Temple Bar Cultural Quarter

Temple Bar is a 28-acre urban quarter in Dublin city centre. The area was strategically regenerated as a cultural quarter during the 1990’s by Temple Bar Properties Ltd. through property purchase, renewal and management of fixed rents. The moneys generated from rental income were invested back into the property renewal programme and environmental action and used to subsidise cultural projects. The management and stewardship of the cultural quarter has gone through a number of phases. The heritage of the site dates back to the Vikings and includes sections of the walls of the medieval city. There are increased pressures on the area from over tourism and commercialisation. Tensions remain between building an authentic and sustainable sense of place for the people of Dublin and the development of a contrasting branding of place to attract tourists. Today the area hosts 14 nationally significant cultural buildings such as Project Arts Centre or the Ark Cultural Centre for Children.

[Credits of the pictures are from left to right: “Temple Bar” @themillennialnomad Alexandre Kan / “Temple Bar” @ Gerd Eichmann / "The Sunlight Chambers" @rachmarie.s via Temple Bar Company / "Smock Alley theatre interior view © Irish Theatre Institute" / "21" @aerial.ie / "Welcome back" @palacebardublin via Temple Bar Company / "TempleBar" @w_for_wander via Temple Bar Company / "Smock Alley Exterior View" © Smirkybec / “Temple Bar, Dublin ” © the_tale_of_times Sayantan Mondal / Credits of the main picture: "Chinese New Year Celebrations in Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, 2014" © William Murphy]

Case Study: Temple Bar Cultural Quarter
Location: Dublin, Ireland
Data availability: Good
Stage of the case: Finished
Type of cultural heritage: Monument / Place of Remembrance, Architectural, Archaeological, Historic Building, Museum / Documentary, Cultural Good or Object, Intangible, Project, Programme
Funding / Type of recognition: International / Global level, European level, National level, Private
Type of initiation: Policy-driven, Civil society-driven, Business-driven
Financial dimension value: mappingtool.
Physical dimension: mappingtool.