Public Record Office of Ireland
Who worked in a place like this?
The Public Record Office of Ireland, showing the Record Treasury (right) with its tall arched windows. National Archives of Ireland.
The plan for the two-part Public Record Office (on the left, in red) inside the expanded boundary of the Four Courts. National Archives of Ireland.
Architect's drawings for the ornate stairway, just inside the entrance of the Public Record Office. National Archives of Ireland.
In the Search Room. Archivists and readers quietly going about their work. National Archives of Ireland.
Richard Tucker, Foreman of the workers in the Public Record Office. Three generations of his family would live on the top floor. National Archives of Ireland.
The Searchers who fetched records from the Record Treasury for readers in the Search Room. National Archives of Ireland.
JJ Tucker and his son JJ junior, the second and third generations of the family to live in the PROI. National Archives of Ireland.
The all-important fire-break, meant to protect the Record Treasury. In 1922 it saved the front building from the flames which destroyed the Record Treasury. National Archives of Ireland.
Inside the Record Treasury. Staff working in the tall atrium lit by the long glass roof. National Archives of Ireland.
