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Kilmaloda House
Kilmaloda House
Kilmaloda House, near Timoleague, was originally the residence of Sampson Beamish and his descendants. After World War II the MacCarthy-Morrogh family occupied the house. William Hill, a member of a family of architects well-known in Cork, designed the house in the late-Georgian style.
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Convent of Mercy - Skibbereen
Convent of Mercy - Skibbereen
Catherine McCauley founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831 in Dublin to care for the poor and the sick and to educate poor children. By 1837 the sisters established a house in Cork. Nuns from the order first came to Skibbereen in 1860 when four sisters from Kinsale opened a school in the town. They remained in Skibbereen until July 2003 when the convent and school were closed and the remaining sisters joined other houses of the order in Cork. Skibbereen Town Council gave the sisters a civic reception in 2003 to mark their contribution to education in Skibbereen for 143 years. The well-known architects Ashlin and Pugin designed the Convent of Mercy.. In January 2004 the property was sold for €1.5 million (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.9, 15 August 1867, p.209)
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Birr Shopfront - Barber
Birr Shopfront - Barber
Colour photograph of RJ Barber, Watchmaker and Jeweller. This business was established in 1890. There is a wealth of detail on this shopfront Note leaf detail over shafts , row of groves along the bottom of the cornice and decorated brackets.
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Labbamolaga - Church Ruins
Labbamolaga - Church Ruins
The ruins of an old church, still standing, are shown in the townland of Labba Molaga, approximately 5 miles north-west of Mitchelstown. The place name 'Labbamolaga' comes from the Irish 'Leaba Molaga' which means the bed or grave of Saint Molaga. The slab shown at the south-east corner in the illustration is traditionally regarded as the site of the saint's bed. In the folklore of the area sleeping on or beneath the saint's bed was said to be a cure for rheumatism. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.14, 15 January 1872, p.25)
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Monkstown Presbytery
Monkstown Presbytery
Pugin and Ashlin, who designed the Sacred Heart Church in Monkstown, also designed the presbytery. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.10, 1 June 1868, p.137)
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Saint Finbarre's Cathedral - Font
Saint Finbarre's Cathedral - Font
Baptismal font from St Fin Barre's Cathedral (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.13, 2 January 1871, p.7)
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Saint Luke's Church - Interior
Saint Luke's Church - Interior
The Cork Examiner of 15 January 1875 describes the interior of Saint Luke's Church as follows: 'What strikes one chiefly about the interior is its lightness, loftiness and spaciousness. The length of the nave is 114 feet and the width across the transept 82 feet. Nave and transept being both of great width, the semicircular arches which span their intersection are of extraordinary size and beauty. They spring from neat shafts resting upon curved corbels projected from the faces of four lofty piers. The groined ceiling at the intersection is of timber, painted blue and spangled with stars. The chancel is at the southern end of the nave, and its special features are its five rich stained glass windows in the apse, the subjects in three of which are - the Good Shepherd, the Prodigal Son and the parable of the lost groat. These windows are the gift of Mr Wm. Goulding. On the east side of the choir, in the angle of the transept, is the organ chamber, where has been erected a costly and beautiful organ, built by Foster and Andrews of Hull. The aisles are short and narrow, in proportion to the nave and transepts, from the former of which each is separated by three lofty arches, supported upon handsome pillars of Cork red marble, polished. The capitals of the columns, corbels and shafts throughout the interior are of Bath stone, very beautifully carved by Mr MacLeod of this city. Perhaps the chief merit of its construction is the fact that from any point within the Church almost the whole interior can be seen.' (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.16, 15 December 1874, p.341)
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Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral - Rose Window
Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral - Rose Window
The magnificent rose window dominates the west front of the cathedral. C. W. Harrison of Dublin, using William Burges's design, carved the figures representing Matthew, Mark, Luke and John which surround the window. The style of the carvings was influenced by the carvings of ancient Assyria which Burges had seen in the British Museum. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.13, 2 January 1871, p.6)
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Windele Monument
Windele Monument
John Windele's grave in St Joseph's cemetery, formerly the Botanic Gardens, in Cork is marked by a Celtic cross designed by Richard Rolt Brash and executed by Patrick Scannell. Windele (1801-1865) was a keen antiquarian and historian. His book Historical and descriptive notices of the city of Cork and its vicinity first published in 1839 is one of the best books on 19 th century Cork. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.9, 15 October 1867, p.271)
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Saint Patrick's Church, Fermoy
Saint Patrick's Church, Fermoy
Saint Patrick's Church in Fermoy was built in the early 1800s. The original church was quite small and was extended in 1843 when Father Timothy Murphy was parish priest. The architects Pugin and Ashlin designed further extensions in 1867 which gave the church its modern appearance. (Image from: Irish Builder, Vol.9, 1 August 1867, p.195)
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