1846 – Queen’s Old Castle, Grand Parade, Cork
Architect: Henry Hill / S.F. Hynes / Chillingworth & Levie
William Fitzgibbon from Rathkeale,
1848 – Former Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Started in 1848 with a large extension a decade later,
1851 -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.
1853 – Clery & Co., O’Connell St., Dublin
Architect: William Caldbeck
Opened in May 1853 when McSwiney,
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.
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,
1860s – McBirney & Co., Limerick
McBirney’s Drapery Emporium which was taken over by Roches Stores in the 1940’s.
1865 – McBirney’s Department Store, Aston Quay, Dublin
Architect: J. Rawson Carroll / William M. Mitchell
Designed by J.
1866 – Arnott’s Warehouse, Bridge St., Belfast
Architect: Thomas Jackson & Sons
Destroyed during the 1941 Belfast Blitz along with its later extension of 1899 on the corner with High Street.
1866 – The Munster Arcade, St. Patrick’s Street, Cork
Architect: William Fogerty
The Munster Arcade was one of the principal department stores in Cork.
