1572 – Jerónimos Monastery, Lisbon
Architect: Diogo de Boytaca / Joao de Castilho
Parallel to the bank of the Tagus and measuring almost 300m,
convents
1850 – Soeurs de la Charité de Québec Chapel, Quebec City, Quebec
Architect: Charles Baillairgé
In 1850, Les Sœurs de la Charité de Québec community asked Charles Baillairgé to carry out the architectural plans of a chapel.
1850 – St. Mary’s Priory, Cork
Architect: William Atkins
Sited alongside the classical St. Mary’s catholic church, the priory by William Atkins is a mixture of classical and victorian institutional gothic.
1851 – Grey Nuns Convent, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Architect: L’Abbé Louis François Laflèche
The old convent of the Grey Nuns, which today houses the St. Boniface Museum,
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.
1855 – Former Convent of Mercy, Ardee, Co. Louth
Built in the mid-1850s, the convent was designed by John Neville, County Surveyor for Louth. The three-storey seven-bay block built of coursed rubble features with an attractive cut limestone single-storey porch in Perpendicular style.
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.
