Square, the workshop was relocated to North House on the Grangegorman campus in 2015. The purpose-built Printmaking Workshop was completed in 2021 - a dedicated fine art printmaking studio. 

This project was the first Near Zero Carbon building on the Grangegorman.

Has been recognized for its innovative design, earning shortlist nominations for its designers, including the prestigious European Mies van der Rohe Award.

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1866
• History: Designed by W. Murray, nephew of renowned architect Francis Johnson, as the female ward of the Richmond Asylum 
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: 2014 
• Floors: 2
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: RD
• Facilities include
  • RD-001B Student Hub (one-stop-shop) for all queries regarding Admissions, Registrations, Exams, International & Erasmus, Access & Civic Engagement, IT Support
  • RD-118 Student Health Centre including Counselling

Campus Development

Rathdown House was originally built 1866 to serve as the female wards for the Richmond Asylum. Today, it's a restored historic building located in An Croí (The Heart) of Grangegorman campus, serving as TU Dublin’s Student Services Centre, supporting students across the university.

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 1854
• History: Designed by W. Murray, nephew of renowned architect Francis Johnson, as part of the Richmond Asylum. Was initially built to serve both the Catholic and Church of Ireland congregations, however when the (Church of Ireland) Church was built 1860, it functioned as the Roman Catholic church for the asylum.
• Heritage / Protected Building: Yes
• Launched: 2014
• Floor: 1 plus balcony 
• Eircode: D07 E244
• Building Code: SL
• Facilities & services include
  • Serves as a multi purpose venue for prayer, worship, meditation, quiet / reflection, music, community, & university events & conferences 
  • Continues to host Mass every Monday & Thursday at 1.05pm
  • Student drop in centre each Tuesday between 11am & 4pm

Campus Development

St. Laurence’s Church was originally built 1854 as part of the Richmond Asylum complex. Today, it's a restored historic building located in An Croí (The Heart) of Grangegorman campus, serving as a multi purpose venue for prayer and events. 

Key Facts & Highlights

• Built: 2024
• Heritage / Protected Building: No
• About: Sculpture, created by artist Garrett Phelan
• Launched: June 2024
• Floors: 1
• Eircode: D07 C972 (Grangegorman Campus)
• Building Code: TBC
• Facilities include
  • A central point for community interaction and cultural activities on the Grangegorman campus
  • Bookable event space 

Campus Development

TU Dublin and the Grangegorman Development Agency are thrilled to announce the inauguration of ‘THE GOLDEN BANDSTAND Sculpture’ – a unique functional sculpture by renowned artist Garrett Phelan. The sculpture is set to become a central point for community interaction and cultural activities on the Grangegorman campus in Dublin 7. The major visual art commission, part of ‘…the lives we live’ Grangegorman Public Art, aims to leave a lasting legacy for the Grangegorman site, reflecting the vibrant community and its evolving story. 

‘THE GOLDEN BANDSTAND – Sculpture’ is more than just a sculpture; it is a dynamic and interactive space where, as artist Garrett Phelan describes, "all communities from the area will meet, dance, chat, sing, think, kiss, look, and listen." Influenced by the 19th-century Medical Superintendent Dr. Joseph Lalor, who believed in the therapeutic power of creativity and beauty, this bandstand aims to foster emotional well-being through artistic engagement.

Speaking at the grand unveiling, Professor John Doran, Interim President of TU Dublin, said. “THE GOLDEN BANDSTAND – Sculpture’ is a wonderful addition to TU Dublin’s Grangegorman campus that complements our existing theatre and concert hall and marks out our campus as a leading cultural and creative hub in Dublin City. It will provide our students, staff, and the wider community with an inspiring new place for creative expression. We are thrilled to host this work of art.”

Artist Garrett Phelan welcomed this inaugural event in the new sculpture, stating: “ ‘THE GOLDEN BANDSTAND – Sculpture’ connects the transformation of the Grangegorman site as a centre for new models for creative education and community activity. I have created the sculpture to respectfully acknowledge the past, fully embrace the present and act as a positive contemporary work of art for creative engagement and collective escapism into the future for everyone.”

Speaking at the event, Prof. Ciarán Benson, former Chair of the Grangegorman Public Art Working Group and part of the selection panel for this artwork said: “For an age, Grangegorman was a place of darkness in Dublin's heartland. Now, with Garrett Phelan's newly inaugurated THE GOLDEN BANDSTAND – Sculpture’, there is a glowing heart beating in the core of the ambitious new Grangegorman campus. Good public art can work wonders in enlivening a place and releasing new meanings and options for feeling. 'The Golden Bandstand - Sculpture' will do just this for Grangegorman and its constituent communities. The growing presence of singular public art in Ireland can now add this distinguished and ambitious work to the other fine works on the campus. This is confirmation of the value of the soon-to-be-expanded national Per Cent for Art Scheme advancing public art in Ireland.” 

2024 Launch poster

Did you know that Stop 6 of the free self-guided history walking tour around the Grangegorman campus is located here?

View as a PDF Doc: Wayfinding Map Sept 2024 (PDF)

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