1603 – St. Augustine’s Fort, Galway
Work began on the Augustinian foundation in Galway in the early 1500s. Located outside the city walls, the lands were seized in 1546 following the dissolution of the monasteries.
Work began on the Augustinian foundation in Galway in the early 1500s. Located outside the city walls, the lands were seized in 1546 following the dissolution of the monasteries.
The house in Lower Abbeygate Street was derelict in 1905 and was about to be demolished when the Galway Archeological and Historical Society rescued it and had it removed carefully to Eyre Square where it became the entrance into the park.
Demolished around 1822, construction started in 1639.
A sixteenth-century tower house which has been altered and enlarged at various periods – notably with a two-bay four-storey block of c.1720.
Previously known as the Jail Bridge, as the city jail was on the site of where the Cathedral now is.
Construction started in 1816 with the church finished and consecrated by 1821. The Pro-Cathedral was located on the corner of Abbeygate Street and Middle Street,
Still in use today, with further extension and alterations by Millar & Symes in 1905. Of interest are the facilities accorded to the Branch Manager –
No longer in use as a parish church, a newer building has been constructed in the grounds alongside. The outline of the building is now much simplified,
A Franciscan Abbey was founded in 1296 on St. Stephen’s Island where the present courthouse is situated.
Unusual university building, originally built as one of the Queen’s Colleges in Ireland, a fully enclosed quadrangle in a Gothick style.
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