1870 – St. Anne’s Hydro & Turkish Bath, Blarney, Co. Cork
Architect: Richard Barter
Part of the earlier,
Part of the earlier,
Erected in the early 1870s,
Constructed between 1868 and 1879,
The Irish House was built in 1870 at the corner of Winetavern Street and Wood Quay in Dublin,
Gothic club building with two oriel windows at first floor level allowing the members to have a view of the street from their smoking and coffee rooms.
Fine set of piers and gates flanked by matching gatehouses in an Italianate style.
Constructed as a townhall,
Now part of the Merchant Hotel along with the former Ulster Bank headquarters next to it.
“The villa which is the subject of our illustration in this number,
William Smith O’Brien (1811-1861) was an Irish nationalist Member of Parliament and leader of the Young Ireland movement.