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The island of Ireland has relatively few tall buildings. The island's first tall building was Liberty Hall, built in 1965, which stands at 59.4 metres (195 ft). The current tallest habitable building on the island of Ireland is the Obel Tower in Belfast, Northern Ireland at 85 metres (279 ft).
Obel Tower was developed by the Karl Group at a cost of £60 million. Its name derives from "obelisk" and "old Belfast".[6] [7]The tower contains 233 apartments. [8] The first 182 apartments released in March 2005, priced from £100,000 to £475,000, were reserved off plan within 48 hours.
Entries in the list that are in Northern Ireland are denoted by an asterisk, the others being in the Republic of Ireland. Nenagh Castle Keep Sculptures Spire of Dublin, 120 m (390 ft) Spire of Hope, St Anne’s Cathedral, Belfast*, 40 m (130 ft) Gantry Cranes "Samson", Harland and Wolff, Belfast*, 106 m (348 ft) Bridges
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Albert Memorial Clock. The tallest building in Belfast is the Obel Tower at 86 metres (282 feet). It is the tallest building in Northern Ireland and the island of Ireland. The tallest structure in Belfast is the Black Mountain transmission station, servicing TV and Radio, at 228.6 m (750 ft 0 in).
The second largest skyscraper by floor area in the world, the second tallest building in China, the fourth tallest building in Asia and the fourth tallest building in the world, with the height of 599.1 m (1,966 ft). Shenzhen Bao'an International Airport Terminal 3 China: Shenzhen: 459,000 m 2 (4,940,000 sq ft) [78] Tesla Giga Nevada United States
This list ranks the tallest externally complete buildings and structures in County Dublin, Ireland which stand over 50m tall. As of December 2023, there are 6 structures over 80 m (260 ft) tall and 11 buildings over 50 m (164 ft) tall.
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