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Ruins of St. Mullins, founded by St. Moling
Ruins of St. Mullins, founded by St. Moling
Sepia photograph of St. Mullins ruins and its graveyard taken from the Moat by W.O'Leary and included in a booklet entitled St. Mullins by local historian Patrick O'Leary.
Carlow County Library
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Saint Macartan's, Monaghan
Saint Macartan's, Monaghan
St. Macartan's Cathedral is one of Ireland's great Gothic Revival cathedrals. Its designer, J.J.McCarthy, was one of the principal followers of the influential architect A.W.N. Pugin who advocated a careful and studied approach to the application of the Gothic style.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Tullamore
Tullamore
In the first half of the nineteenth century a number of grand courthouses were built in larger country towns. The earliest of these is in Dundalk designed by Edward Parke and John Bowden in 1819, followed by William Morrison's more monumental buildings in Carlow and Tralee of the late 1820s. The example built in Tullamore in 1833 is by J.B. Keane who had worked as an assistant to the Morrisons.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Mountstewart, Co. Down
Mountstewart, Co. Down
The Temple of the Winds in Mountstewart is a highly sophistciated garden building, which like the Casino at Marino in Dublin, reflected the cultured tastes of the patron.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Pro Cathedral
Pro Cathedral
St. Mary's Pro Cathedral was the most ambitious Catholic church erected in Dublin. Erected before Catholic Emancipation was granted it was built in an austere Greek inspired Classicism. The Classical style was often favoured for earliest city churches of the nineteenth century.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Stackallen, Co. Meath
Stackallen, Co. Meath
Built for Gustavus Hamilton, in the same period as Beaulieu, Stackallan is one of the earliest surviving Classical houses in Ireland.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Sign to St Laserian's Holy Well
Sign to St Laserian's Holy Well
Directional finger post sign to St. Laserians Holy Well Old Leighlin. This Holy Well is a popular place of pilgrimage from ancient times.
Carlow County Library
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Waterston, Co. Westmeath
Waterston, Co. Westmeath
This curious monument at Waterston in Co. Westmeath was designed by Richard Castle as a dovecote and placed within a designed landscape to serve as an eye catcher to improve views within the demesne.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Picnic area at St. Mullins
Picnic area at St. Mullins
View of Picnic area situated beside the River Barrow at St. Mullins in South County Carlow. This is a popular scenic area developed in conjunction with the important ancient site associated with St. Moling.
Carlow County Library
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A photograph of Main Street, Athenry.
A photograph of Main Street, Athenry.
A photograph of Main Street, Athenry taken in the early twentieth century; the photograph is part of the Lawrence collection at Galway library.
Courtesy of Galway County Library