1868 – Mount St. Joseph Convent of Mercy, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Harte & Stirling / O’Neill & Byrne
The Convent of Mercy opened June 9th 1868 with a later extension by Harte &
1906 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh
Architect: William A. Scott
A fine convent chapel by William A. Scott, who also designed the townhall in Enniskillen.
1860s – Convent of Mercy, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Catherine McCauley founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 in Dublin to care for the poor and the sick and to educate poor children.
1866 – Chapel, Convent of Mercy, Clonakilty, Co. Cork
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
The chapel was designed in a Romanesque style to blend in with the existing convent buildings –
1883 – Convent of Mercy, Ballyshannon, Co, Donegal
Architect: O’Neill & Byrne
The foundation stone for the new convent was laid on 15th September 1879, but building work was suspended for a period during 1881-1882,
1880 – Convent, Church and School, Kilmacthomas, Co. Waterford
Architect: Mathias T. O’Keefe
Although the convent building and school were constructed largely as illustrated – the church was not.
1876 – St. Patrick’s Convent of Mercy, Downpatrick, Co. Down
Architect: Mortimer H. Thomson
“The subject of our illustration with present No. is the Convent of Mercy lately erected at Mount St.
1851 – St. Maries of the Isle Mercy Convent, Sharman Crawford St., Cork
Architect: William Atkins
Published in The Building News, December 7 1850. Constructed in red sandstone with limestone dressings. The proposed spire was never completed.
1864 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Society St., Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Architect: James F. Kempster
Gothic chapel designed by the County Surveypr for the Sisters of Mercy convent. The spire on the short tower is quite distinctive.
1880 – St Raphael’s College, Loughrea, Co. Galway
Architect: J.J. O’Callaghan
Former Convent of Mercy complex, now is use as a school. Later wing by W.H. Byrne &
