Buildings of Dundalk

1815 – Philipstown Mill, Dundalk, Co. Louth

In 1815 James Kieran and his brother William built Philipstown Mills, approximately three miles from Dundalk at a cost of £30,000 –

1819 – Court House, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: Edward Parke

Designed by Edward Park and supposedly based on the portico design and dimensions of the Temple of Theseus in Athens,

1834 – Former Louth Hospital, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: Thomas Smith

Designed by English architect Thomas Smith who came to work in County Louth in the early to mid 19th century.

1840 – Ravensdale Park, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: Thomas Duff

Constructed in an austere Italianate style, by Thomas Duff of Newry, For 1st Baron Clermont. Later changes by Lanyon &

1840s – Ballymascanlon House, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Now part of a larger hotel complex – the house was remodelled from a late 18th century house into a Tudor Gothic mansion circa 1840.

1840s – Stableyard, Ravensdale Park, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Although the stableyard largely still exists today, sadly the tudor gateway has been removed. Architect unknown.

1845 – No.16 Park Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: George Halpin / Millar & Symes

Designed for the Bank of Ireland by George Halpin, this building was remodelled by Millar and Symes in the first part of the twentieth century.

1853 – Garda Station, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: John Neville

Designed as the County Gaol by John Neville, and now in use as the town’s Garda Station.

1858 – No.70 Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: John Neville

Built by Nicholas Martin & Company as a wine store known as the ‘Wine Vaults’, the building originally featured an impressive rusticated ground floor shopfront in the style of the upper façade comprised of four arches,

1859 – Town Hall, Dundalk, Co. Louth

Architect: John Murray

Built in 1859 for the Corn Exchange Company, but the cost of building it put the company into liquidation and so the Town Commissioners bought it for 4,000 pounds.