Survey Data
Reg No
22312099
Rating
Regional
Categories of Special Interest
Artistic
Original Use
Gates/railings/walls
In Use As
Gates/railings/walls
Date
1835 - 1840
Coordinates
213000, 158689
Date Recorded
13/07/2004
Date Updated
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Description
Ashlar limestone gate piers and plinths, erected 1839, flanking vehicular and pedestrian gateways, with limestone wheel-guards, eagles surmounting central piers, and with replacement cast-iron railings and gates.
Appraisal
These piers flank the three hundred yards long avenue to the former Saint Patrick's Seminary and provided a suitably prestigious context for such an important building. Now somewhat overshadowed by the cathedral gates opposite, this entranceway nonetheless provides interest to the streetscape. The eagles are said to have been added in 1850 to commemorate the Synod of Thurles.