1576 – Puerta del Cambron, Toledo, Spain
Originally a Muslim doorway which has been heavily altered. In its current version it dates from 1576, and was built on a square base,
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1747 – Leinster House Gateway, Dublin
Architect: Richard Cassels
Former gateway to Leinster House which terminated the vista of Molesworth Street from Dawson Street. Demolished with the development of the National Museum and Library adjacent to Leinster House in 1883.
1786 – Bryansford Gate, Tollymore Park, Bryansford, Co. Down
Architect: Thomas Wright
One of several ornate gateways, follies, and eye-catchers in the former demense of Tollymore Park. This distinctive granite gate features foiled buttresses,
1790 – Gate, Strokestown Park, Co. Roscommon
Architect:
Strokestown is noted for its wide streets. It is said that they were made this way because the second Lord Hartland of Strokestown wanted to make his village thoroughfare wider than the famed Ringstrasse in Vienna.
1810 – Gateway, Heywood House, Ballinakill, Co. Laois
Gothic gateway, to the demolished Heywood House, obscuring a more modest gatehouse behind.
1812 – Castle Leslie Gothic Gateway, Glaslough, Co. Monaghan
Architect: John Nash
Simple yet elegant design leading to the long avenue to the castle. Now unused, the gates themselves have fallen into disrepair.
1824 – Gateway, Antrim Castle, Co. Antrim
Described by J.P. Neale in the second edition of Views of Seats ‘The gate house, leading from the town of Antrim to the Castle court has also been added by the present possessor,
1831 – West Gate, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Castellated gateway constructed in 1831 to replace an earlier and by then ruinous gate. Rebuilt at the expense of a local businessman.
1833 – Entrance Gates, Colebrooke House, Co. Fermanagh
Fine entrance gateway to the Georgian mansion of 1820 by William Farrell – the seat of Viscount & Viscountess Brookeborough. Plans for lodges exist and are dated 1833.
1834 – Gate Lodges, Ballysaggartmore, Co. Waterford
Architect: John Smyth
According to the Dublin Penny Journal, a John Smyth, described elsewhere as a gardener, was the architect of the extravagantly castellated gateway and avenue bridge at Ballysaggartmore.
