Boyce’s Almshouses in Tallow, County Waterford. When local man John Boyce died in May 1830, he left funds for the construction of this terrace of single-storey cottages in a loosely Tudor-Gothic idiom to provide accommodation for ‘aged couples.’ They served this purpose for over a century and a half but then fell into disrepair and were abandoned until a few years ago when restored by the local authority as four social housing units.

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