City government had originally been located in the mediæval Tholstel one quarter of a mile away. In the 1850s, the City Corporation bought the Royal Exchange and converted it for use by city government. The building was restored to its eighteenth century appearance at the begininning of the twenty-first century.
Most Dublin Corporation staff are located in the new and controversial Civil Offices, built on the site of a national monument, the viking city foundations on Wood Quay[?]. Dublin Corporation itself was renamed in the late 1990s as Dublin City Council. Council meetings take place in City Hall.
See also: The Mansion House, Dublin
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