1840

1840 – Bank of Ireland, 32 South Mall, Cork

New bank by ‘Mssrs. Deane’, Thomas Deane & Co., comprising Thomas and his brother Kearns,

1840 – Caledon Monument, Caledon, Co. Tyrone

Built in the 1840s in memory of the 2nd Earl Caledon, in form of Greek Doric column the column was topped by a statue by Cork-born sculptor Thomas Kirk.

1840 – Castle Saunderson, Belturbet, Co. Cavan

Castle Saunderson is a large castellated mansion in a Tudor-Revival style. The majority of the structure dates from 1840, architect unknown,

1840 – Castleboro, Enniscorthy, Co. Wexford

Architect: Daniel Robertson

Castleboro was a very large, imposing classical mansion built about 1840 for the 1st Baron Carew.

1840 – Cecil Manor, Augher, Co. Tyrone

Architect: William Farrell

Cecil Manor was described as ‘rather forbidding and architecturally uninteresting’ with wide set windows in large solid expanses of wall underneath an overhanging roof with a bracket cornice.

1840 – Church of Ireland Cathedral, Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh

Architect: William Farrell

When designing the Cathedral, William Farrell kept the tower of the earlier Plantation church, but built the new church off-axis,

1840 – Corpus Christi Church, Athlone, Co. Westmeath

Architect: Joseph Welland

An early-Victorian Gothic Revival church with an unusual combination of small belfry and large porch. It retains its original form and much of its original fabric and fittings.

1840 – Gywn’s Institution, Brooke Park, Derry

Architect: Samuel Jackman

John Gwyn was a local businessman, who was born near Muff in County Donegal in 1754.

1840 – Islandbridge Gate Lodge, Phoenix Park, Dublin

Architect: Jacob Owen

Another fine gatelodge to the park, complete with ornate metal revolving pedestrian gate by J. &

1840 – Lock Keeper’s Cottage, Templetate Lock, Smithborough, Co. Monaghan

Fine stone cottage overlooking a former lock on the now closed Ulster Canal. The canal which linked Lough Erne to Lough Neagh was never a financial success and was only open for a few years before the railways arrived and put paid to any chances it may have had.