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Architecture of Munster

22 May 2013
1781 – Ash Hill Towers, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

1781 – Ash Hill Towers, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

Architect: Charles Anderson An earlier house of 1781 that was extended and castellated to designs possibly by Charles Anderson. Described in Lewis Topographical Dictionary as “a large castellated mansion now in progress of...

13 November 2009
1783 – City Hall, Waterford

1783 – City Hall, Waterford

Architect: John Roberts Waterford City Hall was originally built in 1783 as an Assembly Rooms and Theatre. The ground floor was leased to Waterford Corporation until 1813 when the Corporation bought the lease...

13 April 2011
1784 – Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Cashel

1784 – Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Cashel

Architect: William Vitruvius Morrison The historic cathedral on the Rock of Cashel was closed for worship in 1721. Meanwhile the old parish church of St John was removed and the present Georgian cathedral...

19 October 2012
1790 – St. John the Baptist’s Church, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

1790 – St. John the Baptist’s Church, Cashel, Co. Tipperary

Architect: John Roberts / Walter G. Doolin Designed by John Roberts the original structure of this church dates from the late-eighteenth century while the tympanum and other so-called embellishments were added by W.G...

22 May 2011
1790s – Mount Coote, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

1790s – Mount Coote, Kilmallock, Co. Limerick

Fine Georgian residence of three storeys with single storey wings. Demolished in the late 1950s and replaced with a georgian-style house. Photograph from the Irish Tourist Association Survey 1943-44.

12 March 2012
1791 – Design for Cashel Cathedral Steeple

1791 – Design for Cashel Cathedral Steeple

Architect: Richard Morrison The lower part of the tower was completed as per this design, but the secondary level and the spire received a different treatment.

05 November 2009
1798 – St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Youghal, Co. Cork

1798 – St Mary’s Roman Catholic Church, Youghal, Co. Cork

09 April 2013
1799 – Court House, Lismore, Co. Waterford

1799 – Court House, Lismore, Co. Waterford

Architect: John Carr The Sessions House, as it was first known, was built as part of the Lismore estate, by Lord Devonshire and can be attributed to the Architect John Carr. Like many...

22 May 2012
1800s – Clonshavoy House, Co. Limerick

1800s – Clonshavoy House, Co. Limerick

The Irish Tourist Association surveyor writes in 1944 that the house was interesting as it was the remains of a very old Elizabethan house. He says that more than half the house was...