Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Derry and Letterkenny, Co. Donegal. Charles McLaughlin appears to have been apprenticed to, or worked in the office of WILLIAM JAMES DOHERTY[2]  WILLIAM JAMES DOHERTY[2] at 12 Castle Street, Derry,(1) before he established his own practice in Letterkenny in 1931 or 1932. In 1932, together with Doherty, he was appointed by the Co. Donegal Board of Health to supervise the erection of 515 cottages in the county.(2) He was architect to the Co. Donegal Mental Hospital at Letterkenny from 1932(3) and Town Surveyor for Letterkenny Urban District Council probably from 1935, following the death of JOHN MCINTYRE JOHN MCINTYRE ,(4) until 1964(5) or later. As reflected in the pages of the Irish Builder, most of his work after the war consisted of public housing schemes for Donegal County Council and Letterkenny Urban District Council.

RIBA: elected licentiate, having been proposed by R.H. GIBSON  GIBSON and the President and Hon. Secretary of the RSUA under the provisions of Bye-law 3(a), 11 May 1931.(6) McLaughlin also used the initials AIAA after his name.

Address: Main Street, Letterkenny, 1933.(7)

See WORKS.



References



(1) RIBAJ 38 (1930-31), 428; a second, probably home, address, 10 Miller St, Derry, is also given here.
(2) IB 74, 3 Dec 1932, 1092.
(3) IB 74, 24 Sep 1932, 864.
(4) Thom's Directory (1939) shows him holding the position by that date.
(5) IB 106, 20 Jun 1964, 485.
(6) RIBAJ 38 (1930-31), 428,518.
(7) Irish Times, 5 Oct 1933.


67 work entries listed in chronological order for MCLAUGHLIN, CHARLES VINCENT


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Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYBOFEY, PREMISES
Date: 1932
Nature: Tenders invited for rebuilding premises for four traders destroyed by fire, belonging to H. Mulrine, reps. of late J. McCarron, M. McGinty, P. Mulrine & Sons.
Refs: IB 74, 12 Mar 1932, 254; Architect & Building News 129, 11 Mar 1932, 356

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, PORT ROAD, HOUSE
Date: 1932
Nature: For C. Moore, Esq.
Refs: IB 74, 16 Jul 1932, 659

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, ST EUNAN'S TERRACE, HOUSES (014)
Date: 1932
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting 14 4-roomed houses for UDC.
Refs: IB 74, 10 Sep,5 Nov,17 Dec 1932, 820,996,1138

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, SLATE ROW, HOUSES
Date: 1932
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting 22 3-roomed houses at Slate Row & Back Rd for UDC.
Refs: IB 74, 10 Sep,5 Nov,17 Dec 1932, 820,996,1138

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, BACK ROAD, HOUSES
Date: 1932
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting 22 3-roomed houses at Slate Row & Back Rd for UDC.
Refs: IB 74, 10 Sep,5 Nov,17 Dec 1932, 820,996,1138

Building: CO. DONEGAL, STRANORLAR, HOUSES (152)
Date: 1932
Nature: CVMcL appointed to supervise erection of same by Donegal Board of Health.
Refs: IB 74, 3 Dec 1932, 1092

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (043)
Date: 1932
Nature: CVMcL appointed to supervise erection of same by Donegal Board of Health.
Refs: IB 74, 3 Dec 1932, 1092

Building: CO. DONEGAL, DUNFANAGHY, HOUSES
Date: 1932
Nature: CVMcL appointed to supervise erection of 50 houses at Dunfanaghy and Glenties by Donegal Board of Health.
Refs: IB 74, 3 Dec 1932, 1092

Building: CO. DONEGAL, GLENTIES, HOUSES
Date: 1932
Nature: CVMcL appointed to supervise erection of 50 houses at Dunfanaghy and Glenties by Donegal Board of Health.
Refs: IB 74, 3 Dec 1932, 1092

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1932-34
Nature: New church and nurses' home and reconstruction works for Committee of Management of Donegal Mental Hospital..  Tenders invited, Oct 1933;  tender of Robert Colhoun, Letterkenny (£20,398) accepted, Dec 1933.  Work not started by Apr 1934. 
Refs: IB 74, 24 Sep 1932, 864; 75, 7,21 Oct 1933, 866,910;  Irish Times, 5,,12 Oct, 7 Dec 1933;  Derry Journal, 1 Apr 1934.

