page_title: Four Courts
section_title: Gandon's building
hierarchical_section_title: Four Courts / History / Gandon's building
caption_attribution_description: English: The Four Courts lost interior
context_page_description: The Four Courts is Ireland's most prominent courts building, located on Inns Quay in Dublin. The Four Courts is the principal seat of the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal, the High Court and the Dublin Circuit Court. Until 2010 the building also housed the Central Criminal Court; this is now located in the Criminal Courts of Justice building.
context_section_description: Work based on the design of Thomas Cooley for the Public Records Office of Ireland, began in 1776. After his death in 1784 renowned architect James Gandon was appointed to finish the building which we recognise today as the Four Courts. It was built between 1786 and 1796, while the finishing touches to the arcades and wings were completed in 1802. The lands were previously used by the King's Inns.
caption: Part of the original Gandon-designed interior decoration of the dome, lost in the 1922 destruction
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