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Architecture of Connacht

06 November 2012
1895 – Presbytery, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon

1895 – Presbytery, Roscommon, Co. Roscommon

Architect: W.H. Byrne Solid late-Victorian house with bay windows on several sides, and rather awkward decorative pediments over paired ground-floor windows..

01 November 2012
1896 – St. Patrick’s Church, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon

1896 – St. Patrick’s Church, Castlerea, Co. Roscommon

Architect: Goldie, Child & Goldie Imposing catholic church from English architect George Goldie, comprising nave, transepts, side aisles with two-storey sacristy to east and four-stage tower to north end of west front. The...

15 April 2013
1899 – Carmelite Abbey, Loughrea, Co. Galway

1899 – Carmelite Abbey, Loughrea, Co. Galway

Architect: W.H. Byrne Church of 1820, by an unknown architect, under the supervision of Fr Gannon, the superior at the time, who also supervised the construction of the monastery and the convent. Renovated...

30 November 1999
1899 – Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo, Co. Sligo

1899 – Yeats Memorial Building, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: Vincent Craig Originally designed as the Royal Bank by Vincent Craig, brother of the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, Lord Craigavon. After the formation of Allied Irish Bank, it was donated...

31 December 2009
1901 – Sligo Post Office, Co. Sligo

1901 – Sligo Post Office, Co. Sligo

Architect: Board of Works A fine post office with shallow, bow-fronted end bays with beautiful banded brick. Above the pedimented doorway inscriptions read ‘ Post Office’ and E 1901 R’. The handsome red...

06 November 2011
1903 – Church of the Sacred Heart, Roscommon

1903 – Church of the Sacred Heart, Roscommon

Architect: Walter G. Doolin & P.J. Kilgallen / O’Callaghan & Webb Main body of church constructed between 1897 and 1903 by Walter G. Doolin & P.J. Kilgallen. The tower and spire was added...

21 January 2013
1912 – St. Mary’s College, Galway

1912 – St. Mary’s College, Galway

Architect: William A. Scott Seen here before the addition of the extra storey of 1939 flattened the highly original composition. An abstraction of collegiate gothic into a distinctly early twentieth century style with...

17 September 2009
1913 – Church of St Patrick, Balla, Co. Mayo

1913 – Church of St Patrick, Balla, Co. Mayo

Architect: Doolin & Butler

07 February 2013
1915 – Railway Terminus, Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo

1915 – Railway Terminus, Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo

Architect: Hoare & Wheeler Unbuilt proposal for a large railway terminus to server a trans-atlantic liner terminal that would have seen Liverpool ousted not just as the transatlantic departure point for British passenger...