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.
1875 – Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, John St., Sligo
Architect: George Goldie
A massive exercise in a Norman style by English architect George Goldie. With a nave of 275 feet and a massive 200ft tower,
1848 – Dominican Friary, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: John Benson / G.C. Ashlin
Church constructed between 1845-48 replacing an earlier church of 1763. A tower was added several years later.
1901 – Sligo Post Office, Co. Sligo
Architect: Board of Works
A fine post office with shallow, bow-fronted end bays with beautiful banded brick. Above the pedimented doorway inscriptions read ‘
1895 – Masonic Hall, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: Henry Seaver
Designed by Belfast architect Henry Seaver, this distinctive brick Arts and Crafts building, sited on rising land,
2000 – Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architects: James H. Owen / McCullough Mulvin
The original building was designed by James Owen of the Board of Works to provide education to all demoninations between 1857-63.
1895 – Gillooly Memorial Hall, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: P.J. Kilgallen
Built to commemorate the deceased Bishop Gillooly who was a campaigner against alcohol. The interior is classic victorian –
1878 – Courthouse, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: Rawson Carroll
Most large Irish towns have a fine classical courthouse (Carlow, Monaghan, Dundalk), but Sligo’s is a fine Gothic Revival ediface.
1877 – Allied Irish Bank, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: T.M. Deane
Originally the Provincial Bank, this branch of AIB is finished with elaborately carved Mountcharles sandstone. Well proportioned,
1874 – Townhall, Sligo, Co. Sligo
Architect: William Hague
Designed by William Hague (who was better known for his churches), Sligo Townhall is a well proportioned building in a Lombardo-Romanesque style.
