1826
Bantry
Co. Cork
court
George Pain
Irish Courthouses
law courts
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1838 – Protestant Almshouse, Youghal, Co. Cork
1826 – Former Courthouse, Bantry, Co. Cork
Architect: George Pain
Built as a Courthouse and jail (bridewell) in 1824-1828 to a design by Cork-based architect George R. Pain. The building was burnt in 1920s, restored and closed in the 1990s. One of 5 court houses built to the Pains’ design in the different sessions towns in County Cork. Symmetrical design with flanking doorways and a central Venetian window. Now commercial premises and the local tourist information office.
