1846 – Queen’s Old Castle, Grand Parade, Cork
Architect: Henry Hill / S.F. Hynes / Chillingworth & Levie
William Fitzgibbon from Rathkeale, Co. Limerick, began a drapery store in Shandon street,
Irish Department Stores
1848 – Former Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Started in 1848 with a large extension a decade later, and Italianate in style. Gutted in the 1990s for Marks &
1853 – Clery & Co., O’Connell St., Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Opened in May 1853 when McSwiney, Delany and Co. opened ‘The New or Palatial Mart’ opposite the General Post Office.
1856 – Pim’s Department Store, Sth Great George’s Street, Dublin
Architect: Sandham Symes
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.
1858 – Cannock, Tait and Co. Department Store, Limerick
Architect: William Fogerty
Part of the building was constructed in 1858 and described in The Irish Builder, February 1 1859: “Messrs.
1859 -Todd, Burns & Co., Mary Street, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Todd Burn’s Department Store on the corner of Mary Street and Jervis Street was a bustling enterprise on Dublin’s northside.
1860s – McBirney & Co., Limerick
McBirney’s Drapery Emporium which was taken over by Roches Stores in the 1940’s, but was burned to the ground in a disastrous fire in 1948
1865 – McBirney’s Department Store, Aston Quay, Dublin
Architect: J. Rawson Carroll / William M. Mitchell
Designed by J. Rawson Carroll around 1865, with later work at the end of the 19th century by William M.
1866 – The Munster Arcade, St. Patrick’s Street, Cork
Architect: William Fogerty
The Munster Arcade was one of the principal department stores in Cork. Based on St. Patrick’s Street,
1869 – Former Richardsons Store, Belfast
Architect: W.H. Lynn
Built in 1867-69, this fine warehouse once had a fine dormered roofline and tall chimneys. These are alas,
