1860 – de Vesci Memorial, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
Architect: J.S. Butler A robust and rustic obelisk in the middle of the market square dedicated to the 2nd Viscount de Vesci. Related Posts: 1860 – Wallace Monument, Stirling, Scotland 2009 – Abbeyleix...
View Article1850 – Former Bank of Ireland, Church St., Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Architect: George Halpin Former bank branch for the Bank of Ireland. Probably a converted house, the building has a fine set of Victorian railings to the street. Still existing today, the building...
View Article1830s – Church, Rathdowney, Co. Laois
Replaced by an unremarkable exercise in 1950s Romaneque sited on the then edge of town. This church was pulled down and the site is still a surface carpark. Related Posts: 1869 – St. Joseph’s Church,...
View Article1830 – Prison, Portlaoise, Co. Laois
Architect: William Deane Butler Now obscured by more modern security measures, Portlaoise (formerly Maryborough) Prison had a magnificent entrance gateway worthy of a Norman castle. Related Posts: 1891...
View Article1802 – Design for house, Co. Laois
Architect: Richard Morrison A design published in “A collection of designs for rural retreats” by James Malton, with two elevational treatments. Annotated as to be built in “Queen’s County”, there are...
View Article1790 – Emo Court, Co. Laois
Architect: James Gandon, William Caldbeck Designed by the architect James Gandon in 1790 for John Dawson, the first Earl of Portarlington, the house took many years and architects to complete. It was...
View Article1680s – Ballykilcavan House, Stradbally, Co. Laois
Ballykilcavan has full-height wings like flanking towers at the corners of the entrance front while similar towers on the rear of the house are now hidden by later extensions. These towers were a...
View Article1854 – St Brigid’s Church, Ballinakill, Co. Laois
Architect: J.J. McCarthy The spire and tower was added by J.J. McCarthy around 1854 to an earlier church. The earlier building is a simple cruciform church, similar to many found in smaller towns and...
View Article1847 – Portlaoise Railway Station, Co. Laois
Architect: Sancton Wood Originally a station on the Great Southern and Western Railway, Portlaoise Railway Station cost upwards of £5,000 to build. Designed by Sancton Wood and characteristically...
View Article1800c – Market House, Portarlington, Co. Laois
Still intact, sited in the centre of the market square, but now much defaced by its usage as a service station. A simple markethouse with open archways at ground level to provide covered shelter, and a...
View Article1840s – St Michael’s Church, Portarlington, Co. Laois
Architect: Thomas A. Cobden / T.F. McNamara Mainly attributed to Thomas A. Cobden on the basis that the parish priest of the time of construction was the administrator of Carlow during the construction...
View Article1840 – St. Patrick’s Church, Ballyroan, Co. Laois
St. Patrick’s is a simple rectangular church with a flat-ceiling interior. Related Posts: 1866 – St. Paul’s Church, Emo, Co. Laois 1869 – St Mark’s Church of Ireland, Borris-in-Ossory, Co. Laois 1840 –...
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1840 – Pembroke Row, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
When the 3rd Viscount de Vesci married Lady Emma Hubert, daughter of the Earl of Pembroke and Montgomery. The Earl built this stone terrace of houses for the town as part of his daughter’s dowry. The...
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1773 – Abbeyleix House, Abbeyleix, Co. Laois
Architect: James Wyatt A seven-bay, three-storey over basement with dormer attic Classical-style country house, begun 1773, with a pedimented breakfront having a cut stone Doric door-case to the ground...
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1863 – Former Town Hall, Mountmellick, Co. Laois
Architect: William Caldbeck Detached three-bay two-storey gable-fronted former town hall, designed by William Caldbeck and built alongside his bank constructed at the same time for the National Bank....
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