1896 – Royal National Hospital for Consumption, Newcastle, Co. Wicklow
In 1891, at the instigation of Miss Florence Wynn, a provisional committee meet in Dublin with the aim of founding a national sanatorium to treat tuberculosis.
1840 – North Dublin Union Workhouse, Grangegorman, Dublin
Following an Act of Parliament in 1772, a house of Industry was set up on a large site on North Brunswick Street.
1753 – St. Patrick’s Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin
The essayist and Dean of Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Jonathan Swift, died in 1745 and left an endowment in his will for the establishment of a mental hospital for Dublin as “St.
1967 – New Coombe Hospital, Cork Street, Dublin
The idea of building a new hospital was first looked at in 1931 as it was clear that the old Coombe Lying-In Hospital could not meet increasing demand.
1851 – St. Laurence’s Church, Grangegorman, Dublin
Small church built between male and female infirmaries at the southern end of the Richmond Asylum site.
1803 – Former Hardwicke Fever Hospital, Morning Star Ave., Dublin
“Fevers of one form or another were endemic in the city at this time and in the House of Industry epidemics were frequent and devastating.
1940 – Former Nurses’ Home, Grangegorman, Dublin
Enormous nurses’ home built for St. Brendan’s Hospital in 1937-40, and further enlarged in 1949. A U-plan seventeen-bay five-storey building with eight bays on the side elevations.
1816 – Former Whitworth Hospital, Morning Star Ave., Dublin
“Parliament was again petitioned successfully by the Governors [of the North Union] in 1815. Two years later a plain stone building consisting of two wings,
1830 – SS Mary & Peter Church. Rathmines, Dublin
Described in The Dublin Penny Journal, September 14 1833: “A handsome church, in the Gothic style, has been recently erected in the neighbourhood of Rathmines.
1934 – Maskora Turkish Baths, Nos. 97-99 Grafton Street, Dublin
Nos. 97-99 were demolished in the early 1930s to be replaced with the Maskora Turkish Baths by George L.
1825 – Union Chapel, Lower Abbey Street, Dublin
In 1818, two branches of Irish Seceding Presbyterianism united to form the Secession Synod of Ireland. The united congregation continued to use a chapel at Mary’s Abbey until funds from the Wide Street Commissioners enabled them to build a new and handsome church in Lower Abbey Street in 1825.
1911 – Royal Bank of Ireland, Terenure, Co. Dublin
Branch bank constructed for the now defunct Royal Bank of Ireland. Now an estate agents,
1917 – Former Mooney’s, Abbey Street, Dublin
One of the chain of Mooney’s bars across the city – this was known as The Abbey Mooney.
1964 – Silver Springs Hotel, Cork
The Silver Springs Hotel, built by Hegartys for the Rank Group in 1964 and architecturally striking for its day.
1865 – Former Methodist Church, University Rd., Belfast
The former Methodist Church was built in 1865 to designs by architect W.J. Barre. An elaborate mid-Victorian design of red,
