1792 – Courthouse, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: William Robertson
Kilkenny Courthouse formerly known as Grace’s Castle was originally a town house of the wealthy Grace family who leased the building to the crown in 1566.
1820 – Kilkenny Castle Stableyards, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: Charles Verpyle
A fine building across the street from the castle and grander than many public buildings in other towns in Ireland,
1820 – St. John’s Priory, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: William Robertson
Priory with medieval roots, much of the original church was demolished or incorporated into this small parish church.
1837 – Kilkenny Castle, Co. Kilkenny
Kilkenny Castle has been an important site since Strongbow constructed the first building here, a wooden tower in the 12th century.
1847 – Old Railway Station, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: Captain Moorsom & Sancton Wood
Designed by Captain Moorsom and built a year later in a modified form by Sancton Wood,
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.
1870 – Former Bank of Ireland, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: Sandham Symes
A large fine Classically-composed bank building on an awkward corner site, the two end bays are curved to fit the site.
1905 – Former Provincial Bank, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: Batchelor & Hicks
A former branch of the Provincial Bank,which after a series of bank mergers in Ireland in the mid 20th century became part of Allied Irish Banks.
1899 – St. Patricks’s Church, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: S.F. Hynes
Designed in 1896-9 by the Cork based architect S.F. Hynes, St. Patrick’s is a simple late Gothic revival church with a transept reserved for the nuns of the adjacent convent.
1910 – John’s Bridge, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny
Architect: Alexander Burden
John’s Bridge, which connects John’s Street with the rest of the city, was originally built after 1200 and was destroyed by the great floods of 1487 and 1763 and subsequently rebuilt each time.
