1776

1776 – American Ambassador’s Residence, Phoenix Park, Dublin

Sited near the centre at the park, just off Chesterfield Avenue and close to àras an Uachtaráin is the residence of the ambassador of the United States of America to Ireland.

1776 – Cornmarket House, Wexford, Co. Wexford

Building of a market house commenced in 1772 by Wexford Corporation and was completed in 1776. The lower windows of today were arched recesses for the traders,

1776 – Derrymore House, Bessbrook, Co. Armagh

Architect: John Sutherland

A late 18th century thatched house in a gentrified style, Derrymore House is owned by the National Trust and open to the public.

1776 – Doorways of Harcourt Street, Dublin

Named after Lord Simon Harcourt, the former Lord Lieutenant of Ireland from 1772-76. A fine Georgian street that is largely intact,

1776 – New Park House, Moville, Co. Donegal

The 60 acre New-Park Estate was purchased by Samuel Montgomery in 1750. The Montgomerys of New Park were the ancestors of Field-Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery (1887-1976).

1776 – St Anne’s Church, Belfast, Co. Antrim

Architect: Francis Hiorne

Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, Views in Belfast (1833) as “This church is situated in Donegal-street.

1776 – Tervoe House, Kilkeedy, Co. Limerick

Built in 1776 by Colonel W.T. Monsell MP on the site of an earlier house. Demolished in the 1950s. Photograph from the Irish Tourist Association Survey 1943-44.

1776c – Downhill House, Co. Derry

Architect: Michael Shanahan

Frederick Hervey commissioned work at Downhill Demesne near the village of Castlerock in the early 1770s,