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Home Rule

The Guildhall  reopened in 1912 after a devastating fire with a new main façade facing the  city walls decorated in the Perpendicular Gothic Style. To the rear, facing  the river, Venetian Gothic was employed. When first opened, stone details and  stained glass  concentrated on the Post- Plantation glories of the city and in  particular on  the links to London.  The building was used as an  appropriate venue for those signing the Solemn  League and Covenant against Home  Rule for Ireland in the same year. 

Also in  1912 the Roman Catholic  Long  Tower    Church   reopened after major  works. This had Hiberno-Romanesque details and many  references to the medieval glories of the city.  

 

    

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