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  2. Architecture of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    The building was designed by Chicago architect Barry Byrne [21] and met with a cool reception among those more accustomed to traditional designs. Mulligan's Pub in Dublin epitomises a particularly Irish sensibility about commercial architecture. Wrote Patrick O'Donovan, "upon this the native imagination has run a small but gorgeous riot."

  3. Ballyknockan quarry - Wikipedia

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    Ballyknockan quarry, or more correctly Ballyknockan quarries, [4] are a collection of disused granite quarries in the village of Ballyknockan, County Wicklow, Ireland. [5] [1] [6] From the early 19th century onward, the site was "probably the most important area for supplying cut stone blocks of granite for the construction of many of Dublin city's major public buildings", according to a ...

  4. Clochán - Wikipedia

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    A clochán (plural clocháin) or beehive hut is a dry-stone hut with a corbelled roof, commonly associated with the south-western Irish seaboard. The precise construction date of most of these structures is unknown with the buildings belonging to a long-established Celtic tradition, though there is at present no direct evidence to date the ...

  5. Traditional trades - Wikipedia

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    Traditional building materials and traditional trade technologies are commonly associated with a host of materials, but not limited to, stone, brick, terra cotta, adobe, cork, leather, timber and log, bamboo, thatch, slate and metal roofing, fine and vernacular carpentry, ornamental plaster , stained glass, window and door restoration, wood ...

  6. Category:Buildings and structures in Ireland - Wikipedia

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    Irish building and structure stubs ... List of Irish towns with a Market House; P. Promontory fort This page was last edited on 16 June 2023, at 09:49 (UTC). ...

  7. Blackhouse - Wikipedia

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    Restored blackhouse in a museum on Trotternish, Skye. The origin of the name blackhouse is of some debate. On the Isle of Lewis, in particular, it seems to have been used to distinguish the older blackhouses from some of the newer white-houses (Irish: teach bán [ˌtʲax ˈbˠaːnˠ], teach geal [ˌtʲax ˈɟalˠ]; Scottish Gaelic: taigh-geal [t̪ʰə ˈkʲal̪ˠ]), with their harled (rendered ...

  8. List of market houses in the Republic of Ireland - Wikipedia

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    5 bay, two-storey building until 2005 used as a fire station and library. Renovated as a state of the art library/exhibition centre in the 2000s by de Blacam and Meagher Architects. [1] [2] Ardara: Donegal: c. 1840: Heritage centre [3] [4] Arvagh: Cavan: 1837: Library and council offices [5] Athboy: Meath: Pre-1837 [6] Bridal shop [7] Athlone ...

  9. List of building materials - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of building materials. Many types of building materials are used in the construction industry to create buildings and structures . These categories of materials and products are used by architects and construction project managers to specify the materials and methods used for building projects .