Architecture of Leinster

1855 – Former Convent of Mercy, Ardee, Co. Louth

Built in the mid-1850s, the convent was designed by John Neville,

1855 – Gateway to Duckett’s Grove, Co. Carlow

Architect: John Macduff Derick

Fantastically muscular design for the main gateway to Duckett’s Grove –

1855 – Monahan Tomb, Glasnevin Cemetary, Dublin

The final resting place of James Henry Monahan, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas in Ireland,

1855 – Railway Station, Edgeworthstown, Co. Longford

Architect: George Wilkinson

Constructed for the Midland Great Western Railway Co.,

1855 – Railway Station, Howth, Co. Dublin

A fine little station built at the end of the branch line from Howth Junction on the main Dublin –

1855 – Railway Station, Tullamore, Co. Offaly

A very simple little railway station in the form of a small 5 bay building,

1855 – Railway Viaduct, Drogheda, Co. Louth

Architect: William Evans & James Barton

Built between 1851 and 1855,

1855 – St. Aidan’s Cathedral, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

Architect: Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin

A monumental cathedral, the largest building in Ireland to designs prepared by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) reputedly based on Tintern Abbey in Wales.

1856 – Design for Capitals, Museum, Trinity College, Dublin

From The Building News, March 29 1856: “Some mention has been made in our pages recently of the capitals arranged and sculptured by the workmen for the new museum at Trinity College,