1866 – Augustinian Friary, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Architect: Michael Moran
Unfinished, the Augustinian church should have received a spire,
Unfinished, the Augustinian church should have received a spire,
Now demolished, the Braidwater Mill was established in 1865 and employed generations from the town and surrounding areas.
The chapel was designed in a Romanesque style to blend in with the existing convent buildings –
Constructed to replace a church originally built in 1732 and re-built in 1772.
The foundation stone was laid by Bishop Fallon in 1858.
“The new institute presents a frontage of about 40 feet by 70 feet flank,
Originally designed by its architect George Goldie as a retreat house,
In 1814, while the building was still the Royal Exchange,
Large District lunatic asylum erected to a design by George Wilkinson (1814-90).
The site of one of the four original gateways;