edwardwelbypugin

Holy Smoke! Designed by Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812–1852). "Former Presentation Convent, Slievekeale Road. Designed 1841, constructed 1842-63. Some fittings and furnishings after 1852 by Edward Welby Pugin. Traditional monastic layout around a quadrangular cloister. Some minor modifications but essentially intact, including rood screen. Conversion of the convent (a protected structure) to a health centre by Waterford firm DHB Architects completed in May 2009." From - www.puginfoundation.org/irish_buildings/ (down the page a little). The Rood Screen must be behind the photographer.

It's so beautiful.

Woow just love to watch this old photos that you upload!!!

Again, a bit of magic. Thanks for this kind of pictures.

beachcomber australia Good Lord (if you'll pardon the pun)! And there was I thinking this photo wasn't all that special...

I think the notes to the photo are right, and it is Crosshaven. Streetview

25" OSI Map including the small creek in the foreground.

The OSI map (1897) predates the photograph as there's no sign of the railway on it. Station building and platform sign visable above. The Cork, Blackrock and Passage Railway (1850) was extended southwards from Passage West to Crosshaven and opened in 1904. Photograph post 1904. Although 1902 mentioned in this history. crosshaven.ie/information/about/crosshaven-railway

Streetview from a different angle.

I am being driven batty by the belfry and spire on St Brigid's Catholic Church (Edward Welby Pugin 1869) - when was it added? It might help with a latest date. Red Herring - in 1589 Sir Francis Drake hid from the Spanish Armada in Drake's Pool around the corner to the right - www.yelp.com.au/biz/drakes-pool-crosshaven