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Áras
an
Uachtaráin
(/ˈɑːrəs
ən
ˈuːəxtərɑːn/)
(Irish
pronunciation:
[ˈɑːɾˠəs
əˈnˠuˑ(ə)xt̪ˠəɾˠaːn̻ʲ]),
formerly
the
Viceregal
Lodge,
is
the
official
residence
and
principal
workplace
of
the
President
of
Ireland.
It
is
located
off
Chesterfield
Avenue
in
the
Phoenix
Park
in
Dublin.
The
building
design
was
credited
to
amateur
architect
Nathaniel
Clements
but
more
likely
guided
by
professionals
(John
Wood
of
Bath,
Sir
Edward
Lovett
Pearce
and
Richard
Castle)
and
completed
around
1751
to
1757.
The
original
house
was
designed
by
park
ranger
and
amateur
architect,
Nathaniel
Clements,
in
the
mid-eighteenth
century.
It
was
bought
by
the
Crown
in
the
1780s
to
become
the
summer
residence
of
the
Lord
Lieutenant
of
Ireland,
the
British
viceroy
in
the
Kingdom
of
Ireland.
His
official
residence
was
in
the
Viceregal
Apartments
in
Dublin
Castle.
The
house
in
the
park
later
became
the
Viceregal
Lodge,
the
"out
of
season"
residence
of
the
Lord
Lieutenant
(also
known
as
the
Viceroy),
where
he
lived
for
most
of
the
year
from
the
1820s
onwards.
During
the
Social
Season
(January
to
Saint
Patrick's
Day
in
March),
he
lived
in
state
in
Dublin
Castle.
Phoenix
Park
once
contained
three
official
state
residences.
The
Viceregal
Lodge,
the
Chief
Secretary's
Lodge
and
the
Under
Secretary's
Lodge.
The
Chief
Secretary's
Lodge,
now
called
Deerfield,
is
the
official
residence
of
the
United
States
Ambassador
to
Ireland.
The
Under
Secretary's
Lodge,
now
demolished,
served
for
many
years
as
the
Apostolic
Nunciature.
Some
historians
have
claimed
that
the
garden
front
portico
of
Áras
an
Uachtaráin
(which
can
be
seen
by
the
public
from
the
main
road
through
the
Phoenix
Park)
was
used
as
a
model
by
Irish
architect
James
Hoban,
who
designed
the
White
House
in
Washington,
D.C.
However,
the
porticoes
were
not
part
of
Hoban's
original
design
and
were,
in
fact,
added
to
the
White
House
at
a
later
date
by
Benjamin
Henry
Latrobe.
In
1882,
its
grounds
were
the
location
of
the
Phoenix
Park
Murders.
The
Chief
Secretary
for
Ireland
(the
British
Cabinet
minister
with
responsibility
for
Irish
affairs),
Lord
Frederick
Cavendish,
and
his
undersecretary,
Thomas
Henry
Burke,
were
stabbed
to
death
with
surgical
knives
while
walking
back
to
the
residence
from
Dublin
Castle.
A
small
insurgent
group
called
the
Irish
National
Invincibles
was
responsible.
The
5th
Earl
Spencer,
the
then
Lord
Lieutenant,
heard
the
victims'
screams
from
a
window
in
the
ground
floor
drawing
room.
In
1911,
the
house
underwent
a
large
extension
for
the
visit
of
King
George
V
and
Queen
Mary.
With
the
creation
of
the
Irish
Free
State
in
December
1922,
the
office
of
Lord
Lieutenant
was
abolished.
The
new
state
intended
to
place
the
new
representative
of
the
Crown,
Governor-General
Tim
Healy,
in
a
new,
smaller
residence,
but
because
of
death
threats
from
the
anti-treaty
IRA,
he
was
installed
in
the
Viceregal
Lodge
temporarily.
The
building
was
at
the
time
nicknamed
"Uncle
Tim's
Cabin"
after
him,
in
imitation
of
the
famous
US
novel
Uncle
Tom's
Cabin
by
the
US
author
Harriet
Beecher
Stowe.
It
remained
the
official
residence
of
the
Governor-General
of
the
Irish
Free
State
until
1932,
when
the
new
Governor-General,
Domhnall
Ua
Buachalla,
was
installed
in
a
specially
hired
private
mansion
in
the
southside
of
Dublin.
Various
visiting
British
monarchs
stayed
at
the
Viceregal
Lodge
while
Ireland
was
part
of
the
United
Kingdom,
notably
Queen
Victoria
and
King
George
V.
American
presidents
hosted
there
include
John
F.
Kennedy,
Richard
Nixon,
Ronald
Reagan,
Bill
Clinton,
and
Barack
Obama.
Former
Secretary
of
State
Hillary
Clinton
has
also
visited.
Other
famous
visitors
to
Áras
an
Uachtaráin
have
been
Nelson
Mandela,
Aung
Sang
Suu
Kyi,
Prince
Rainier
III
and
Princess
Grace
of
Monaco;
King
Baudouin
of
Belgium;
King
Juan
Carlos
and
Queen
Sofía
of
Spain;
Pope
John
Paul
II;
Prince
Charles
and
Prince
Philip;
Indian
prime-ministers
Jawaharlal
Nehru
and
Narendra
Modi;
and
Pope
Francis.
