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[[File:merrion_hall_interior.jpg]] Merrion Hall was built in 1863 near the Georgian "Merrion Square", as possibly the largest Brethren assembly in the world, and was also the 2nd assembly built in Dublin (the 1st being [[Aungier Street Hall]], among private house meetings). "The Dublin Builder", upon its completion and opening, referred that "it may be regarded in somewhat the same light as the Spurgeon Tabernacle".
In fact, its "double deck preacher's platform" was said to have been "almost identical to that of the [[Metropolitan Tabernacle]] in London. Merrion also contained three completely oval galleries. The lower hall in the basement contained a below-floor baptism pool.
* The building was used as a film location for the 1991 film [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hear_My_Song Hear My Song] portraying a London night club.
* One of the few religious buildings mentioned in James Joyce's "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_(novel) Ulysses]" is Merrion Hall.
* [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Merrion_Hall Wiki on Merrion Hall
* [http://www.dublincity.ie/image/libraries/060-merrion-hall Dublin City Merrion Hall article]
* Photo credit: [http://archiseek.com/2016/1863-merrion-hall-dublin/ Archiseek]