1856 – Design for Wellington Testimonial, Phoenix Park, Dublin. “Of all the public monuments raised in honor of the Duke of Wellington, that of the citizens of Dublin is, if not the most graceful, at least the most colossal and magnificent. It stands on very elevated ground in the Phoenix Park and consists of an unadorned Obelisk, resting on a pedestal 56 feet square and 24 feet high, which is accessible by a pyramidal flight of steps, making a total height of 205 feet. The pedestal is intended to be ornamented with bas-relief medallions, representing the chief battles won by His Grace, and an insulated pedestal on the east side, is intended also to support an equestrian statue of the Hero of Waterloo. For those embellishments, the requisite funds are as yet wanting. The sides of the Obelisk are inscribed with the names of the several victories gained by the Duke. The whole monument is of cut granite, and was raised at an expense of about £20,000.″ (Image: Archiseek.com)

1862 – Unbuilt design for St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork. The design was published in The Building News, 11 October 1872. In February 1863, William Burges was declared the winner. The Cathedral accounts records show the payment of the winning prize was £100 but the design greatly exceeded the stipulated cost, which really annoyed people at the time. (Image: Archiseek.com)

1769 – Design for the Royal Exchange, Dublin, now City Hall, was executed by Irish Architect Francis Sandys for an architecture competition to design the building. There were approximately 61 entries from architects in Ireland and England. Thomas Cooley won the competition and James Gandon was runner-up. Cooley’s design was built and can be visited today. (Image: Archiseek.com)

1814 – Design for a drum and dome on completed General Post Office on Sackville (now O’Connell) Street. (Image: Archiseek.com)

1915 – Railway Terminus, Blacksod Bay, Co. Mayo. An unbuilt proposal for a large railway terminus to serve as a transatlantic liner terminal that would have seen Liverpool ousted not just as the transatlantic departure point for British passenger traffic, but for Scandinavia too. As one commentator put it: “Make Ireland the highroad of traffic between Canada and the United Kingdom and between the Eastern and Western Worlds". With the provision of rail ferries from Holyhead, it was predicted that Londoners would leave Euston Station and not have to set foot outside their carriages until Mayo. From The Building News, 13 October 1915: “The construction of the building is intended to be carried out in reinforced concrete. The main feature is the concourse, which forms as a waiting-place between the platforms and the harbour." The architects are Messrs. E. B. Hoare and M. Wheeler, FF.R.I.B.A., of Portman Street, Portman Square. W. (Image: Archiseek.com)

1787c – Unbuilt elevation design for west front of Irish Houses of Parliament in Dublin. (Image: Archiseek.com)

A proposal for a Roman Catholic University of Ireland in Clonliffe. First published in the Dublin Builder, 1 April 1863. (Image: Archiseek.com)

1883 – Science and Art Museum, Kildare Street, Dublin. An illustration for the competition to design a museum for the Royal Dublin Society on Kildare St by Ernest C. Lee. The winning design was produced by T.N. Deane & Son and published in The Building News, 5 October, 1883. (Image: Archiseek.com)

1837 – Proposed Railway Colonnade, Dublin. This illustration was originally included in the report: “Plans of the Several Lines of Railway in Ireland. Laid Out Under the Direction of the Commissioners. Part I: Through the South and South Western District, by Charles Vignoles. Part II: Through the North and North Western Districts by John MacNeill, 1837. Presented to Both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty”. Charles Vignoles is remembered for his work with the Dublin to Kingstown Railway, and for his work during the period 1836 to 1838, when he served as engineer to the royal commission on railways in Ireland. Most of the railways surveyed and planned during this time were completed by William Dargan, but some of the proposals were not followed up, as they were too ambitious for Ireland at the time. This scheme was designed to link the different railway termini through the city by building a raised railway along the southern Liffey Quays. (Image: Archiseek.com)