Ireland
Works in Ireland include the Irish National War Memorial Gardens in Islandbridge Dublin, which consists of a bridge over the railway and a bridge over the river Liffey (unbuilt) and two tiered sunken gardens; Heywood Gardens, County Laois (open to the public) consisting of a hedge garden, lawns, tiered sunken garden and a belvedere; extensive changes and extensions to Lambay Castle, Lambay Island near Dublin consisting of a circular battlement enclosing the restored and extended castle and farm building complex, upgraded cottages and stores near the harbour, a real tennis court, a large guest house (The White House), a boathouse and a chapel; alterations and extensions to Howth Castle, County Dublin; the unbuilt Hugh Lane gallery straddling the River Liffey on the site of the Ha'penny Bridge and the unbuilt Hugh Lane Gallery on the west side of St Stephen's Green; a Lodge at Costelloe, County Galway (that was used for refuge by J Bruce Ismay the Chairman of the White Star Line following the sinking of the Titanic) and a hunting lodge near Rosapenna in northern County Donegal, most recently used as a youth hostel.
In Northern Ireland, he is attributed as architect of Stormont House, Belfast, designed as a home for the Speaker of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
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