1870 – St. John’s College, Waterford

Constructed between 1868 and 1879, the diocesan college had a cloistered central court and chapel – a rather grim fortress of Catholic education. Closed as a seminary in 1999 due to the decline in vocations, with a number of church and community groups using the buildings. In 2007 the college building and some of the land was sold to a housing association.

George Goldie was an English architect whose work in Ireland with one exception were for Catholic churches and institutions. His work is spread through several partnerships – between 1858 and 1861 as Hadfield & Goldie; between 1861 and 1868 as George Goldie; and thereafter Goldie & Child, later Goldie Child & Goldie when his son Edward joined in 1881.

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