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15 April 2013
1864 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Society St., Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

1864 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Society St., Ballinasloe, Co. Galway

Architect: James F. Kempster Gothic chapel designed by the County Surveypr for the Sisters of Mercy convent. The spire on the short tower is quite distinctive. Photograph courtesy, and copyright of Keith J....

01 April 2013
1880 – St Raphael’s College, Loughrea, Co. Galway

1880 – St Raphael’s College, Loughrea, Co. Galway

Architect: J.J. O’Callaghan Former Convent of Mercy complex, now is use as a school. Later wing by W.H. Byrne & Son. The chapel is now in use as school sports hall. Quite a...

14 March 2013
1860s – Loreto Convent, Bray, Co. Wicklow

1860s – Loreto Convent, Bray, Co. Wicklow

Architect: John Sterling Butler A Georgian house that was “gothicised” and later added to by John Sterling Butler. The gothic dress was added c.1834 and a large twenty-two sided conservatory was also added....

14 October 2012
1863 – Convent of Mercy, Templemore, Co, Tipperary

1863 – Convent of Mercy, Templemore, Co, Tipperary

Opened in 1863, with the chapel added later by George C. Ashlin.

24 September 2012
1876 – Chapel of St Mary at The Cross, Shoreditch, London

1876 – Chapel of St Mary at The Cross, Shoreditch, London

Architect: James Brooks Part of a convent. Published in The Building News, April 14th 1876.

16 March 2012
1868 – Convent of St. Margaret, East Grinstead, Sussex

1868 – Convent of St. Margaret, East Grinstead, Sussex

Architect: George Edmund Street The Sisters of St Margaret, an order of women in the Anglican Church, were founded in 1855 by Dr John Mason Neale at Rotherfield, England. As their numbers increased,...

24 October 2011
1870 – Convent of Mercy, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary

1870 – Convent of Mercy, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary

Architect: G.C. Ashlin Church added by Ashlin to existing convent of around 1846.

19 October 2011
1880s – Convent of Mercy, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

1880s – Convent of Mercy, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

In 1859 the Sisters of Mercy arrived in Enniscorthy to open a Convent to meet the needs of the poor. In 1860 two rooms were procured and classes for children and adults commenced....

22 October 2010
1876 – Convent of the Sisters of Charity, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon

1876 – Convent of the Sisters of Charity, Ballaghaderreen, Co. Roscommon

Architect: J.J. O’Callaghan Small gothic revival convent by O`Callaghan with the nuns accommodation separated from the chapel by a small two-stage tower and belfry. Now disused but intact.