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Vanished Ireland

11 March 2013
1868 – North British & Mercantile Insurance Co, College Green, Dublin

1868 – North British & Mercantile Insurance Co, College Green, Dublin

Architect: David Bryce The last of three buildings by Scottish architect David Bryce in Dublin, and the only one lost to the city – pictured behind left of the Statue of William of...

10 April 2013
1869 – Ballynastragh, Gorey, Co. Wexford

1869 – Ballynastragh, Gorey, Co. Wexford

Architect: G.C. Ashlin Largely remodeled by G.C. Ashlin in the late 1860s for local MP Sir John Esmonde, and destroyed in an arson attack in March 1923 when it belonged to his son...

14 March 2013
1869 – Brittas Castle, Clonaslee, Co. Laois

1869 – Brittas Castle, Clonaslee, Co. Laois

Architect: John McCurdy / Millar & Symes Built for Major-General Francis Plunkett Dunne in 1869, to a design by John McCurdy. It was extended ten years later by Millar & Symes. Constructed of...

03 March 2013
1869 – Hammam Family Hotel and Turkish Baths, O’Connell St., Dublin

1869 – Hammam Family Hotel and Turkish Baths, O’Connell St., Dublin

Architect: Richard Barter Dr Richard Barter’s second Turkish bath in Dublin was built as an extension at the rear of Reynold’s Hotel at 11 and 12 Upper Sackville Street. The baths were built...

27 May 2011
1869 – St. Barnabas’ Church, Upper Sheriff St., Dublin

1869 – St. Barnabas’ Church, Upper Sheriff St., Dublin

Architect: Alfred G. Jones Designed in a Perpendicular Gothic style, as part of a bequest as a Mariner’s Church costing 4,000 pounds. Demolished in 1969.

19 October 2010
1870 – St Joseph’s Industrial School, Tralee, Co. Kerry

1870 – St Joseph’s Industrial School, Tralee, Co. Kerry

Institutional gothic school and adjoining monastery for the Christian Brothers. This school was implicated in the sexual and physical abuse inquiries into the industrial schools run by the catholic orders. The school was...

05 March 2013
1870 – St. Anne’s Hydro & Turkish Bath, Blarney, Co. Cork

1870 – St. Anne’s Hydro & Turkish Bath, Blarney, Co. Cork

Architect: Richard Barter Part of the earlier, sprawling Hydropathic centre started by Dr. Richard Barter, the large Turkish bath building can be seen in the foreground. The Hydropathic buildings are those further up...

11 March 2013
1870 – The Irish House, Nos.1-2 Wood Quay, Dublin

1870 – The Irish House, Nos.1-2 Wood Quay, Dublin

The Irish House was built in 1870 at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay in Dublin, and became a popular public house and well-known piece of Celtic Revival architecture. The Irish...

19 December 2012
1870s – Loreto Convent, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

1870s – Loreto Convent, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin

Although a convent and school still exists on this site, the buildings illustrated are either gone or unrecognisable. The school was started in 1857 when they took over the house with curved bays...