Carlow Courthouse
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{{Infobox building
| name = Carlow Courthouse
| native_name = Teach Cúirte Cheatharlach
| image = Carlow Courthouse, 2021-07-03.jpg
| caption = Carlow Courthouse
| address =
| location_city = Carlow
| location_country = Ireland
| map_type = Ireland
| map_dot_label = Carlow Courthouse
| coordinates = {{coord|52.8391|-6.9301|display=inline,title}}
| completion_date = 1834
| architect = William Vitruvius Morrison
| architectural_style = Neoclassical style
}}
Carlow Courthouse is a judicial facility in Dublin Road, Carlow, County Carlow, Ireland.
History
The courthouse, which was designed by William Vitruvius Morrison in the neoclassical style and built in ashlar stone, was completed in 1834.{{cite web|url=http://archiseek.com/2011/1834-courthouse-carlow-co-carlow/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150316200514/http://archiseek.com/2011/1834-courthouse-carlow-co-carlow/|url-status=dead|archive-date=16 March 2015|title=1834 – Courthouse, Carlow, Co. Carlow|publisher=Archiseek|accessdate=26 October 2019}} The design involved a symmetrical main frontage facing the corner of Athy Road and Old Dublin Road; there was a flight of steps leading up to a large octastyle portico with Ionic order columns supporting an entablature and a pediment: it was modelled on the Temple on the Ilissus in Athens.{{cite web|url=http://www.patrickcomerford.com/2016/09/how-classical-courthouse-in-carlow.html|title=How the classical courthouse in Carlow revolutionised Irish designs|date=13 September 2016|first=Patrick|last= Comerford|accessdate=26 October 2019}} A Russian artillery piece, which had been used in the Crimean War, was brought back to Ireland and placed on the steps of the building in 1858.
The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became the meeting place for Carlow County Council.{{cite web|url=http://carlowhistorical.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Carloviana-No-59-2010.pdf|title=History of the Carlow Regional Technical College and the Institute of Technology, Carlow|page=61|publisher=Carloviana|year=2010|accessdate=26 October 2019}} The county council established their County Secretary's Office on the west side of Athy Road in the mid-20th century{{cite web|url=http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/dublin_street_1.htm|title=Dublin Street 1985|publisher=Ireland Genealogical Projects|accessdate=12 November 2019|archive-date=12 November 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191112013733/http://sites.rootsweb.com/~irlcar2/dublin_street_1.htm|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://carlowhistorical.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Carloviana-No-2-1953.pdf|title=The Story of Athy Road|first=Alice|last=Tracy|page=30|publisher=Carloviana|date=1 December 1953|accessdate=12 November 2019}} before moving further north along the road into modern premises which are now known as the County Buildings.{{cite web|url=https://www.oireachtas.ie/en/debates/debate/dail/1982-05-26/121/|title=Local Authorities|date=26 May 1982|publisher=Oireachtas|accessdate=26 October 2019}} The courthouse was refurbished in 2002 and continues to be used as a judicial facility.{{cite web|url=https://kclr96fm.com/work-finally-start-restoring-railings-carlow-courthouse/|title=Work to finally start on restoring railings at Carlow Courthouse|date=31 March 2017|publisher=KCLR|accessdate=26 October 2019}}