{{Short description|Municipal building in Fingal, Ireland}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2023}} {{Use Hiberno-English|date=July 2023}} {{Infobox building | name = County Hall, Swords | native_name = Halla an Chontae, Sord Cholmcille | image = County Hall Swords.jpg | caption = County Hall entrance and sculptures | pushpin_map = Ireland | address = Main Street | location_city = Swords | location_country = Ireland | pushpin_label = County Hall | coordinates = {{coord|53.4590|-6.2192|display=inline,title}} | completion_date = 2000 | former_names = | architect = Bucholz & McEvoy | architectural_style = }} '''County Hall''' ({{langx|ga|Halla an Chontae, Sord Cholmcille}}) is a municipal building in Swords in the county of Fingal, Ireland.
==History== Following the implementation of the Local Government (Dublin) Act 1993, which created Fingal County Council, the county council initially met at the former offices of the abolished Dublin County Council, an office block at 46-49 O'Connell Street, Dublin.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/fingal-council-to-build-new-county-offices-in-swords-1.82805?mode=sample&auth-failed=1&pw-origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.irishtimes.com%2Fnews%2Ffingal-council-to-build-new-county-offices-in-swords-1.82805|title=Fingal council to build new county offices in Swords|date=4 September 1996|publisher=Irish Times|accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-05-26/121/|title=Local Authorities|date=26 May 1982|publisher=Oireachtas|accessdate=26 October 2019}}</ref> The new building, which was designed by Bucholz & McEvoy in association with the Building Design Partnership, was purpose-built for the county council and completed in 2000.<ref name=times>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/life-and-style/homes-and-property/fingal-s-offices-are-greenest-of-all-1.1114806|title=Fingal's offices are greenest of all|date=9 November 2000|publisher=Irish Times|accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref> It has full-length glass wall engineered by RFR, a French firm who also carried out the engineering for the Louvre Pyramid.<ref name=times/> There is a 150-year-old Himalayan Cedar tree growing in the centre of the building.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archiseek.com/2009/2002-fingal-county-hall-swords-co-dublin/|title=2002 – Fingal County Hall, Swords, Co. Dublin|date=8 February 2009 |publisher=Archiseek|accessdate=1 November 2019}}</ref>
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{{City and County buildings in the Republic of Ireland|state=collapsed}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:County Hall, Swords}} Category:Buildings and structures in Fingal Swords Category:Fingal County Council