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Architecture of Sligo

30 December 2009
1877 – Allied Irish Bank, Sligo, Co. Sligo

1877 – Allied Irish Bank, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: T.M. Deane Originally the Provincial Bank, this branch of AIB is finished with elaborately carved Mountcharles sandstone. Well proportioned, almost square in elevation, the style is vaguely Elizabethan in inspiration.

30 December 2009
1878 – Courthouse, Sligo, Co. Sligo

1878 – Courthouse, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: Rawson Carroll Most large Irish towns have a fine classical courthouse (Carlow, Monaghan, Dundalk), but Sligo’s is a fine Gothic Revival ediface. The design is dominated by the octagonal tower which has...

30 December 2009
1895 – Gillooly Memorial Hall, Sligo, Co. Sligo

1895 – Gillooly Memorial Hall, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: P.J. Kilgallen Built to commemorate the deceased Bishop Gillooly who was a campaigner against alcohol. The interior is classic victorian – polished mahogany and leaded glass. The exterior is grim and foreboding,...

31 December 2009
1895 – Masonic Hall, Sligo, Co. Sligo

1895 – Masonic Hall, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architect: Henry Seaver Designed by Belfast architect Henry Seaver, this distinctive brick Arts and Crafts building, sited on rising land, is a prominent local landmark with a tower with a richly moulded terracotta...

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...

31 December 2009
2000 – Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Co. Sligo

2000 – Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Architects: James H. Owen / McCullough Mulvin The original building was designed by James Owen of the Board of Works to provide education to all demoninations between 1857-63. Part residence and school, the...

02 March 2010
2003 – Unbuilt Sligo – LAMA Architectural Competition

2003 – Unbuilt Sligo – LAMA Architectural Competition

Architects: Archimago & I/O Interdisciplinary Office

02 March 2010
2003 – Unbuilt Sligo – LAMA Architectural Competition

2003 – Unbuilt Sligo – LAMA Architectural Competition

Architect: Architects: Gordon Murray + Alan Dunlop Architects The library wall forms the backdrop to a new square and is made from Limestone, the indigenous material used in all Sligo’s important building from...