1818 – Former Prison, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Designed to hold 200 inmates in a polygon-shaped building, with six-bay two-storey facets and six-bay three-storey terminal block to south. The Governor’s residence situated in the centre of the prison.
Designed to hold 200 inmates in a polygon-shaped building, with six-bay two-storey facets and six-bay three-storey terminal block to south. The Governor’s residence situated in the centre of the prison.
A massive exercise in a Norman style by English architect George Goldie. With a nave of 275 feet and a massive 200ft tower,
Church constructed between 1845-48 replacing an earlier church of 1763. A tower was added several years later.
A fine post office with shallow, bow-fronted end bays with beautiful banded brick. Above the pedimented doorway inscriptions read ‘
Designed by Belfast architect Henry Seaver, this distinctive brick Arts and Crafts building, sited on rising land,
The original building was designed by James Owen of the Board of Works to provide education to all demoninations between 1857-63.
Built to commemorate the deceased Bishop Gillooly who was a campaigner against alcohol. The interior is classic victorian –
Most large Irish towns have a fine classical courthouse (Carlow, Monaghan, Dundalk), but Sligo’s is a fine Gothic Revival ediface.
Originally the Provincial Bank, this branch of AIB is finished with elaborately carved Mountcharles sandstone. Well proportioned,
Designed by William Hague (who was better known for his churches), Sligo Townhall is a well proportioned building in a Lombardo-Romanesque style.