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1840

28 January 2010
1840 – Skerries Mill, Co. Dublin

1840 – Skerries Mill, Co. Dublin

Water mill, from about 1840, comprising of multiple-bay two-storey roughly dressed rubble stone buildings with mill pond, mill-race, sluice gates and waterwheel.

08 January 2010
1840 – St. Mary’s Church, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

1840 – St. Mary’s Church, Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Work stated in 1834 on a new parish church for Maynooth and in 1840 the new parish church of St. Mary’s was consecrated. The Freeman’s journal described the ‘beautiful edifice… of the purest...

31 December 2009
1840 – Corpus Christi Church, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

1840 – Corpus Christi Church, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Architect: Joseph Welland 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. Built to...

25 November 2009
1840 – Place de la Bastille, Paris

1840 – Place de la Bastille, Paris

Architect: Jean Antoine Alavoine Previously the site of the Bastille, the fortress built by Charles V between 1370-82. This was removed around 1789, and Napoleon commissioned a fountain for the site. This later...

11 November 2009
1840 – Toll House, Limerick

1840 – Toll House, Limerick

Architect: James Pain This humourous Gothic Style folly with exaggerated crenellations was designed and built by the architect James Pain around 1840. James and his brother George were also responsible for the design...

10 November 2009
1840 – St. Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney, Co. Kerry

1840 – St. Mary’s Cathedral, Killarney, Co. Kerry

Architect: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin In 1840 a local fundraising committee commissioned Augustus Welby Pugin to design a new cathedral, despite having only raised 800 pounds. His design drew some inspiration from the...

29 September 2009
1840 – Lock Keeper’s Cottage, Templetate Lock, Smithborough, Co. Monaghan

1840 – Lock Keeper’s Cottage, Templetate Lock, Smithborough, Co. Monaghan

Fine stone cottage overlooking a former lock on the now closed Ulster Canal. The canal which linked Lough Erne to Lough Neagh was never a financial success and was only open for a...

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 September 2009
1840 – Church of Ireland Cathedral, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

1840 – Church of Ireland Cathedral, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: William Farrell When designing the Cathedral, William Farrell kept the tower of the earlier Plantation church, but built the new church off-axis, leaving the tower to stand to oneside of the wide...