1950 – ESB Power Station, Portarlington, Co. Laois
Portarlington Power Station was opened in 1950 as Ireland’s peat-fired power station, by Minister for Industry, Daniel Morrissey TD, ESB Chairman R.F.
Portarlington Power Station was opened in 1950 as Ireland’s peat-fired power station, by Minister for Industry, Daniel Morrissey TD, ESB Chairman R.F.
Designed by Richard Herbert Carpenter and William Slater of London who afterward also produced plans to extend St.
Built in 1765 by the Rev James Lowry, Rector of Clougherny. The entrance front had a central, three-sided bow, one bay on either side of it.
A large and impressive stone Tudor arched gateway, with a tall octagonal tower to one side and a single storey gatelodge to the other side.
Designed by Thomas Turner with Henry Davison, Turner was the son of the celebrated Richard Turner of Dublin.
Built for the Cobh Harbour Commissioners, and laterly in use as Council offices – a single storey Italianate pavilion with a graceful three storey tower to one side.
Railway Bridge over the River Finn, linking Stranorlar to Ballybofey, Co. Donegal. Demolished and sold for scrap after the closure of the County Donegal Railway.
The coming of the railway to Killarney in 1853 was of great benefit to the the tourism industry in Kerry and actively promoted by the railway companies.
“This building has recently been erected in Sackville-street, Dublin. It was found necessary to build the front in the form of two distinct houses,
Built to replace a Georgian house that burned down in 1902, and was rebuilt in 1902-03 to designs by Robert Shekleton Balfour of London for Lt-Col.
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