1792 – Market House, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
The Market House was designed by Colonel William Hayes of Avondale,
The Market House was designed by Colonel William Hayes of Avondale,
Described in Lewis, Topographical Dictionary of Ireland as “There is a large court-house in the square,
Originally designed by Francis Johnston who lived in Drogheda from 1786 to 1793 while working on a commission from Primate Robinson.
In the second volume of his Original Designs in Architecture,
The Sessions House, as it was first known,
Sited at the top of Kilmorey Square, the Market House contained a covered market space at ground level with a municipal space above.
Still intact, sited in the centre of the market square, but now much defaced by its usage as a service station.
Moira Market House was built about 1810 for Sir R Bateson.
On a steeply sloped site in Market Square,
Believed to have been built to replace an earlier and similar structure,