1927 – War Memorial, The Diamond, Derry
Vernon March was an English sculptor,
Vernon March was an English sculptor,
The fourth gaol constructed in Derry, it opened in 1824, and closed in 1953,
Former townhall sited in the centre of the Diamond –
A fine late Victorian hotel with opulent interiors,
Built as a Presbyterian Hall,
From The Dublin Builder: “Yielding the consideration of magnitude, there is none other – with certain comparatively trifling and remedial exceptions – in which the ‘Maiden Citie’ will suffer by comparison with any other city or town in Ireland.
The original house of the demense was destroyed in 1823 by an accidental fire,
The bridge carried the Sligo, Leitrim and Northern Counties Railway across the River Erne from the Great Northern Railway Station at Enniskillen to the Midland Great Western Railway near Ballisodare in County Sligo.
Described as “A remarkable monument of great beauty, designed and executed with much artistic skill,
Illustration published in 1890 in The Irish Builder after the church was erected “some time”.