1840 – Corpus Christi Church, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
An early-Victorian Gothic Revival church with an unusual combination of small belfry and large porch. It retains its original form and much of its original fabric and fittings.
An early-Victorian Gothic Revival church with an unusual combination of small belfry and large porch. It retains its original form and much of its original fabric and fittings.
The old library, which was in Fr. Mathew Hall since the 1950s, has now been vacated and Keith Williams Architects have done a feasibility study for its future use as an art gallery.
Unusual arrangement of bay window and shopfront set into a tall flattened archway, flanked by a round headed window. With some cleaning and sympathetic design,
The Provincial Bank opened in Athlone in 1827. It was the first branch of a large commercial bank to be opened in the town.
The present ford bridge was built by Thomas Rhodes, a cousin of the famous Cecil Rhodes,
This elegant Italianate station with its entrance through a recessed loggia of three arches was built to the design of George Wilkinson who is better known for his fine Harcourt Street Station in Dublin.
The bridge, which is 542 ft. long, was designed by G.W. Hemans, and built with an opening central span to accommodate the tall superstructures of sailing craft.
Former Masonic Hall constructed circa 1914, presumedly on the site of an earlier hall, hence the 1810 over the Masonic insignia.
Towards the end of the 12th century the Anglo-Normans constructed a motte-and-bailey fortification here. This was superceeded by a stone structure built in 1210,
The present day abbey ruins date from the fifteenth century. Nearby is another ruin which was likely residential accommodation for the priests of Fenagh.