1851 – St. Maries of the Isle Mercy Convent, Sharman Crawford St., Cork
Architect: William Atkins
Published in The Building News, December 7 1850. Constructed in red sandstone with limestone dressings. The proposed spire was never completed.
1860s – Convent of Mercy, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Catherine McCauley founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 in Dublin to care for the poor and the sick and to educate poor children.
1860s – Loreto Convent, Bray, Co. Wicklow
Architect: John Sterling Butler
A Georgian house that was “gothicised” and later added to by John Sterling Butler. The gothic dress was added c.1834 and a large twenty-two sided conservatory was also added.
1861 – Holy Cross Convent, Kenmare, Co. Kerry
Architect: Charles F. Hansom
The convent which opened in 1861 closed in the mid 1990s and has since been demolished.
1862 – St. Joseph’s School & Convent, Cavan
Architect: John Ryan
The Poor Clares founded a convent in Cavan in 1861 in a large premises on Main Street.
1863 – Convent of Mercy, Templemore, Co, Tipperary
Opened in 1863, with the chapel added later by George C. Ashlin.
1864 – Convent of Mercy Chapel, Society St., Ballinasloe, Co. Galway
Architect: James F. Kempster
Gothic chapel designed by the County Surveypr for the Sisters of Mercy convent. The spire on the short tower is quite distinctive.
1868 – Christian Brothers School, King St., Drogheda, Co. Louth
Architect: Pugin & Ashlin
The foundation stone was laid April 19th 1867, with the school opening on March 28th 1868.
1868 – Convent of St. Margaret, East Grinstead, Sussex
Architect: George Edmund Street
The Sisters of St Margaret, an order of women in the Anglican Church, were founded in 1855 by Dr John Mason Neale at Rotherfield,
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 &
