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,
1879 – Sedes Sapientiae (Training School) Baggot St., Dublin
Architect: John L. Robinson
In the early 1830s Catherine McAuley started training courses in the Baggot Street Convent to qualify able students who wished to become governesses or teachers in various schools throughout Ireland.
