- Market Houses in the Republic of Ireland
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Market houses are a notable feature of many Irish towns with varying styles of architecture, size and ornamentation making for a most interesting feature of the streetscape. Originally there were three, four or even five bays on the ground floor which were an open arcade. An upper floor was often used as a court house or ballroom. Ornamentation consited of a cupola, a clock or sometimes a dome or tower. Today most of the Market Houses in Ireland have been put to use as cultural venues or business premises. Some are still derelict.
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Town County Built (date) Current use Image and/or link Abbeyleix Laois 1836 5 bay, 2 story building until 2005 used as a fire station and library - currently (2007) being renovated as a state of the art library/exhibition centre. 
Ardara Donegal 1840 (circa) Heritage Centre Arvagh Cavan 1837 Library & council offices Athlone Westmeath 18th century Demolished 1830s Athy Kildare 1745 Heritage Centre, & Library (formerly Town Hall & Fire Station) 
Athy Town HallAughrim Wicklow 1860 (circa) Restaurant Bailieborough Cavan 1818 Library (previous uses Co-op store and jam factory) Market House Archived link, 2010. Balbriggan Dublin 1811 Furniture Store Ballinagh Cavan 1821 Disused Ballinamore Leitrim - Library Ballybay Monaghan 1848 For Sale Ballinrobe Mayo 1752 District Court House Ballitore Kildare 1780 (circa), renovated circa 1840 In ruins Ballybofey Donegal 1820 (circa) Post Office & Training Centre Ballyconnell Cavan 1838 (circa) Disused Ballyhaise Cavan 20th century ? - Ballyjamesduff Cavan 1813 Restaurant & Shop Ballymote Sligo 1870 (circa) South Co. Sligo Community Mental health service of the Health Service Executive Ballymahon Longford 1819 Renovated into new Library, One stop shop and Community Hall 2011 Bantry Cork - Offices Birr Offaly 1845 Formerly a Church Hall, now a Market Blacklion Cavan - Tourist information centre Blessington Wicklow 1820 (circa) Credit Union Boyle Roscommon - Unused ? Bray Wicklow 1881–1883 Previously Town Hall, now McDonald's fast food outlet Buttevant Cork 18th century Community Centre (formerly Court House) Community Hall. Cahir Tipperary 1770 (circa) Library & Court House[citation needed] Cahirciveen Kerry 19th century ? Shops & Filling Station Callan Kilkenny 1825 (circa) Town hall Cappoquin Waterford - Shop Carrick-on-Shannon Leitrim 1830 Design & Craft Centre Cashel Tipperary 1866 Formerly Town Hall, now Tourist information centre Castleblayney Monaghan 1826 To be restored. Castlecomer Kilkenny 1800 (circa) Court House Castleisland Kerry 1745 (circa) Department Store Castlemartyr Cork - Car Showroom Castlepollard Westmeath 1815 (circa), burned circa 1921, rebuilt circa 1926 Town Hall, fire station Castlerea Roscommon 1825 (circa) Shop Celbridge Kildare 17th century School in 1709, later incorporated in mill complex Charleville Cork 1769 Shops Churchtown Cork 1845 Restored in 2000 as Offices and Residential. See www.markethousegroup.net [1] Clonakilty Cork 1642 Chinese restaurant History of Clonakilty Market House Clones Monaghan 1844 - Clonmany Donegal 1840 (circa) Derelict, undergoing restoration Clonmel Tipperary 1673 Former Court house, later a public house - Substantially restored - now houses art exhibitions, with scale models of historic Clonmel Clonmellon Westmeath 1836 - Collinstown Westmeath 1806 Demolished in 1950s,
for road straightening
Relocation programmed 2010 T.B.C.-Cootehill Cavan - Demolished Delvin Westmeath 1850 (circa) Youth club and Credit Union Dungarvan Waterford 19th century Arts Centre (formerly a Museum) Dunlavin Wicklow 1743 ? Library, Courthouse and art gallery during the annual Dunlavin Arts Festival 
