Dungarvan Old Market House Arts Centre, (Waterford, Ireland)

Turn left off the 19th-century Grattan Square into Main Street, walk to the end and you will find the Old Market House Arts Centre. This building started life as a butter market in the late 1690s. The area in front of the building became known as the market place. Overhead were the Council chambers. In 1868 the Market House was bought by Robert A. Merry, a local business man, who used it as offices and stores for his grocery and spirits business. The area in front of the Market House is reputed to have been used for public executions. In 1984 the building was restored and for many years housed the town library and museum. Today it is an exhibition space for local artists.