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Irish architecture history https://www.archiseek.com since 1996, football fan (all strains), drinker of tea (all strains), likes beer (all strains). Also likes strainers. #YNWA

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Architecturally a little less exciting than previous exhibitions in Cork

03.03.2026 15:49 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Straight Road, Cork

Here's a Pathe film www.britishpathe.com/asset/38942/

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"Choose Cork for your 1932 Holiday"

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Old colour map of Waterford City. Parish boundaries are marked on the map. An index is included listing street names as numbered on the map and also includes significant buildings.

Old colour map of Waterford City. Parish boundaries are marked on the map. An index is included listing street names as numbered on the map and also includes significant buildings.

Happy #MapMonday!
This colour map of Waterford City from 1830 shows the city's parish boundaries. An index lists the street names as numbered on the map and also includes significant buildings such as the Town Hall; Cathedral; Old Courthouse; Female Blue School and others: doi.org/10.7486/DRI....

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The New Chapel in Cookstown - View media Over 129 years of moving images from Northern Ireland, featuring amateur and professional films from 1897 to 2026, brought to you by Northern Ireland Screen.

1965 - Charles Witherspoon travels to the Chapel of the Annunciation in Cookstown. Designed by Liam McCormick, the Chapel is modernist and striking with sculpture by Michael Biggs and stained-glass windows by Patrick Pye. #irisharchitecture #cookstown

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1967 - Bank of Ireland, Donegall Place, Belfast - Architecture of Belfast, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com Work began on the new branch of the Bank of Ireland in Donegall Place in 1964. This would be the bank’s largest premises and the central office for the

1967 - Bank of Ireland, Donegall Place, Belfast
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Letterhead for W&G Baird of Royal Avenue in Belfast

Letterhead for W&G Baird of Royal Avenue in Belfast

Letterhead for W&G Baird of Royal Avenue in Belfast - small vignette of their premises. #belfast

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1862 - New Library, Middle Temple, London - Lost Buildings of London - Archiseek.com Architect: H.R. Abraham Destroyed during air raids during the Second World War. From The Building News, January 3, 1862: Three or four months ago the

This previous one, correct?
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1907 - Irish International Exhibition, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com Architect: Kaye-Parry & Ross The leading force behind the project was William Martin Murphy, a prominent businessman and owner of the Irish Independent,

As usual, I do have more on the exhibition here www.archiseek.com/1907-irish-i...

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Another recently found from the old files, the Gallery of Photography (now Photo Museum Ireland) before it opened. What happened to this sculpture? #dublin

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First time I've seen this postcard of the Somali village at the 1907 Dublin Exhibition in Herbert Park. #dublin

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1697 - Kilmacurragh House, Co. Wicklow - Architecture of Wicklow, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com Architect: Sir William Robinson In 1697, Thomas Action II tore down the ruins of Kilmacurragh abbey ruins and used its stone to build a Queen Anne house

1697 - Kilmacurragh House, Co. Wicklow
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New national women's museum for Limerick rugby building A landmark building in Limerick city which previously served as the International Rugby Experience is set to be gifted to the state by JP McManus and become a branch of the National Museum of Ireland.

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The word "mostly" now inserted.

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Yes of course, stupid me.

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1965 - Bloom's Hotel, Anglesea Street, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Buildings - Archiseek.com Architect: Joseph N. Kidney & Co. Built as a modern bedroom extension to Jury's Hotel on College Green, and now the sole remaining portion. The main

1965 - Bloom's Hotel, Anglesea Street, Dublin
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Shorts for corgis must be very short

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1824 - Royal Arcade and Grand Promenade, College Green, Dublin - Architecture of Dublin City, Lost Buildings of Ireland - Archiseek.com Destroyed by fire in 1837. Described as "a beautiful structure two storeys high. The under one being the Arcade contained 30 shops filled with all sorts

This weekend's Object of Unexpected Interest was
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1851 - Church of Ireland, Tramore, Co. Waterford - Architecture of Waterford - Archiseek.com Architect: Joseph Welland Christ Church is designed in an Early English Gothic. Sometimes attributed to Abraham Denny, but there are signed undated

1851 - Church of Ireland, Tramore, Co. Waterford
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The @opwireland.bsky.social + @nlireland.bsky.social presents Conversation Club: Public Conversations with Architects β€” a new series celebrating architecture & the ideas shaping our built environment.

John Parker, Director of ABK Architects | Tues 3 March at 6pm: www.eventbrite.ie/e/conversati...

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1849 - Court House, Waterford, Co. Waterford - Architecture of Waterford - Archiseek.com Architect: John B. Keane Originally built with two courtrooms on a symmetrical plan as was common in the larger towns, this replaced a courthouse by James

1849 - Courthouse, Waterford, Co. Waterford
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I think she just realised the score

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Not the Titanic, only three smoke stacks.

Not the Titanic, only three smoke stacks.

As slogans go.... #ireland

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Provincial Bank of Ireland Archives - Archiseek.com In 1825, the Provincial Bank of Ireland commenced operations in Cork, opening its first branch in Dublin a year later. Its primary aim was to introduce English capital into Ireland outside of the Dubl...

Or even by type - Provincial Bank of Ireland
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Batchelor & Hicks Archives - Archiseek.com Formed as a partnership between Frederick G. Hicks and Frederick Batchelor, formerly of Carroll & Batchelor after the retirement of J. Rawson Carroll in 1905. Operated from 1905 to 1922.

By Architect - Batchelor & Hicks
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Merrion Square Dublin Archives - Archiseek.com Developed by the Fitzwilliam Estate and named Merrion after the second Viscount Fitzwilliam of Merrion.The first project of the Fitzwilliam Estate was Merrion Street and it was quickly built on and pl...

By Street - Merrion Square
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Architecture of Dublin City Archives - Archiseek.com Architecture and Buildings of Dublin City including Ballsbridge, Rathmines, Ranelagh, Clontarf, Chapelizod. Including unbuilt proposals and demolished buildings.

For those unfamiliar with the site, I use categories as a way of clustering buildings, for example Dublin city, and tags as a way of clustering buildings by street, architect, or type.

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21.02.2026 21:14 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Realised last night that there's an auld fella in the Four Court shot. The auld fella is timeless in his overcoat, probably a pack of Carrolls or Major ciggies in a pocket too. He's just missing a Jack Russell dog.

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First images of Liverpool University’s new school of architecture First images of Liverpool University’s new school of architecture

The AJ can reveal a first look inside O’Donnell + Tuomey’s new school of architecture at Liverpool University

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That one is, yes.

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