Tailors' Hall

Tailors Hall
Halla na dTáilliúirí[1]
Limestone entrance gate to Tailors' Hall with broken rounded pediment
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 / 53.342917; -6.273361
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.