1869 – Brittas Castle, Clonaslee, Co. Laois
Built for Major-General Francis Plunkett Dunne in 1869, to a design by John McCurdy.
Built for Major-General Francis Plunkett Dunne in 1869, to a design by John McCurdy.
Simple rectangular church with unusual round tower to the south.
Photograph courtesy, and copyright of Keith J.
The original church on the site was constructed in 1822 and later extended and the tower added in 1872.
The second placed entry in a competition for a memorial for Thomas, Third Viscount de Vesci.
The main body of St. Joseph’s was constructed between 1872 and 1878,
Former townhall extended after an architectural competition in 1885. The project included an assembly hall on the upper floor.
“Our illustration with present number shows a perspective view of the schools recently erected on the Vicarstown Estate,
Built as a branch for the Munster & Leinster Bank in redbrick with limestone dressings. It is a fine Victorian gothic building with manager`s accommodation alongside with a separate entrance.
Designed by prominent church architect William Hague, this church of 1896 is attached to an earlier convent.
Unusual market house from the early twentieth century in a curious hybrid of styles. Shown prior to its conversion to a library by deBlacam &