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Architecture of Armagh

28 September 2009
1840 – Former Jail, Armagh, Co. Armagh

1840 – Former Jail, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: William Murray The old jail building is sited at the opposite end of the Mall from the Courthouse. This must have made for a depressing last journey from sentencing, as the guilty...

25 May 2011
1851 – MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch, Newry, Co. Armagh

1851 – MacNeill’s Egyptian Arch, Newry, Co. Armagh

Architect: Sir John MacNeill Construction was completed in 1851 for the Dublin and Belfast Junction Railway Company and was the result of collaboration between engineer Sir John MacNeill and constructor William Dargan. Locally...

25 May 2011
1852 – Craigmore Viaduct, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh

1852 – Craigmore Viaduct, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh

Architect: Sir John MacNeill Known locally as the 18 Arches, the bridge was designed by John Benjamin MacNeill, an eminent Irish civil engineer, with construction beginning in 1849 for the Dublin and Belfast...

03 February 2011
1856 – Gosford Castle, Co. Armagh

1856 – Gosford Castle, Co. Armagh

Architect: Thomas Hopper Construction of the castle began in 1819 and finished in the 1850s. It was commissioned by Archibald Acheson, 2nd Earl of Gosford and the architect was Thomas Hopper, one of...

28 September 2009
1860 – St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

1860 – St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Armagh

Architects: Thomas Duff / J.J. McCarthy / G.C. Ashlin / Liam McCormack The second of the cathedrals of Armagh, the Roman Catholic Cathedral is sited on a hill to compete with the older...

15 November 2011
1862 – Railway Station, Portadown, Co. Armagh

1862 – Railway Station, Portadown, Co. Armagh

Architect: John MacNeill John MacNeill’s masterpiece, a long polychromuc brick station with the stately air of a great house. Demolished and replaced in the 1960s, the site is still derelict, the great piers...

28 September 2009
1867 – Tourist Information Office, Armagh

1867 – Tourist Information Office, Armagh

Architect: Sir Charles Lanyon Formerly a branch of the Northern Bank, the Tourist Information Office was designed by Sir Charles Lanyon in 1867. A deceptively large building, the bank was a single banking...

28 September 2009
1884 – Former Masonic Hall, Armagh, Co. Armagh

1884 – Former Masonic Hall, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: J.H. Fullerton An eccentric polychromatic building built as a Masonic Hall and now used as a Plymouth Brethren Meeting House. The building features a wedge-shaped belfry, turreted staircase, rooftop fleche – many...

28 September 2009
1896 – First Trust Bank, Armagh, Co. Armagh

1896 – First Trust Bank, Armagh, Co. Armagh

Architect: Watt & Tulloch In comparison to earlier bank buildings, this First Trust branch (AIB in the Republic of Ireland) is relatively modest