1710 – Merchants Exchange, Cork
Architect: Twiss Jones
Built between 1705 and 1710, for the conduct of business between Cork’s merchant classes,
1713 – Southgate, Cork
Originally, like Northgate, the site of a wooden drawbridge. In May 1711,
1715 – Green Coat School, Cork
In March 1715, construction started on two schools adjacent to the Green Coat Hospital for children of the Protestant faith.
1715 – Northgate Gaol, Cork
The gateway building contained a prison in its upper stories. Conditions were atrocious due to its cramped site,
1738 – St. Finn Barre’s Cathedral, Cork
Built to replace a decaying medieval cathedral, it retained the tower and spire of the old cathedral.
1761 – Statue of George II, South Mall, Cork
Architect: John Van Nost the Younger
Equestrian statue of George II,
1824 – General Post Office, Cork
Architect: Thomas Deane
Built in 1824 for the Cork Savings Bank and designed by local architect Thomas Deane on Pembroke Street.
1840 – Bank of Ireland, 32 South Mall, Cork
Architect: Sir Thomas Deane
New bank by ‘Mssrs. Deane’,
1860 – Penrose Quay Railway Station, Cork
Architect: Sir John Benson
The original railway terminus for the Great Southern and Western Railway.
1864 – North Gate Bridge, Cork
Architect: Sir John Benson
Opened St. Patrick’s Day 1864,
