Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

County surveyor for Co. Clare, 1923-1944. Frank Dowling, a son of Richard Dowling, of Ballynacally, Co. Clare, an assistant county surveyor for the county, and a brother of RICHARD DOWLING RICHARD DOWLING , studied engineering at University College, Galway. After designing labourers' housing for the rural district councils of Ennis and Ennistymon in Co. Clare, he was appointed borough surveyor for Ennis in 1917, and county surveyor in October 1923 in succession to PETER LE FANU KNOWLES DOBBIN. PETER LE FANU KNOWLES DOBBIN. (1) A hard-working and energetic man, he continued in his post despite poor health until he succumbed to the illness which caused his death at home in Ennis on 12 February 1944. He was survived by a wife and at least two daughters. He was buried in Drumcliff cemetery, Ennis.

Address: 1 Bindon St, Ennis, 1923;(2) Craiglea, Ennis, at time of death.

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References

All information in this entry not otherwise attributed is from Brendan O'Donoghue, The Irish County Surveyors 1834-1944 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2007), 156, which gives the fullest account of Dowling's career, and from the obituaries of Dowling in the Clare Champion, 12 Feb 1944 (B.O'D.) and IB 86, 26 Feb 1944, 90.

(1) Clare County Archives, Clare County Council minutes, CC/MIN/7; IB 65, 17 Nov 1923, 874; the post was advertised in IB 64, 2 Dec 1922, 837.
(2) IB 65, 28 Jul 1923, 589


5 work entries listed in chronological order for DOWLING, FRANCIS


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Building: CO. CLARE, ENNIS, HOUSES (008)
Date: 1922
Nature: 8 working-class houses.
Refs: IB 64, 26 Aug 1922, 585

Building: CO. CLARE, ENNIS, O'CONNELL STREET, DRAPERY SHOP
Date: 1923
Nature: -
Refs: IB 65, 28 Jul 1923, 589

Building: CO. CLARE, ENNIS, HOME BARRACKS (FORMER)
Date: 1928
Nature: Alts. & repairs.
Refs: IB 70, 4 Aug 1928, 674

Building: CO. CLARE, ENNIS, KILRUSH ROAD, HOUSE
Date: 1929
Nature: Alts.
Refs: IB 71, 2 Feb 1929, 109

Building: CO. CLARE, ENNIS, HOUSES (157)
Date: 1936
Nature: -
Refs: IB 78, 14 Nov 1936, 1041; 79, 23 Jan 1937, 85