1841 – Limerick Union Workhouse
Architect: George Wilkinson
Designed to replace the city`s overcrowded poorhouase, the new workhouse of 1841 was designed by George Wilkinson on an 11-acre site to the north-west of the city.
George Wilkinson (1814-1890)
1842 – Union Workhouse, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
With accommodation for 900, and costing £7807, Monaghan Union was completed in April 1842 with its first admissions a month later on May 25 1842.
1842 – Workhouse, Clones, Co. Monaghan
Architect: George Wilkinson
Completed 15 November 1842. First admissions 23 February 1843. Total Cost of building and fittings £6,957,
1844 – Carlow Union Workhouse, Carlow
Architect: George Wilkinson
Constructed between 1840 and 1844 at a cost of over £10,000. First admissions 18 November 1844,
1847 – Railway Station, Portarlington, Co. Laois
Architect: Sancton Wood / George Wilkinson
The station opened on 26 June 1847, and was designed by Sanction Wood in a picturesque Gothic style for Great Southern &
1851 – Railway Station, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Architect: George Wilkinson
Designed by George Wilkinson for the Midland Great Western Railway in a picturesque Tudor, complete with a variety of tall chimneys and crisp stonework.
1854 – Railway Station, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: George Wilkinson
George Wilkinson designed stations for Dalkey, Foxrock, Greystones, Killoughter, and Wicklow; for the Dublin & Wicklow Railway Co.
1855 – Railway Station, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford
Architect: George Wilkinson
Constructed for the Midland Great Western Railway Co., and opened in 8th November 1855. Visually similar to many on this network to the northwest of Ireland –
1858 – Railway Station, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: George Wilkinson
This elegant Italianate station with its entrance through a recessed loggia of three arches was built to the design of George Wilkinson who is better known for his fine Harcourt Street Station in Dublin.
1859 – Former Harcourt Street Station, Dublin
Architect: George Wilkinson
Built in 1859 as a railway terminus, Harcourt Street Station was in use for almost exactly 100 years closing in 1959.
