1900 – Lunatic Asylum, Portrane, Co. Dublin
Reputed to be the most expensive capital project ever undertaken by the British Government in Ireland,
Reputed to be the most expensive capital project ever undertaken by the British Government in Ireland,
Construction started on this red-brick church with Portland stone dressings in 1899, with dedication in 1901.
The Daniel O’Connell Memorial Church of the Holy Cross, a Gothic Revival-style Church designed by George C.
Designed by Thomas Duff on the model of King’s College Chapel,
Selected after an architectural competition to replace an earlier church of 1841.
Also known as the Adelaide Memorial Church. Built as a memorial to Constance Duguid, an English-woman who was engaged to be married to a member of a local landowning family.
Designed by Edward W. Pugin and George Ashlin, this magnificent cathedral, which dominates Cork Harbour from land and sea,
The founder of the Pugin & Pugin practice was Edward Welby Pugin, born in London on 11 March 1834, eldest son of Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin and his second wife Louisa Burton.