Oriel House, Westland Row

Oriel House
South façade, Oriel House, Westland Row
Former names	Dunlop House
General information
Type	Offices
Location	Westland Row/Fenian St., Dublin
Owner	Trinity College, Dublin

Oriel House, Westland Row is a building at the intersection of Westland Row and Fenian Street in Dublin. It is owned by Trinity College Dublin and serves as the headquarters for the Connect Centre for Future Networks and Communications (formerly CTVR). Connect is a Science Foundation Ireland research centre.

Oriel House was the address at which a US pneumatic tyre patent was drafted in 1893 'for the wheels of Velocipedes and other Vehicles'. During the Irish Civil War, it became the base for the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Irish Free State's nascent police force. It was used by the Department of Lands in the late 1940s, and Gaeltarra Eireann had its head office there in the 1950s.