1846 – Queen’s Old Castle, Grand Parade, Cork
William Fitzgibbon from Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, began a drapery store in Shandon street,
William Fitzgibbon from Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, began a drapery store in Shandon street,
Started in 1848 with a large extension a decade later, and Italianate in style. Gutted in the 1990s for Marks &
Opened in May 1853 when McSwiney, Delany and Co. opened ‘The New or Palatial Mart’ opposite the General Post Office.
Large department store demolished in the 1970s to make way for an office building. Designed by Sandham Symes and built in several stages by the Pim family from the mid 1850s onwards.
Part of the building was constructed in 1858 and described in The Irish Builder, February 1 1859: “Messrs.
Todd Burn’s Department Store on the corner of Mary Street and Jervis Street was a bustling enterprise on Dublin’s northside.
McBirney’s Drapery Emporium which was taken over by Roches Stores in the 1940’s, but the building was burned to the ground in a disastrous fire in 1948
Designed by J. Rawson Carroll around 1865, with later work at the end of the 19th century by William M.
The Munster Arcade was one of the principal department stores in Cork. Based on St. Patrick’s Street,
Built in 1867-69, this fine warehouse once had a fine dormered roofline and tall chimneys. These are alas,