Inside The Dark History Behind Ireland’s Grandest Buildings

In the 18th and 19th centuries, Dublin transformed into a major financial powerhouse of the British Empire. Following the Act of Union in 1800, Ireland’s original parliament building was converted into the Bank of Ireland, sparking a massive architectural rivalry on Dame Street. From pioneering underwater port engineering using massive diving bells to the explosive 1885 Munster Bank insider fraud scandal, discover how power, politics, and money built the capital of Ireland.