1710 – Merchants Exchange, Cork
Built between 1705 and 1710, for the conduct of business between Cork’s merchant classes, and replaced an earlier building at the junction of Castle Street &
Built between 1705 and 1710, for the conduct of business between Cork’s merchant classes, and replaced an earlier building at the junction of Castle Street &
Originally, like Northgate, the site of a wooden drawbridge. In May 1711, agreement was reached by the council of the City that North Gate Bridge would be rebuilt in stone,
In March 1715, construction started on two schools adjacent to the Green Coat Hospital for children of the Protestant faith. Boys were to be taught reading,
The gateway building contained a prison in its upper stories. Conditions were atrocious due to its cramped site, until it was replaced by the purpose built Cork Gaol in the 1820s.
Built to replace a decaying medieval cathedral, it retained the tower and spire of the old cathedral. Completed in 1738, it was demolished in 1865 to make way for the present cathedral by William Burges.
Equestrian statue of George II, erected 7 July and unveiled 16 July 1761.
Built in 1824 for the Cork Savings Bank and designed by local architect Thomas Deane on Pembroke Street.
New bank by ‘Mssrs. Deane’, Thomas Deane & Co., comprising Thomas and his brother Kearns,
The original railway terminus for the Great Southern and Western Railway. Approached from Penrose’s Quay,
Opened St. Patrick’s Day 1864, replacing an earlier bridge, this bridge was demolished and replaced in 1961 by Griffith’s Bridge.