1864 – Former Convent of Mercy, Kilrush, Co. Clare
Architect: J.J. McCarthy
Funded through a public subscription list,
Funded through a public subscription list,
Ardagh is a small designed estate village,
An unusual design, the two storey keeper’s house is made of local granite blocks,
Sited on Donegall Square facing the dominant City Hall,
A rebuilt and revised corner building on a Wide Streets Commissioners plan,
Originally built as a Linen Warehouse for Moore and Weinberg by Lanyon,
The original building was an exact elevational copy of the Natural History Museum by Frederick Clarendon across Leinster Lawn.
Built in a French Gothic style for the Marquess of Clanricarde.
Opened St. Patrick’s Day 1864,
Waterford originally had two railway stations – the North Station, where the current station is today –