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Buildings of Ireland

28 September 2009
1815 – Market House, Armagh, Co. Armagh

1815 – Market House, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Duff On a steeply sloped site in Market Square, the former Market House featured an open arcade of arches at ground level (to the rear of the façade above). Later the...

28 September 2009
1809 – Courthouse, Armagh, Co. Armagh

1809 – Courthouse, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Francis Johnston The courthouse by Francis Johnston is a relatively simple affair and should be compared with the larger Courthouse built in nearby Monaghan only twenty years later. Armagh Courthouse is a...

28 September 2009
1774 – Former Hospital, Armagh, Co. Armagh

1774 – Former Hospital, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: George Ensor Built as the city hospital in 1774, and now an outreach campus for Queens University Belfast. Deceptively small, the ground falls away behind the main façade to allow for more...

28 September 2009
1771 – Public Library, Armagh, Co. Armagh

1771 – Public Library, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Cooley Fabulous Library building on an awkward sloping corner site by Thomas Cooley, the architect of Dublin’s City Hall which was started just two years earlier. Like City Hall, the library...

27 September 2009
1870 – School, Mounttown, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

1870 – School, Mounttown, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin

Architect: Welland & Gillespie

25 September 2009
2002 – Clinton Centre, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

2002 – Clinton Centre, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: Maxwell Pierce The Clinton Centre was built in 2002 and dedicated to Bill Clinton and his contribution to the Peace Process in Northern Ireland. Costing more than £3m it includes education and...

25 September 2009
1922 – Bank of Ireland, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

1922 – Bank of Ireland, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: A.G. Millar Large 20th century commercial bank building on a dominant site on the main street of Enniskillen. Converted into a bank in 1921-22 with the remodelling of the first and second...

25 September 2009
1901 – Townhall, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

1901 – Townhall, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: Anthony & William Scott Designed by Anthony Scott with his son William as a competition entry in 1897, the Townhall was not completed until four years later, and cost twice its original...

25 September 2009
1897 – Presbyterian Church, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

1897 – Presbyterian Church, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Simple little Presbyterian church with an unusual entrance porch almost the full width of the building.