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Birr Post Office
Birr Post Office
The post offices erected in the early twentieth century were designed by the Office of Public Works and usually employed a combination of historic styles. Here in Birr the building has a large Dutch inspired gable decorated with Baroque scrolls.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Bellamont, Co. Cavan
Bellamont, Co. Cavan
A red brick villa at Bellamont in County Cavan designed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce in the Italian tradition and directly inspired by the buildings of Andrea Palladio.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Custom House, Dublin
Custom House, Dublin
The Custom House building by James Gandon begun in 1781 symbolises the great artisitc and commerical achievements of the Georgian era.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Headfort, Co. Meath
Headfort, Co. Meath
A large Georgian house at Headfort, Co. Meath designed for the Earl of Bective by George Semple. The plain exterior conceals some of the most important and refined rooms of the eighteenth century.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Castletown, Co. Kildare
Castletown, Co. Kildare
Built 1719-1732 for the lawyer and parliamentarian William Connolly, Castletown was the first great Palladian country house of the eighteenth century. It was designed by Alessandro Gallilei and completed by Sir Edward Lovett Pearce.
© The Irish Architectural Archive
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Birr Townhouse
Birr Townhouse
Large townhouses like this one in Birr, Co. Offaly grace many provincial towns.
Image courtesy of Dr. Michael O'Neill
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Gated doorway at the Pro-Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Ennis
Gated doorway at the Pro-Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, Ennis
O'Connell Street, Ennis, Co Clare. Built 1830-1845. Designed by Dominic Madden, with spires and porches added to design of JJ McCarthy in 1871.
Courtesy of NIAH
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Hermitage
Hermitage
Primitive structures such as this at Hermitage in Dublin were built in extroardinary and bizarre materials, usually with river worn and conglomerate stones so as to invoke an imaginary and grotesque world associated with primitive society.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Duckett's Grove
Duckett's Grove
The wilful asymmetrical arrangment of the building at Duckett's Grove in County Carlow contributes to the romantic, picturesque qualities.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan
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Killua sham ruins
Killua sham ruins
Sham ruins, like here at Killua were popular as part of a romanticising and picturesque garden style.
Image courtesy of Kevin Mulligan