J.D. Daly — An tSráid Mhór

The saved account records: End-of-terrace two-bay three-storey former house and pub, dated 1859, having two-bay two-storey additional block and two-bay single-storey extension to rear (south).

The saved account records: Now in use as shop with render shopfront to front (north).

The saved account records: Pitched artificial slate roof with rendered chimneystacks and overhanging corbelled cornice to eaves with concealed rainwater goods.

The saved account records: Rendered walls to front, rear and side (east, west) elevations, having render sill band and nail-head moulded render quoins to second floor.

J.D. Daly — An tSráid Mhór matters for the exact reasons given in its official assessment, rather than merely because it is an old structure. The source records: This unusual large scale building makes a significant contribution to the architectural heritage of Abbeyfeale. The building is distinguished from its neighbours by its highly decorative rendered façade, which was applied by the Listowel artisan builder named Pat McAuliffe (1846-1921). The stucco work on Daly's dates to 1890. Here McAuliffe uses an eclectisim of decoration on a single façade: Corinthian capitals, Egyptian cornice mouldings, arabesques, Latin scrolls, Hiberno-Romanesque bearded men and lionheads and Italian diamond pointed quoins. McAuliffe's plasterwork imitates features more commonly found… This explains what the place adds to local life, the street or the surviving built history.