1818

1818 – Braganza House, Carlow, Co. Carlow

Originally built for Col. Sir Dudley Hill by Thomas A. Cobden, later the architect of the nearby Roman Catholic Cathedral.

1818 – Carrowdore Castle, Carrowdore, Co. Down

Constructed in 1818-20 by Nicholas de La Cherois-Crommelin as a country house with castellations, corner turrets and large projecting tower. The effect is somewhat whimsical and as it is now without ivy,

1818 – Chapel, Female Orphanage, North Circular Road, Dublin

Architect: William Farrell

Kirwan House or The Female Orphan House was a female orphanage on Dublin’s North Circular Road,

1818 – Church of Ireland, Cahir, Co. Tipperary

Architect: John Nash

1818 – City Observatory, Calton Hill, Edinburgh, Scotland

Architect: William Playfair

The third design for this Observatory, the original building (centre of photograph) is a small cruciform classical temple with a central telescope and dome.

1818 – Custom House, Cork

Architect: William Hargrave

The first known Custom House in Cork was built in 1724 in Emmet Place and is now part of the Crawford Art Gallery.

1818 – Design for Glencairn Abbey, Co. Waterford

Architect: Richard Morrison

Largely unbuilt scheme for a client who died shortly after the design was commissioned. Although a house was actually built,

1818 – Father Mathew Bridge, Dublin

Architect: George Knowles & James Savage

Originally the site of the only bridge crossing the Liffey until 1674, Fr Mathew Bridge is named after a proponent of abstinence from alcohol.

1818 – Former Griffith Barracks, South Circular Road, Dublin

Architect: Francis Johnston

Originally known as the Richmond House of Correction and later the Richmond Bridewell. Construction started in 1813 to designs by Francis Johnston,

1818 – Former Prison, Sligo, Co. Sligo

Designed to hold 200 inmates in a polygon-shaped building, with six-bay two-storey facets and six-bay three-storey terminal block to south. The Governor’s residence situated in the centre of the prison.