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De Valera Public Library

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De Valera Public Library
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Originally church/chapel; recorded by the architectural inventory as library/archive
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Freestanding single cell Gothic Revival former Presbyterian church, built 1856 to designs by Joseph Fogarty (1806-87). Remodelled, 1975, to accommodate use as library. Pitched slate roof with finials to gables and cut stone chimneystack to west. Cut-limestone walls to gable and rendered walls to sides, all with cut stone plinth and buttresses. Pointed arch openings to entrance gable with moulded hood mouldings. Altered openings to sides, comprising tall, narrow square-headed window openings.

From the Buildings of Ireland (National Inventory of Architectural Heritage) record 20000041

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Photo credits
  • Joseph Mischyshyn, Geograph · Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0
  • National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  • C O'Flanagan, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • N Chadwick, Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.0
  • Sheila1988, Wikimedia Commons
  • Maker not stated on source page, commons.wikimedia.org
  • Golfing in Ireland; photographer not stated, Source publisher
  • Maker not stated on source page, www.dreamstime.com
  • Maker not stated on source page, en.wikipedia.org
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