1890s – Findlater’s, Nos.30-31 Upper O’Connell Street, Dublin
Architect: Charles Geoghegan
Former store belonging to the celebrated Dublin grocery chain Alex Findlater &
1890s – Gate Lodge, Abbotstown House, Castleknock, Co. Dublin
Fine late 19th century gate lodge and entrance railings for the Abbotstown estate.
1890s – Palmroom, Clonsilla Lodge, Co. Dublin
Architect: MacKenzie and Moncur
Elegant Palm Room added to a Lodge (not a gatehouse) on the Clonsilla Estate belonging to the Hollwey Steeds family.
1890s – Post Office, 5 Usher’s Quay, Dublin
Fine post office shopfront on otherwise straight forward quayside facade. Nice clean and modern “Irish”
1891 – Blessington Basin, Blessington Street, Dublin
Architect: Spencer Harty
Water supply to the city was proving a difficulty to the City Corporation in the later half of the eighteenth century.
1891 – D’Olier Chambers, D’Olier Street, Dublin
Architect: J.F. Fuller
Built in 1891 by J.F Fuller for the Gallaher Tobacco Company out of yellow brick and terracotta.
1891 – Former Bank, Balbriggan, Co. Dublin
Architect: Godfrey W. Ferguson
Terraced four-bay two-storey limestone faced bank constructed for the Northern Banking Co.,
1891 – Former District Post Office, Ballsbridge, Dublin
Architect: J. Howard Pentland, Board of Public Works
“THE drawing which we reproduce in this issue is from the pen of Mr.
1891 – Former Ulster Bank, College Green, Dublin
Architect: Sir Thomas Drew
One of the most magnificent bank buildings in the city with a pompous over-blown doorway,
1891 – Fr. Theobald Mathew Statue, O’Connell Street, Dublin
Sculptor: Mary Redmond
Fr Theobald Mathew (1790-1856) was a Cork-born Capuchin Friar who led a great temperance movement from 1839-1856.