Building: CO. LEITRIM, MANORHAMILTON, COUNTY SURGICAL HOSPITAL & COUNTY HOME (PROPOSED)
Date: 1933
Nature:  CVM chosen as architect for same by ballot of Leitrim County Board of Health, 10 Jul 1933, with 6 votes agains 4 votes for Vincent Kelly.
Refs:  Irish Times, 11 Jul 1933.

Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, COUNTY HOME
Date: 1933-34p
Nature: CVMcL appointed architect for reconstruction, for Co. Mayo Board of Health. Scheme for 'improvement and extension at a cost of about £3600' forward to Local Government Board for approval, Dec 1934.
Refs: Derry Journal, 29 Dec 1933;  Irish Times, 12 Dec 1934.

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES
Date: 1934
Nature: -
Refs: IB 76, 14 Jul 1934, 602

Building: CO. DONEGAL, KILLYBEGS, CHURCH OF ST CATHERINE (RC)
Date: 1935
Nature: Alts. & imps.
Refs: IB 77, 9 Feb,1 Jun 1935, 117,481

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1935
Nature: New 9-bay neo-Norman RC church with apsidal E. end. FS laid 'recently' by Dr McNeely, Bishop of Raphoe. Builder: Colhoun.
Refs: IB 77, 12 Jan 1935, 29; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 345

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, COUNTY HOSPITAL (PROPOSED)
Date: 1935-1937
Nature: CVMcL architect, with W.J. Doherty as engineer.
Refs: IB 77, 28 Dec 1935, 1198; 79, 10 Jul 1937, 633

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LOUGHANURE, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1936-38
Nature: New school, for Co. Donegal Vocational Education Committee. Tender of Crawford & Eakin, Buncrana (£2986) accepted, Apr 1937. Contract signed, 14 Dec 1937. Opened 3 Oct 1938.
Refs: IB 79, 3 Apr 1937, 314;  for a history of the school and illustration, see Loughanure, the technical school, www.loughanure.com (last visited May 2010).

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1936;1937;1939
Nature: Alts. to dining hall, 1936. Surgery, 1937. Dental surgery, 1939.
Refs: IB 78, 5 Sep 1936, 801; 79, 30 Oct 1937, 966; 81, 11 Nov 1939, 936

Building: CO. DONEGAL, KILMACRENNAN (OR KILMACRENAN) ROAD, HOUSES (002)
Date: 1937
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 79, 20 Mar 1937, 265

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (174)
Date: 1938
Nature: £100,000.
Refs: IB 80, 12 Nov 1938, 957

Building: CO. DONEGAL, STRANORLAR, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1938-39;1941;19
Nature: New. Wood store, bicycle & tool sheds, 1941. Extension, heating. 1959-60.
Refs: IB 80, 20 Aug 1938, 710; 81, 25 Nov 1939, 968; 83, 12 Apr 1941, 196; 101, 27 Jun 1959, 472; 102, 6 Feb 1960, 88

Building: CO. DONEGAL, CLOGHANBEG, HOUSES
Date: 1940
Nature: Labourers' cottages.
Refs: IB 82, 13 Apr 1940, 247

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (090)
Date: 1940
Nature: 90 4-roomed houses.
Refs: IB 82, 30 Mar 1940, 213

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1940-41
Nature: 12 staff houses.
Refs: IB 82, 23 Nov 1940, 713; 83, 1 Feb,1 Mar 1941, 64,116

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1941
Nature: Imps. & alts.
Refs: IB 83, 26 Apr 1941, 216

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, SEWERAGE SCHEME
Date: 1941
Nature: For Letterkenny UDC.
Refs: IB 83, 20 Dec 1941, 578