Edenderry Offaly 1826 Formerly Ballroom and Museum, now Court House Edgeworthstown Longford - Supermarket Enniscorthy Wexford 1813 (before) Previously a school and a Methodist chapel Ennistymon Clare - Restaurant Eyrecourt Galway 17th century Derelict Finnea Westmeath 1850 (circa) Private House Frenchpark Roscommon 1840 (circa) Derelict Glenties Donegal 1840 (circa) - Gorey Wexford 1709 Previously a prison and a court house now Local Government Administration & Tourist information centre Graiguenamanagh Kilkenny - Shop Granard Longford - Courthouse and branch library; part still used for farmers' market History of Granard Market House Innishannon Cork - Unused and in disrepair (slates missing) 
Kanturk Cork 1657 (circa) Replaced in 1747 Kanturk Cork 1747 (2nd Market House) Replaced in 1839 Kanturk Cork 1839 (3rd Market House) Credit Union Keadue Roscommon 1830 (circa) - Kells Meath 1800 (circa) Commercial outbuilding Kenmare Kerry 1790 (circa) Auctioneer's Premises Kilbeggan Westmeath 1828 Unoccupied Kildare Kildare 19th century Bus Station, Public Toilets, Museum History of Kildare Market House Kilfinane Limerick 18th century Ruins ? Kilkenny County Kilkenny 1761 - 
Killucan Westmeath 1838 (circa) - 
Kilrush Clare - Town Hall Killeshandra Cavan 1792 (circa) Demolished late 1960's, present site of community resource centre. The original MH commemoration stone is built into the wall of a shop further up the street. History of Killeshandra Kiltyclogher Leitrim 1831 Guest House, pre-school Kinsale Cork 1600 (circa) Regional Museum (formerly Court House) 
Letterkenny Donegal - Offices Macroom Cork 19th century ? - Manorhamilton Leitrim 1834 Shop, retail outlet Midleton Cork 19th century Library & Court House (formerly Town Hall) Miltown Malbay Clare 19th century Restaurant Mitchelstown Cork 1823 Shop Monaghan Monaghan 1792 Arts Venue - see Market House, Monaghan 
Monasterevin Kildare 1830 (circa) - Mullingar Westmeath - Tourist information centre Nenagh Tipperary 1812 Adult Education Centre for North Tipperary Vocational Education Committee and Restaurant/take away ( part) Newbliss Monaghan 1830 - Newcastle West Limerick - - New Ross Wexford 1749, rebuilt 1806 - 1810 Tholsel, Court House, Town Hall from 1840 
Piltown Kilkenny - - Photograph of Piltown Market House Portarlington Laois 1800 (circa) Petrol station & Garage Rockcorry Monaghan 1805 Filling Station Roscommon Roscommon - Bank Scarriff Clare - - 
Shercock Cavan 1825 Shops Strokestown Roscommon 1830 (circa) Shop, retail outlet Templemore Tipperary 1816 Town/County Hall Timoleague Cork - Vacant Tinahely Wicklow 1820 (circa) Branch Library Tralee Kerry 1847 Chinese Restaurant Trim Meath c.1850[1] Town Hall Tulla Clare 1833 (circa) Branch Library Tullamore Offaly 1789 Building Society Virginia Cavan 1815 (circa) Courthouse and County Council offices Wexford Wexford 1776 Wexford Arts Centre (formerly Town Hall) Youghal Cork - Heritage Centre Contents
See also
- Architecture of Ireland
- Irish Architectural Archive
- List of towns and villages in Ireland
- Market Houses in Northern Ireland
References
- ^ Detached five-bay two-storey former market house, built c.1850, with three-bay projecting central breakfront. Consists of three-bay single-storey former market house, remodelled and flanked by singlebay extensions, c.1925
- An Bord Pleanála re Buttevant
- A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, Samuel Lewis (1838)
- Trim Development Plan - Record of Protected Structures. http://www.meath.ie/LocalAuthorities/Publications/PlanningandDevelopmentPublications/TrimElectoralAreaPlanningPublications/TrimDevelopmentPlan2008-2014/File,34458,en.PDF
Further reading
- McParland, Edward (2001) Public Architecture in Ireland 1680-1760 Yale University Press ISBN 0 300 09064 1
External links
Categories:- Buildings and structures in the Republic of Ireland
- Architecture of the Republic of Ireland
- Lists of buildings and structures in Ireland
- Market houses
- Republic of Ireland-related lists
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