1857 – Molesworth Hall, Molesworth St., Dublin
Architect: Deane & Woodward
Designed by architects Deane and Woodward, Molesworth Hall was a freestanding building built of Portland,
1859 – Natural History Museum, Merrion Square, Dublin
Architect: Frederick Clarendon
Although externally well designed in an austere granite classicism between 1856-57 – it is the interior of the Natural History Museum which deserves the most attention.
1857 – Trinity College Museum, Dublin
Architect: Deane & Woodward
The winning design of a competition to design a museum and lecture hall complex for Trinity in 1852,
1857 – St. Mary’s Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: William Deane Butler
Kilkenny has two cathedrals, the older St Canice’s belonging to the Church of Ireland and St Mary’s for the catholic faith.
1857 – St. Clement’s Anglican Church, Manitoba
The official church for employees of the Hudson’s Bay Company who were stationed at the nearby Lower Fort Garry, St Clements was started in 1857 but the short bell tower was not completed until 1928.
1857 – Dawson Monument, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
Architect: William Barre
The Dawson Monument was built to commemorate Colonel Dawson – a local landowner who died at the battle of Inkerman in 1854.
1857 – Thomas Moore Statue, College St., Dublin
Sculptor: Christopher Moore
At the junction of College Street and Westmoreland Street, stranded on a traffic island with a disused public toilet is this statue to the Irish bard Thomas Moore.
