1865 – Presbyterian Church, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
A simple little stone church with classical overtones and a similarly designed porch which echoes the proportions of the main facade.
1870 – Bank of Ireland (formerly Goodbody’s), Tullamore, Co. Offaly
A fine three storey warehouse in Ruskinian Gothic, which has been restored and amalgamated into the adjacent Bank of Ireland premises.
1876 – Former Bank, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: Sandham Symes
A fine cut stone bank branch with associated living accommodation above. Now used as offices. Designed by Sandham Symes in 1870 but not built for almost a decade,
1881 – St Brigid’s Church, Clara, Co. Offaly
Architect: J.J. O’Callaghan / Ralph H. Byrne
Designed in 1876, and completed by 1881, and reminiscent of Pugin’s work at St.
1906 – Church of the Assumption, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: William Hague
A new Gothic style Church erected to a design of the architect William Hague and carried out under superintendence of T.F.McNamara.
1906 – Dispensing Residence, Ferbane, Co. Offaly
Architect: Moynan & Gill
Dispensary and residence designed by Moynan & Gill, architects of Nenagh. Published in The Irish Builder and Engineer,
1909 – Post Office, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: J. Howard Pentland
An unusual Post Office building on O’Connor Square, the building boasts this unusual doorway, probably to provide a modicum of shelter for the old ladies collecting their pensions
1910 – Bridge House Hotel, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: T.F. McNamara
Nicely sited on the bank of a small river, the Bridge House Hotel has an interesting shop front with nice early twentieth century detailing in the window frames and doors.
1926 – Durrow Abbey, Durrow, Co. Offaly
Architect: Ralph H. Byrne
After the second Durrow Abbey House was gutted by fire during the Civil War in 1923.
1937 – Tullamore General Hospital, Tullamore, Co. Offaly
Architect: Scott & Good
Scott’s hospital at Tullamore, although faced with traditional limestone masonry, has a very strong horizontal linearity and glazed stairwell that show a Dutch Modernist influence in the massing and the use of a round bay in the centre of the main block.
