Building contractor, of Market Street, Cavan. William Hague was born in 1806, a son of William Hague, of Plush, Co. Cavan, later of Kinnypottle, near Cavan town. He became a successful building contractor in Cavan, where his father had acquired extensive property; in 1863 he is described as 'an old established and highly respectable builder, who has executed most of the principal works in his neighbourhood'.(1) He died in 1888. By his wife, Catherine (d.1851)(2), whom he married in February 1833, he had five sons: WILLIAM HAGUE [2] WILLIAM HAGUE [2] , James, who committed suicide in 1881,(3) Robert, who took over his father's business, John and Francis, who died in infancy.(4)

Addresses: Work: Market Street, Cavan.
Home: Brookvale Cottage, Cavan.

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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from Feargal Tomas Harron, 'William Hague FRIAI: an architectural appraisal', Breifne VIII, no. 32 (1996), 682.

(1) DB 5, 1 Sep 1863, 146.
(2) Anglo Celt, 3 Jul 1851.
(3) IB 23, 1 Apr 1881, ?.
(4) Information about William Hague's five sons is from Dr Ciaran Parker, Loughaveema, Earlsvale Road, Cavan.Hague also had at least two daughters;  the death of his second daughter, Fanny, at the age of nineteen is recorded in the Cavan Observer, 7 May 1864.

6 work entries listed in chronological order for HAGUE, WILLIAM [1]*

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Building:	CO. CAVAN, CAVAN, CHURCH (CI, URNEY PARISH)
Date:	1854
Nature:	Enlargement (2 new transepts, new chancel and vestry). WH contractor. Architect: Joseph Welland.
Refs:	Letter to Welland from WH, 25 Oct 1854, explaining how a mistake in chancel arch occurred, in RCB Library, portfolio 20.

Building:	CO. CAVAN, CAVAN, RAILWAY STATION
Date:	1862-63
Nature:	For Midland Great Western and Dundalk & Enniskillen Railway Cos. Contractor: WH. Architect: Wilkinson.
Refs:	DB 4, 15 Feb 1862, 44; 5, 1 Apr 1863, 85

Building:	CO. CAVAN, BILLIS, CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1864
Nature:	WH contractor for new N. transept.
Refs:	Contract drawing, signed by WH and dated 24 Jul 1864 in RCB Library, portfolio 20.

Building:	CO. FERMANAGH, ENNISKILLEN, WAREHOUSE (WHITLEY BROS)
Date:	1865
Nature:	WH contractor for new warehouse. Architect: William Fogerty.
Refs:	DB 7, 15 Dec 1865, 299

Building:	CO. LEITRIM, KILTYCLOGHER, CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1865
Nature:	WH contractor for new church. Archts: Welland & Gillespie.
Refs:	Contract drawing, signed by WH, 1 Aug 1865, in RCB Library, portfolio 20.

Building:	CO. FERMANAGH, ENNISKILLEN, DUBLIN ROAD, DISTRICT MODEL SCHOOL
Date:	1865-67
Nature:	Site obtained 1862. Begun, 1865. Opened Sep 1867. WH contractor. Architect: E.T. Owen, Board of Works.
Refs:	31st Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1862), 7; DB 7, 15 Mar 1865, 82; IB 9, 15 Sep 1867, 243