18th C. – Nos. 23-24 St Laurence Street, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Fine pair of mid eighteenth century houses. Recently cleaned and restored,
1900 – No.73 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
A former bank, which has been converted into a retail shop,
1900 – Post Office, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Architect: Robert Cochrane, Board of Public Works
A handsome Arts and Crafts influenced post office,
1902 – The Century Bar, Dundalk, Co. Louth
A rare Art Nouveau public house still well maintained. Perhaps designed by a Belfast firm,
1903 – St. Patrick’s Church, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Architect: Thomas Duff / J.J. McCarthy / G.C. Ashlin
Designed by Thomas Duff on the model of King’s College Chapel,
1905 – Former Library, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Architect: Finian Tallon
Built as a Carnegie Library in 1905,
1922 – Oliver Plunkett Church, Blackrock, Co. Louth
Architect: Ralph H. Byrne, W.H. Byrne & Son
One of the better designed churches of the early 20th century that largely managed to escape the granite-clad barn template of later years is the Church of St.
1925 – St. Michael’s Hall, Carlingford, Co. Louth
Small parish hall whose architectural detail is a simple stripped Italianate classicism executed in render.
1926 – Church of SS Peter & Paul, Dromiskin, Co. Louth
Architect: Ashlin & Coleman
A confident example of the Romanesque style of the new Irish Free State.
1931 – Allied Irish Bank, Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth
Attractive exercise in a restained twentieth century classical style built as a branch of the Munster and Leinster Bank.
