15 Usher’s Island, The House of The Dead
Brendan Kilty, host and owner, is literally run off his feet.
1862 Dublin Builder Description of the “Architecture of Londonderry”
From The Dublin Builder: “Yielding the consideration of magnitude, there is none other – with certain comparatively trifling and remedial exceptions – in which the ‘Maiden Citie’ will suffer by comparison with any other city or town in Ireland.
1864 – The Guinness Restoration of St. Patrick’s Cathedral
A piece from the Irish Builder on the restoration of St.
1878 – Announcement of winner South City Markets, Dublin
“THE directors of the Markets Company instituted a limited competition for the best design for laying out a large plot of land lying between William Street on the east,
1881 – Entry Regulations for National Museum Competition
The following conditions of the competition for the new Museum in Dublin have been issued by the Commissioners of Public Works:—
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1896 – Belfast City Hall Competition Controversy
During the competition to provide a design for the new Belfast City Hall,
2001 – O’Donnell + Tuomey: Letterfrack Furniture College, County Galway
Some buildings have savage histories. Histories that can leave a place –
Architecture of the Four Courts, Dublin
Published in the Irish Builder, July 15, 1922, after the total destruction of the building in an event that ultimately led to the Irish Civil War.
Barry Byrne: Christ the King, Turner’s Cross, Cork
An old wrong has been put right by RKD McCarthy Lynch’s brilliant restoration of Barry Byrne’s masterpiece,
Boyd Cody Architects: Ballagh House, Temple Cottages, Dublin
The Ballagh house is perfectly pop. Situated at the end of a south-facing terrace of small artisan dwellings in Broadstone,