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1941-44;1946;19
Nature: New. Main contractor: T. Thornbury & Co. (Eire), Ltd, Tullamore (£8,411). Clerk of Works: John Gallagher, BE, Raphoe. Adds., new furniture &c., 1946. Furniture, &c., 1948. Alts, 1951.
Refs: IB 82, 9 Nov 1940, 682; 83, 11 Oct 1941, 473; 84, 17 Jan,14 Feb,9 May 1942, 34,75,181; 85, 27 Feb 1943, 88; 86, 15 Jul 1944, 282(illus.); 88, 9 Mar,6 Apr 1946, 144,202; 90, 21 Aug 1948, 684; 93, 9 Jun 1951, 622

Building: CO. DONEGAL, ARDARA, PAROCHIAL HALL
Date: 1942
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 84, 25 apr 1942, 162

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1943
Nature: Sewerage scheme.
Refs: IB 85, 17 Jul 1943, 280

Building: CO. DONEGAL, KILMACRENNAN (OR KILMACRENAN), CHURCH OF ST COLUMB (RC)
Date: 1943-44
Nature: Improvements, new porch.
Refs: IB 85, 31 Jul 1943, 296; 86, 3 Jun 1944, 232

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, CINEMA
Date: 1945
Nature: -
Refs: IB 87, 21 Apr 1945, 189

Building: CO. DONEGAL, DUNGLOE?, BAKERY
Date: 1945
Nature: New, for Templecrone Co-op Society.
Refs: IB 87, 1 Dec 1945, 640

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1946
Nature: Alts., new furniture, &c.
Refs: IB 88, 24 Aug,2,16 Nov 1946, 338,724,762

Building: CO. DONEGAL, DUNFANAGHY, HOUSES (010)
Date: 1947-48
Nature: 10 2-storey labourers' cottages for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 89, 5 Apr 1947, 250; 90, 29 May 1948, 432

Building: CO. DONEGAL, GLENTIES, DRUMNASILLAGH, HOUSES (028)
Date: 1947-48
Nature: 28 2-storey labourers' cottages for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 89, 5 Apr,13 Dec 1947, 250,940

Building: CO. DONEGAL, CONVOY, TOWNPARKS, HOUSES (030)
Date: 1947-48
Nature: 30 1-storey labourers' cottages for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 89, 5 Apr 1947, 250; 90, 3 Apr 1948, 268

Building: CO. DONEGAL, KINCRAIGY (MANORCUNNINGHAM), HOUSES (016)
Date: 1947-48
Nature: 16 2-storey labourers' cottages for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 89, 5 Apr 1947, 250; 90, 29 May 1948, 432

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYSHANNON, PAROCHIAL HOUSES (002)
Date: 1948
Nature: Tenders invitedfor erection of 2 semi-detached parochial houses for Rt. Rev. Mgr. McGinly, PP, VG, Ballyshannon.
Refs: IB 90, 12 Jun 1948, 472

Building: CO. DONEGAL, TORY ISLAND, HOUSE
Date: 1948
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 1 labourer's cottage, for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 90, 12 Jun 1948, 480

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNDORAN, SEWERAGE
Date: 1948
Nature: -
Refs: IB 90, 29 May 1948, 430

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, OLDTOWN, HOUSES (40)
Date: 1948
Nature: Tender invited for erection of 8 1-storey and 32 2-storey cottages, for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 90, 29 May,4 Sep,16 Oct 1948, 438,720,854

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNDORAN, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1948
Nature: -
Refs: IB 90, 29 May 1948, 430

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (046)
Date: 1948
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 46 houses for Letterkenny UDC.
Refs: IB 90, 29 May 1948, 440

Building: CO. DONEGAL, COOLATEE, HOUSES (012)
Date: 1949
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 12 1-storey houses for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 91, 1 Oct 1949, 916

Building: CO. DONEGAL, URNEY WEST, HOUSES (003)
Date: 1949
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 3 1-storey 4-room labourers cottages for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 93, 27 Oct 1951, 1114

Building: CO. DONEGAL, URNEY WEST, HOUSES (004)
Date: 1949
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 4 1-storey houses for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 91, 1 Oct 1949, 916

Building: CO. DONEGAL, KILLYBEGS, HOUSES (024)
Date: 1949
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 24 2-storey houses for Donegal County Council
Refs: IB 91, 1 Oct 1949, 916

