1710 – Merchants Exchange, Cork
Architect: Twiss Jones
Built between 1705 and 1710,
Built between 1705 and 1710,
Originally, like Northgate, the site of a wooden drawbridge.
In March 1715, construction started on two schools adjacent to the Green Coat Hospital for children of the Protestant faith.
The gateway building contained a prison in its upper stories.
Built to replace a decaying medieval cathedral, it retained the tower and spire of the old cathedral.
Equestrian statue of George II,
Built in 1824 for the Cork Savings Bank and designed by local architect Thomas Deane on Pembroke Street.
New bank by ‘Mssrs.
The original railway terminus for the Great Southern and Western Railway.
Opened St. Patrick’s Day 1864,