Mainly attributed to Thomas A. Cobden on the basis that the parish priest of the time of construction was the administrator of Carlow during the construction of the cathedral there.
Originally a station on the Great Southern and Western Railway, Portlaoise Railway Station cost upwards of £5,000 to build.
Former bank branch for the Bank of Ireland. Probably a converted house, the building has a fine set of Victorian railings to the street.
The spire and tower was added by J.J. McCarthy around 1854 to an earlier church. The earlier building is a simple cruciform church,
A robust and rustic obelisk in the middle of the market square dedicated to the 2nd Viscount de Vesci.
Detached three-bay two-storey gable-fronted former town hall, designed by William Caldbeck and built alongside his bank constructed at the same time for the National Bank.
Bank branch designed for the National Bank by William Caldbeck, alongside his townhall. Now a branch of the Bank of Ireland.
Originally designed by John Semple in 1825, only the western end with his trademark austerity survives.
Fine gothic exterior with spire on an elevated site makes Pugin & Ashlin’s church at Arless a landmark in the local landscape.
The site for the church was a gift from Lord Portarlington, and the parochial house and lands beside the church were granted by the Earl of Portarlington at a nominal rent.
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