Building: CO. DONEGAL, ST JOHNSTOWN, DUNDEE TOWNLAND, HOUSES (024)
Date: 1949
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 16 2-storey 4-room and 8 1-storey 3-room labourers' cottages, for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 91, 12 Nov 1949, 1068

Building: CO. DONEGAL, KINCRIAGY (MANORCUNNINGHAM), HOUSES (012)
Date: 1949
Nature: tenders invited for erection of 12 labourers' cottages, for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 91, 1 Oct 1947, 916

Building: CO. DONEGAL, DUNGLOE, HOUSES (008)
Date: 1950
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 4 3-roomed and 4 4-roomed 2-storey cottages, for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 92, 9 Dec 1950, 1344

Building: CO. DONEGAL, CASTLEFINN, HOUSES (032)
Date: 1950
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 28 4-room and 6 3-room 2-storey cottages, for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 92, 9 Dec 1950, 1344

Building: CO. DONEGAL, DONEGAL, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1951
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same, for Donegal VEC.
Refs: IB 93, 10 Nov 1951, 1172

Building: CO. DONEGAL, CLONMANY, HOUSES (006)
Date: 1951
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 6 1-storey labourers' cottages for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 93, 16 May 1951, 562

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (008)
Date: 1951
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 8 2-storey 3-room houses for Letterkenny UDC.
Refs: IB 93, 17 Feb 1951, 196

Building: CO. DONEGAL, BALLYBOFEY, BUTT HALL
Date: 1951
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of extension.
Refs: IB 93, 27 Oct 1951, 1112

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (004)
Date: 1952
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 4 2-storey, 3-room houses, for Letterkenny UDC.
Refs: IB 94, 22 Nov 1952, 1127

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, GLENCAR, HOUSES (034)
Date: 1953
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same, for Letterkenny UDC.
Refs: IB 95, 29 Aug,12 Sep 1953, 904,954

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (006)
Date: 1953
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 6 bungalows & development works, for Letterkenny UDC.
Refs: IB 95, 1 Aug 1953, 815

Building: CO. DONEGAL, DRIMMACANOO, HOUSES (004)
Date: 1954
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same, for Donegal County Council.
Refs: IB 96, 24 Apr 1954, 418

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, LORETO CONVENT NATIONAL SCHOOL
Date: 1956
Nature: New school opened 'recently' by Bishop of Raphoe. Consulting architects: Munden & Purcell. Contractor: J.W. Cunningham & Co., Carrick. Cost: £70,000.
Refs: IB 98, 3 Nov 1956, 1007

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1956;1961
Nature: Tenders invited for water supply scheme. for Letterkenny UDC.
Refs: IB 98, 10 Mar 1956, 236;103, 5 Aug 1961, 627

Building: CO. DONEGAL, CARNDONAGH, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1957
Nature: CVMcL appointed architect for new school, 1954. Tenders invited for erection of school, 1957.
Refs: IB 96, 8 May 1954, 465; 99, 29 Jun 1957, 516

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, RAMELTON ROAD, SHOWROOMS & OFFICES (RAINEY BROS.)
Date: 1957
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same.
Refs: IB 99, 13 Jul 1957, 561

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, HOUSES (006)
Date: 1958
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same, for UDC.
Refs: IB 100, 1 Nov 1958, 820

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, FIESTA BALLROOM
Date: 1962
Nature: New ballroom opened. Contractor: Conal Harvey & Sons.
Refs: IB 104, 27 Oct 1962, 805

Building: CO. DONEGAL, LETTERKENNY, TECHNICAL SCHOOL
Date: 1963
Nature: Tenders invited for installing heating for new extension.
Refs: IB 105, 9 Nov 1963, 890

Building: CO. DONEGAL, KERRYKEEL, ROCKHILL CASTLE HOTEL & CARAVAN PARK
Date: 1963-64
Nature: New resort. Mansion to be renovated as community centre. Work started on caravan site, 1963. First phase opened by N. Blaney, 1964. Contractor: Barr Bros., Buncrana. Cost: £70,000. For Hill Estates Ltd, Lr O'Connell St, Dublin (subsidiary of Caravan Services Ltd, London).
Refs: IB 105, 25 May 1963, 399; 106, 6,20 Jun 1964, 439,485