Building Ireland

A team of expert presenters in engineering, architecture and geography explore some of the finest example of Ireland’s building and engineering heritage.

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Status	Ended
Original Name	Building Ireland
First Air Date	July 8, 2014
Last Air Date	May 21, 2020
Seasons	3
Episodes	18
Episode Runtime	25min
Language	—
Original Language	English
Production Countries	—
Production Companies
Networks	RTÉ One

S03E06

Marino Garden Suburb

In 1922, the new Irish government set about solving Dublin's housing crisis with a revolutionary housing scheme. The Marino Garden Suburb was one of the first schemes in Europe to provide high quality public housing with spacious gardens and parkland. 1500 houses were ultimately built to a range of innovative architectural designs and they are just as desirable today as they were in the 1920s.

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