1826 – St Patrick’s Pro-Cathedral, Skibbereen, Co. Cork
Architect: Brother Michael Augustine O’Riordan
A t-shaped church with galleried transepts,
A t-shaped church with galleried transepts,
Catherine McCauley founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 in Dublin to care for the poor and the sick and to educate poor children.
In summer 2020, planning permission was granted to renovate and revamp the chapel,
Built to replace a Georgian house that burned down in 1902,
Constructed as Mercy Heights school,
in 2009, it was announced that the winner of the West Cork Arts Centre’s Architectural Design Competition was Irish firm Donaghy + Dimond Architects based in Francis Street,