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CONROY, DANIEL
- Born: 1866/67 Died: 1912
Architect of Derry According to the English census of 1871, Daniel Conroy, second son of James Conroy, a quartermaster sergeant in the Royal Engineers, and his wife, Letitia, was born in New Brompton, Gillingham, Kent, in 1866 or 1867. Both his parents were Irish, and the family appears to have returned to Ireland before the birth of his younger brother Edmund in Derry in1878 or 1879 Daniel was active as an architect in Derry from circa 1895(1) until his death in 1912. His obituary in the Derry Journal describes him as 'a young man of brilliant parts' and an artist of genius. He died in the City and County Infirmary, Derry, and was buried in Ardmore burying ground.
Addresses: 2 Bishop Street, Derry, <=1898->=1900;(2) 21 Shiquay Street, 1902-1910;(3) 14 Clooney Terrace, <=1911-1912.(4)
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References
Information in this entry not otherwise attributed is from the 1911 census of Ireland, http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ (last visited Oct 2009) and from the brief biography of Conroy in W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan, J.J. Tracey, Historic Buildings...in and near the City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 62.
(1) Building News 68, 24 May 1895, 749; he is listed in the Derry Almanac for 1899 as an architect practising in Bishop St, Derry.
(2) Building News 75, 11 Nov 1898, 702; IB 42, 15 Oct 1900, 510.
(3) IB 44, 23 Oct 1902, 1452; The Architect's & Surveyor's Directory & Referendum (1910), 186.
(4) IB 54, 3 Aug 1912, 458.
22 work entries listed in chronological order for CONROY, DANIEL
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Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, FOYLE ROAD, FACTORY (BAYER & CO) |
Date: | 1898-1900 |
Nature: | New. Contractor: Joseph Colhoun |
Refs: | Building News 75, 11 Nov 1898, 702; IB 42, 1 Mar 1900, 292; 43, 21 Nov 1901, 946; W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan, J.J. Tracey, Historic Buildings…in and near the City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 62; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 69,401 |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, FALCARRAGH, HOTEL |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | New wing to be erected. |
Refs: | IB 42, 1 Oct 1900, 493 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, EBRINGTON, FACTORY (YOUNG & ROCHESTER) |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | Additions. Contractor: Joseph Colhoun |
Refs: | IB 42, 1 Mar 1900, 292 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DUKE STREET (WATERSIDE), SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | For Philip Doherty |
Refs: | IB 42, 15 Oct 1900, 510 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, EBRINGTON, YOUNG & ROCHESTER FACTORY |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | dds. have been made. |
Refs: | IB 42, 1 Mar 1900, 292 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, DUKE STREET, HOUSE |
Date: | 1900 |
Nature: | Tenders invited. |
Refs: | B 79, 6 Oct 1900, 30 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, SPENCER ROAD & DUKE STREET (WATERSIDE), J. FORBES |
Date: | 1902 |
Nature: | Alts. & imps. |
Refs: | IB 43, 13 Feb 1902, 1042 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, STRABANE OLD ROAD, HOUSES (003) |
Date: | 1902 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 43, 5 Jun 1902, 1274 |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, NEWTOWNCUNNINGHAM, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1902 |
Nature: | Addition of gallery and repairs |
Refs: | IB 44, 23 Oct,6 Nov,4 Dec 1902, 1452,1506; B 83, 18 Oct 1902, 356; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 438 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, ELECTRIC LIGHT STATION |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | Extension. Contractor: R. Colhoun, Strand Rd |
Refs: | IB 45, 7,21 May,4 Jun 1903, 1750,1778,1810 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, BENVARDEN AVENUE, HOUSE |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | For James B. Sherry |
Refs: | IB 45, 26 Feb 1903, 1618 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, DUNCREGGAN ROAD, HOUSES (004) |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | For Mssrs. Dunlop, Findlay, Patterson & Boyce. Tenders invited. |
Refs: | IB 45, 7 May 1903, 1750; B 84, 2 May 1903, 470 |
Building: | CO. TYRONE, COOKSTOWN, BURN ROAD, UNION WORKHOUSE |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | Enlargement of infirmary. Contr: J. McNally, Cookstown |
Refs: | Jones gives IB 45, 4 Jun 1903, 1814 or 1816, but this is not correct |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, WATERLOO PLACE, SHOP |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | Rebuilding for Mssrs. Madden Bros. of Foyle St |
Refs: | IB 45, 17,31 Dec 1903, 3046,3072 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, SOCIETY STREET, TECHNICAL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1904 |
Nature: | Proposed new technical school. Contractor: M. Sweeney, Derry, for £7236.10s.3d. |
Refs: |
IB 46, 27 Feb,3 Dec 1904, 122,826; 47, 11 Feb 1905, 11; Irish Times, 7 Jun 1904. |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, RICHMOND STREET, ST COLUMB'S TEMPERANCE HALL |
Date: | 1904 |
Nature: | Improvements |
Refs: | IB 46, 23 Apr 1904, 254 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, SPENCER ROAD (WATERSIDE), SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 47, 17 Jun 1905, 422 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, LIMAVADY, CATHOLIC TEMPERANCE HALL |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | New. Tenders invited Sep 1905. |
Refs: | IB 47, 9,23 Sep,18 Nov,2 Dec 1905, 634,670,830,878; B 89, 2 Sep 1905, 262 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, DUKE STREET (WATERSIDE), PREMISES |
Date: | 1906 |
Nature: | Stables, stores & other imps. for Alexander Thompson & Co. |
Refs: | IB 48, 30 Jun 1906, 526 |
Building: | CO. DONEGAL, CARNDONAGH, NEW ROAD, OREGON |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | 3-bay, 2-storey villa with projecting ground floor incorporating bay windows and porch, built for Joe and Rose Doherty, on their return from Oregon, USA. |
Refs: | Specifications & drawings, dated 1911, in collection of Patricia Doherty, Oregon, Carndonagh (photocopy of specifications in IAA, RP.D.289.5); A & C 1, 4 Mar 1911, 74,85 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, CASTLEROCK, HOUSE |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | New villa residence, for Charles Magee |
Refs: | IB 54, 14 Sep 1912, 536 |
Building: | CO. DERRY, DERRY, LONG TOWER STREET, ST COLUMBA'S BOYS' SCHOOL |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | Tenders for erecting new school, Aug 1912. |
Refs: | IA & C 1, 11 Feb 1911, 43; IB 54, 3 Aug 1912, 458; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 391; W.S. Ferguson, A.J. Rowan, J.J. Tracey, Historic Buildings…in and near the City of Derry (UAHS, 1970), 42 |