1925 – Annaghkilly Railway Viaduct, Co. Monaghan
Only the gaunt steel supports of this railway viaduct now stand – both the track bed and the railway embankments having been cleared since the line closed.
Only the gaunt steel supports of this railway viaduct now stand – both the track bed and the railway embankments having been cleared since the line closed.
Described by Evelyn Shirley in “The History of the County of Monaghan”, published in 1879, as a brick house added to an earlier castle of Sir Thomas Ridgeway.
“On Sunday the new Church of St. Patrick, Broomfield, Donaghmoyne, was solemnly dedicated by the Most Rev.
Simple Presbyterian church, probably by William Barre, with slightly later school adjacent.
Glynch House has been attributed to Sir Richard Morrison due to its similarities to his style for middle-sized country houses. The symmetrical front elevation has recesses for the ground floor windows,
A dignified smaller classical house with a lower service wing. Described in Lewis as “Cornacassa, of Dacre Hamilton, Esq., pleasantly situated in a highly cultivated and well-planted demesne”.
Probably designed by James Hughes, of Charlemont, Co Armagh who died in 1875. The Builder of 7 August 1875 notes that ‘the deceased was an architect of ability’
The area of Muckno and Ballynalurgan was granted to Sir Edward Blayney under the Plantation of Ulster in 1607 and 1611.
Memorial fountain to Queen Victoria, manufactured by a Glaswegian firm, Walter McFarland & Co., in the hundreds for locations throughout the British Empire.
Fine smaller country house with conservatory and prominent central chimney stack. Still standing today and largely as illustrated in this postcard including the small conservatory.