Having once been moved from the plint in Leinster house to Parliament St Dublin, Queen Victoria was again shifted from the front of the old Parliament Building in Nassau St, Dublin in 1946 and stored by the Office of public Works. In the 1980's Dr. Garrett Fitzgerald was asked by the Governor of the State of Victoria if he could have the Statue. After great searching it was found in an old Office of Public Works warehouse and presented by the Taoiseach on behalf of the people of Ireland to the State of Victoria.
This premises where it had rested since the mid 20's on Parliament St, Dublin, now houses the headquarters of the Bank of Ireland