1867 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
In summer 2020, planning permission was granted to renovate and revamp the chapel,
1867 – Mercy Convent, Ballina, Co. Mayo
Architect: George Goldie, W.H. Byrne
A convent completed by William Henry Byrne on initial designs by George Goldie (1828-87) of London.
1868 – Mount St. Joseph Convent of Mercy, Strabane, Co. Tyrone
Architect: Harte & Stirling / O’Neill & Byrne
The Convent of Mercy opened June 9th 1868 with a later extension by Harte &
1870 – Convent of Mercy, Tipperary, Co. Tipperary
Architect: G.C. Ashlin
Church added by Ashlin to existing convent of around 1846.
1875 – Convent of Mercy, Brickfield Lane, Dublin
Architect: John L. Robinson
From The Architect, November 20,
1875 – Former Convent, Drogheda, Co. Louth
Architect: Patrick J. Dodd
This attractive former St. Mary’s Convent of Mercy and school displays varied decorative detailing from the elegant dog-tooth mouldings to the more robust rock-faced plinth.
1875 – St. Michael’s Hospital & Proposed Convent of Mercy, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin
Architect: John L. Robinson
From The Architect, November 20,
1876 – St. Patrick’s Convent of Mercy, Downpatrick, Co. Down
Architect: Mortimer H. Thomson
“The subject of our illustration with present No.
1878 – Presbytery & Industrial Schools, Booterstown, Co. Dublin
Architect: John L. Robinson
In Ireland the Industrial Schools Act of 1868 established industrial schools (Irish: scoileanna saothair) to care for “neglected,
1879 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Bantry, Co. Cork
Architect: S.F. Hynes
The chapel was a later addition to the Romanesque Revival complex,
