Architecture of Meath

25 May 2010
1450 – Bective Abbey, Bective, Co. Meath

1450 – Bective Abbey, Bective, Co. Meath

Bective Abbey is a Cistercian abbey on the River Boyne, founded by Murchad O’Maeil-Sheachlainn in 1147 as a ‘daughter house’ of Mellifont Abbey. It is in a remarkable state of preservation. The buildings...

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31 December 2009
2002 – Dunshaughlin Civic Centre, Co. Meath

2002 – Dunshaughlin Civic Centre, Co. Meath

Architect: Grafton Architects The Civic Centre provides a ‘one-stop-shop’ facility for the mass housing estates that surround it. The public use this facility to pay local taxes, inspect planning files and hold public...

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31 December 2009
2006 – Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath

2006 – Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co. Meath

Architect: Grafton Architects The space includes a 320-seat theater, three visual-arts areas and a café bar. At a cost of 13.5 million euro, Solstice is now hailed as one of the Republic’s most...

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02 February 2011
2007 – Ratoath College, Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath

2007 – Ratoath College, Jamestown, Ratoath, Co. Meath

Architect: McGarry Ní Éanaigh Architects Ratoath College is the first significant public institution in the community and accommodates 850 second level pupils. The site is in a landscape of partially completed housing estates...

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26 February 2010
2009 – Unbuilt Meath – Navan Civic Offices

2009 – Unbuilt Meath – Navan Civic Offices

Architect: Raymond McGinley Architects The buildings within the master plan are conceived as shards of glass or rock crystals emerging from the landscape. The Council offices are composed of three “˜fingers’ or wings,...

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