1462 – Moyne Abbey, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Moyne Abbey is one of most impressive ecclesiastical ruins in Mayo and a National Monument. It was founded by the Burke family as a Franciscan friary and consecrated in 1462.
Moyne Abbey is one of most impressive ecclesiastical ruins in Mayo and a National Monument. It was founded by the Burke family as a Franciscan friary and consecrated in 1462.
Five-bay two-storey over basement country house, begun 1825 and completed 1831, erected for Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Francis Arthur Knox-Gore (1803-73).
A convent completed by William Henry Byrne on initial designs by George Goldie (1828-87) of London.
The Centenary memorial, the Humbert Monument, was dedicated on 11 May 1898 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French landing at Killala in support of the Irish Rebellion of 1798.
Designed by Edward Newenham, of Clifford Smith & Newenham, who owned the Lakeside Hotel at the time.