Archiseek - Irish Architecture - Buildings, News & History
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Architecture News & Views from Ireland. Archiseek.com was originally Archeire.com and was started in 1997 (after an earlier small site on Dublin). Archiseek.com has a wealth of information on Irish architecture. We also have substantial sections on the UK and Canada. We have smaller areas on France, Germany, Spain, Italy and the USA. But we are an Irish website primarily aimed at an Irish audience
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Architect: Brian Gregory
A distinctive church with a fan shaped plan and huge wall of “dalle de verre” glass.
1967 – St. Bernadette’s Church, Knockbreda, Belfast from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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Architect: Kendrick Edwards
Known as Donegall Chambers. Two buildings previously occupied by LMS Railway Co. & Saxone reconstructed as one in 1932.
1932 – 11-15 Donegall Place, Belfast from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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Architect: Charles Lanyon
Completed in 1857, the two storey Italianate Custom House stands on the site of the old Ballast Office –
1857 – Custom House, Belfast from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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5d ago
Architect: John J. McDonnell
Starting life as a simple single aisle church, the nave was entended by two bays,
1854 – St. Mary’s Church, Newcastle, Co. Down from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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Enniskean House was built in the late 1890s by R.W Murray a businessman from Virginia in the United States. Built as a summer retreat and designed to take advantage of the spectacular views of the Mourne mountains.
1897 – Enniskeen House, Newcastle, Co. Down from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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The first terminus of the Belfast and County Down Railway (BCDR) opened their line south from Downpatrick in March 1869, but the current building dates from a 1905 remodelling when the Great Northern Railway of Ireland arrived here from Banbridge.
1905 – Former Railway Station, Newcastle, Co. Down from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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Architect: Sancton Wood / George Wilkinson
The station opened on 26 June 1847, and was designed by Sanction Wood in a picturesque Gothic style for Great Southern &
1847 – Railway Station, Portarlington, Co. Laois from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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Portarlington station was opened in 1950, then Ireland’s peat-fired power station, by Minister for Industry, Daniel Morrissey TD, ESB Chairman RF Browne,
1950 – ESB Power Station, Portarlington, Co. Laois from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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Architect: Slater & Carpenter
Designed by Richard Herbert Carpenter and William Slater of London who afterward also produced plans to extend St.
1868 – Ardragh Church of Ireland, Co. Monaghan from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more
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Built in 1765 by the Rev James Lowry, Rector of Clougherny. The entrance front had a central, three-sided bow, one bay on either side of it.
1765 – Pomeroy House, Pomeroy, Co. Tyrone from Archiseek - Irish Architecture ..read more