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Cork County Hall. Many of the city's buildings are in the Georgian style, although there are a number of examples of modern landmark structures, such as County Hall tower, which was, at one time the tallest building in Ireland [70] until being superseded by another Cork building: The Elysian.
Skiddy's Almshouse is the oldest inhabited building in the city of Cork. [1] It was built in 1718 and finished in 1719. It was the second almshouse built using a bequest from Stephen Skiddy for the city's poor, either Catholic or Church of Ireland. [2]
Saint Mary's and St Anne's Cathedral is both the seat of the Bishop of Cork and Ross, and the parish church for the Cathedral parish which includes the areas of Blarney Street, Shandon and Blackpool. Baptismal records date back to 1731. [3] The parish boundary had also included the areas of Blackpool and Clogheen/Kerry Pike until 1981.
Buildings in the city of Cork, Ireland. This is the area under administered by Cork City Council. Subcategories. This category has the following 4 subcategories, out ...
Elizabeth Fort is a 17th-century star fort off Barrack Street in Cork, Ireland. [2] Originally built as a defensive fortification on high-ground outside the city walls, the city eventually grew around the fort, and it took on various other roles – including use as a military barracks, prison, and police station. [3]
Patrick Street, Cork. Photochrom print c. 1890–1900. Cork, located on Ireland's south coast, is the second largest city within the Republic of Ireland after Dublin and the third largest on the island of Ireland after Dublin and Belfast. Cork City is the largest city in the province of Munster. Its history dates back to the sixth century.
Christ Church, also known as Holy Trinity, [8] was the "main church" in Cork city by the 17th century. [5] Substantially destroyed during the 1690 Siege of Cork, the remaining structures of the early medieval church were demolished in 1716 and the current neo-classical building was completed in the 1720s. [6]
Some sources imply that Vernon Mount was built in 1784, [10] while others suggest it was completed after 1789 following the arrival of Abraham Hargrave in Cork. [5] Hargrave designed a number of buildings in the city at this time, including Cork's military barracks. [11] The house was built for and by Atwell Hayes (d.1799) a wealthy brewer and ...
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