The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, Dublin
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland is a bookshop at 8 Merrion Square North in Dublin, County Dublin, 1.2 km south-east of the centre.
Architectural Bookshop and offices of the RIAI.
Opening hours
09:30 to 17:00
Weekly schedule
| Monday | 09:30 to 17:00 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 09:30 to 17:00 |
| Wednesday | 09:30 to 17:00 |
| Thursday | 09:30 to 17:00 |
| Friday | 09:30 to 17:00 |
| Saturday | Not provided |
| Sunday | Not provided |
Public holiday hours have not been provided.
Source: OpenStreetMap.
- Kind
- Bookshops
- Address
- 8 Merrion Square North
- From the centre
- 1.2 km south-east, in a straight line
- Phone
- +353 1 676 1703
- Website
- www.riai.ie
- Run by
- The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
- Parking
- Shelbourne Hotel Car Park, 470 m away
- Bus stop
- Cruise Shuttle Stop, 30 m away
Getting to The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland
About these directions
Public transport times come from National Transport Authority. Timetables cover 2026-09-18 to 2027-09-19. These are scheduled services; check with the operator for cancellations and changes before travelling.
Walking and driving times are estimates. A town search starts at its centre; choose your location or a point on the map for a more precise starting point. Eircode search is not available.
How journey planning worksDestination, access and nearby stops
The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland is in Dublin, County Dublin. Routes here end at the point the map records for this place. No entrance has been verified, so the last few metres are for you to judge. Q-Park Dawson Street is 510 m away and the map records it as open to the public.
The nearest scheduled stop is Merrion Sq North (408), 30 m away in a straight line. Use the planner to check walking connections for your journey.
- Merrion Sq North 30 m
buses 4, 2, 7, 7A, 7n and 120 among othersScheduled departures from this stop
- Merrion Square 70 m
buses 740, 740A and 740XScheduled departures from this stop
- Merrion Sq West 80 m
bus 100XScheduled departures from this stop
- Clare Street 90 m
buses 15B, 82, 15A, 44, 41X and X28 among othersScheduled departures from this stop
- Holles Street 160 m
buses NX, 4, 7, 7A, 101X and 111X among othersScheduled departures from this stop
Getting to Dublin covers the journeys into the town itself.
Events nearby
Not at The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. These are at other venues within a few hundred metres of it.
- 17 September to 17 October 2026Free entryMasters of Irish ArtThe Oriel Gallery
- 18 July to 6 December 2026Free entryRembrandt to Matisse – A Celebration of European Works on PaperNational Gallery of Ireland
- 2 to 30 September 2026Free entrySeptember Tours at the National Museum of Ireland, Kildare StreetNational Museum of Ireland, Kildare Street
- 14 to 27 September 2026Free entryThe Dublin Painting and Sketching Club’s 148th Annual ExhibitionTownhall, 1WML
Within a short walk
What else the map names within four hundred metres of The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, on Merrion Square North and around it.
- 50 m
- American College Dublin50 mColleges
- OHC50 mEducational institution
- Violet Gibson50 mMonuments
- Holmes Institute50 mEducational institution
- Wolfgang Digital60 mAdvertising agency
Also on Merrion Square North
Merrion Square North carries 17 of the places the map names in Dublin.
- Oscar Wilde MemorialMonuments
- Bernardo O'HigginsMonuments
- Unite The UnionNgo
- Joint Faculty of Intensive Care Medicine of IrelandEducational institution
- Michael CollinsMonuments
- George Russell (AE)Monuments
- Henry GrattanMonuments
- Violet GibsonMonuments
- DowneyArchitects
- Irish Exporters AssociationCompanies
- Holmes InstituteEducational institution
- OHCEducational institution
- Irish Red Cross Head OfficeNgo
- College of Anaesthesiologists of IrelandEducational institution
- American College DublinColleges
- The Giant's GardenAttractions
Other bookshops in Dublin
Nearest to The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland first, and the figure beside each one is how far it is from The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland, in a straight line. Same point, same measure.
- International Books490 mSouth Frederick Street
- Eason510 mNassau Street
- Library Shop570 mLibrary Square
- Hodges Figgis600 mDawson Street
- Ulysses Rare Books610 mDuke Street
- Sound Cellar670 mNassau Street
- Dubray Books710 mGrafton Street
- Books Upstairs770 mD'Olier Street
- The Secret Book & Record Store800 mWicklow Street
- Clarendon Medical810 mClarendon Street
- Eason850 mSt. Stephen's Green
- City Assembly House Bookshop870 mWilliam Street South
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Where this comes from
- From the map
- The name, the kind of place, the address where the record carries one, and any website, phone or opening hours shown as recorded on the map are tags on OpenStreetMap way/113819783, and can be corrected there.
- Worked out here
- Every distance, the nearest road where the record has no address, which car park and which stop are nearest, and the order of the lists are this site’s own calculations from those records. Distances are straight lines between two points, not walks along the footpaths, and the map will route the real walk on request. A mistake in any of this is a mistake here rather than on the map.