1880s – Marlborough House, Glasnevin, Dublin
Marlborough House was a large domestic dwelling which had been used as a teacher training college. It was registered as a detention centre for up to 50 boys on 24th March 1944.
1882 – T.H. Burke Memorial, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Drew
Proposed by the Resident Magistrates of Ireland, 1882. Published in The Building News, August 18th 1882.
1884 – Great Palm House, Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin
Costing £800, the Great Palm House, which was made of wood and iron, was prefabricated in the Scottish town of Paisley by James Boyd &
1886 – Design for Cardinal MacCabe Memorial, Glasnevin, Dublin
Architect: J.J. O’Callaghan
Premiated designs for memorial to Roman Catholic Prelate Cardinal MacCabe. The competition was won by George C.
1886 – Meade Monument, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
Described as “A remarkable monument of great beauty, designed and executed with much artistic skill, bearing date May 24th, 1886, was raised by the Right Hon.
1886 – Designs for Cardinal MacCabe Memorial, Glasnevin, Dublin
Architect: J.J. O’Callaghan
“The terms of the competition required two designs — the second to be a treatment of a cross.
1888 – Cardinal MacCabe Memorial, Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
Architect: G.C. Ashlin
Designed by George Coppinger Ashlin to upstage the recently completed church by J.J. McCarthy who was his main rival for Irish church commissions.
1896 – Glasshouses, Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, Dublin
Architect: James Boyd
Built by James Boyd of Glasgow as the Succulents, Water Lilys, and Fern Houses, all interlinked but built over a period of almost five years.
1905 – St. Columba’s Church, Iona Rd., Glasnevin, Dublin
Architect: Ashlin & Coleman
Sadly uncompleted, the tower being capped at the second stage, below the apex of the roof of the nave.
1908 – Marlborough Hall, Mobhi Rd., Glasnevin, Dublin
Architect: J.F. Fuller
Constructed in 1908, and extended in 1911 and 1919, it was built as a teacher training college,
