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The Rise and Fall of Virginia House (Wiggins Teape), now Gateway, in Dublin’s East Wall

  See here for more stories of Dublin Docklands.   One of the last great landmarks in Dublin’s East Wall was latterly known as the Wiggins Teape building. It was built in 1931 for the Gallaher group, one of the world’s largest independent tobacco producers. It was originally named Virginia House as a nod to the State from which Gallaher’s acquired […]