-“A large addition...An outlay of nearly £3030”
i.e. the west-facing ‘Tower’ annexe to the
Palace
1876-’77
:
“
House No. 2 built by Mr. O’Connor.”..During
the current Academic year, a large addition containing dormitory
(58x20x15)
has been built ...Large
study-hall in House No. 2 ....”
1885
The New House
section of the Seminary had by this time developed into a u-shape,
(OS MS Town Plan 1885
1892-3:
“ Considerable and costly additions...”
the refectory wing , the Presidents rooms
and priests dining-room were
built
and the
main buildings
assumed the shape of a hollow rectangle
enclosing a cloister yard,
as shown
in
the
1893 OS map.
1914
:
“
A
considerable addition...”
an
east-west wing- was added to the Palace annexe,
comprising an oratory, professors’ rooms and
dormitory.
1892:
Canon O’Leary completed the major 1892
extension with a new dormitory, refectory and kitchens..
1934-5:
The three
storey
Brosnan building
was added
in the Presidency of Canon Denis Brosnan.
It was a major undertaking involving not only
the addition of seven classrooms, a science lab, study-hall, priests’ rooms,
showers and toilets but also the demolition of the northern section of the main
building to make way for a new kitchen, store-rooms, maids’ rooms and
infirmary.
1954-5
:
In the presidency of Canon O’Neill the new
oratory was built at the eastern end of the Brosnan Building.
This extension also included living quarters
for priests on the staff.
January 22, 2012