1861 – RNLI Boathouse, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Fine stone boathouse and slipway built for the launch of the lifeboat in times past.
1861 – Rory O’More Bridge, Dublin
Architect: George Halpin (Jnr.)
Opened in 1861, Rory O’More Bridge is named after one of the ringleaders of a plot to capture Dublin in October 1641.
1861 – Royal College of Physicians, Kildare St., Dublin
Architect: William G. Murray
A fine Victorian interior lies behind this reproduction facade.
1861 – SS. Mary and Peter’s Church, Arklow, Co. Wicklow
Architect: Patrick Byrne
A fine Renaissance Revival style church of 1861 to designs by Patrick Byrne.
1861 – St Saviour’s Church, Dominick Street, Dublin
Architect: J.J. McCarthy
St Saviour’s Church is perhaps the finest church by J.J.
1861 – St. Mary & Michael, Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow
Architect: J.J. McCarthy
Designed in 1856 by one of the most prolific and prominent church architects of his time J.J.
1861 – St. Mary’s Church, Athlone, Co. Westmeath
Architect: John Bourke
Constructed between 1857-61., and considered one of Bourke’s finest works.
1861 – St. Mary’s Institute for Catholic Blind Females, Harold’s Cross, Dublin
Architect: Charles Geoghegan
Proposal for an asylum for the blind at Harold’s Cross.
1861 – Wellington Monument, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: Sir Robert Smirke
Built to commemorate the victories of the ‘Iron Duke’
1861 – Zion Church & School, Rathgar, Dublin
Architect: Joseph Welland & Son
“This church, which has been for some time completed,
