1861 – SS. Mary and Peter’s Church, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
A fine Renaissance Revival style church of 1861 to designs by Patrick Byrne. A central bay projects slightly and rises above the cornice line to merge with a short bell tower with domed roof.
A fine Renaissance Revival style church of 1861 to designs by Patrick Byrne. A central bay projects slightly and rises above the cornice line to merge with a short bell tower with domed roof.
The English architect of St. John’s Cathedral, Philip Charles Hardwick was at work at Adare Manor when he was commissioned to design this Roman Catholic cathedral.
“The church of which a view of the interior appears in our present number, was erected two or three years ago;
From The Building News, May 24, 1861: “This building, the residence of Frederick Walton, Esq., of the Old Hall Works,
From The Building News: “THIS school, of which we give an illustration, was recently erected to meet the urgent educational wants of an outlying populous locality in one of the first of the new district parishes formed under Sir Robert Peel’s Act.
Published in The Building News, May 10, 1861: “The old chapel, after repeated additions, being galleried all round,
By popular local legend, the architect Kearns Deane gave his services free, although he was not a Roman Catholic.
Constructed between 1857-61., and considered one of Bourke’s finest works. The exterior is dominated by the slender tower and spire,
Probably designed by James Hughes, of Charlemont, Co Armagh who died in 1875. The Builder of 7 August 1875 notes that ‘the deceased was an architect of ability’
Proposal for an asylum for the blind at Harold’s Cross. Described by the architect, Charles Geoghegan as “The entire range of new buildings presents a frontage to the south of 274 feet by 70 feet in depth,