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===Architect===
The architect was [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Gresham_Jones Alfred Gresham Jones] (1824-1915) whose other designs can be found [http://archiseek.com/tag/alfred-g-jones/ here].
====Dublin Exhibition Palace and Winter Garden====
One of Jones' other notable designs included the [http://www.victorianweb.org/art/architecture/iron/38.html Dublin International Exhibit Building] in 1863, which was cofounded by [[Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness]] (1798-1868) initially towards an arts and manufacturing world's fair in 1865 attended by one million people. Guinness was grandson of [[Arthur Guinness]] the founder of the brewery by the same name. Benjamin inherited the brewery at the death of his father in 1855, which made him "the richest man in Ireland", his personality sworn at $25 million in today's funds. He is also credited with investing $135 million in the 1840's railways, and undertaking the restoral of St. Patrick's Cathedral 1860-1865 at $2.3 million at his own expense. Values listed in 2018 terms. Another grandson of Arthur Guinness was [[Henry Grattan Guinness]], early Brethren missiologist,
The building was influenced by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crystal_Palace,_London Crystal Palace] in London, England. This latter building was converted in 1908 into the central building of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_College_Dublin University College Dublin], and in 1981 reopened as the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Concert_Hall National Concert Hall].
===Other Workers===