Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Engineer, of Galway city. Hubert O'Connor, a native of Co. Roscommon, was born on 27 July 1893 and attended St Jarlath's College, Tuam, and St Joseph's, Galway, before entering University College, Galway, in 1912 to study engineering. He graduated with the BE degree in 1916 and then worked for the Ministry of Munitions in Dublin and Galway. From 1918 to 1920 he worked as an assistant to WILLIAM N. BINNS WILLIAM N. BINNS , Borough Surveyor for Galway. In 1920 he obtained the ME degree and returned to University College, Galway, to work at first as an assistant and later as a lecturer in the faculty of civil engineering under FRANK SHARMAN RISHWORTH FRANK SHARMAN RISHWORTH . Although teaching remained his predominant interest, he also had a private engineering practice, specializing in water supply and sewerage. He was appointed architect oto the Galway Public Utility Society in 1926(1) and consulting engineer of the Galway City sewerage scheme in 1936.(2) He was also responsible for the design of a number of buildings. He died on 21 January 1956, leaving a widow. The firm of H.G.L. O'Connor & Co. continued after his death.

ICEI: elected associate member, 3 May 1920;(3) transferred to member, 2 November 1931.(4)
Inst.CE: elected associate member, 9 May 1939.
Institution of Municipal Engineers: elected associate member, 1921; transferred to member, 1936.(5)
Engineers' Association: elected chairman of western branch for 1954, 21 November 1953.(6)

Addresses: Waterside, Galway, <=1922->=1927;(7) 4 St Francis Street, Galway, <=1930(8) until death.

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References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the records of Inst.CE, London, kindly supplied by Mrs Carol Morgan, and from the obituaries of O'Connor in IB 98, 11 Feb 1956, 109, TICEI 83 (1956-57), 159, and Engineers' Journal 9 (1956), 103, which is illustrated with a portrait photograph.


(1) Irish Times, 7 Oct 1926. 
(2) IB 78, 2 May 1936, 380.
(3) TICEI 46 (1919-20), 227.
(4) TICEI 58 (1931-32), 1.
(5) Information from Mrs Carol Morgan.
(6) Engineers' Journal 7 (1954), 27-28.
(7) IB 64, 25 Mar 1922, 197; 69, 22 Jan 1927, 52.
(8) IB 72, 26 Apr 1930, 387.


44 work entries listed in chronological order for O'CONNOR, HUBERT GERARD LYNOTT


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Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, HOUSE
Date: 1922
Nature: About to be built, for Mr E. Conway
Refs: IB 64, 25 Mar 1922, 197

Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, PREMISES
Date: 1923
Nature: About to be built, for Mr John Hession.
Refs: IB 65, 21 Apr 1923, 301

Building: CO. GALWAY, SPIDDAL, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1923
Nature: New neo-Romanesque convent. Tenders invited, Mar 1923. FS laid by Dean Considine,19 Jun 1923. Contractor: Frank Lydon.
Refs: IB 65, 24 Mar 1923, 217;  Tuam Herald, 23 Jun 1923.

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, PROSPECT HILL, ST PATRICK'S HOUSE
Date: 1924
Nature: Rebuilding, for Sisters of Mercy.
Refs: IB 66, 12 Jul 1924, 617

Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1924
Nature: Addition to chapel.
Refs: IB 66, 12 Jul 1924, 617

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, MARKET STREET, PRINTING WORKS
Date: 1925
Nature: Addition.
Refs: IB 67, 25 Jul 1925, 620

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NUN'S ISLAND, ST JOSEPH'S SEMINARY
Date: 1926
Nature: Tenders invited for addition, for Patrician Brothers.
Refs: IB 68, 18 Sep 1926, 721

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, HOUSES (008)
Date: 1926
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same, for Galway Utility Society, Ltd.
Refs: IB 68, 16 Oct 1926, 793

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, CITY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Date: 1927
Nature: Tenders invited for re-roofing of institute and principal's house.
Refs: IB 69, 22 Jan 1927, 52

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, TAYLOR'S HILL, HOUSES (003)
Date: 1927
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same, for Mr J.W. Greathed. Tender of James Stewart for £2,990 accepted.
Refs: IB 68, 30 Oct 1926, 825; 69, 19 Mar,16 Apr 1927, 202.281

Building: CO. GALWAY, CLONBUR, CONVENT
Date: 1930
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same.
Refs: IB 72, 19 Jul 1930, 656

Building: CO. GALWAY, BUSHYPARK, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1930-31
Nature: Improvements to ceiling, roof & walls. Contractor: James Stewart.
Refs: Tom May, Churches of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora (Galway, 2000), 38. 

Building: CO. CLARE, LISDOONVARNA, PAROCHIAL HOUSE
Date: 1930;1941
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same in 1930 and again in 1941.
Refs: IB 72, 26 Apr 1930, 387; 83, 30 Aug 1941, 413

Building: CO. GALWAY, KILBEACANTY (GORT), CHURCH OF ST FECHIN (RC)
Date: 1931
Nature: Repairs.
Refs: IB 73, 20 Jun 1931, 558

Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, SHOP STREET, PREMISES
Date: 1931
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same.
Refs: IB 73, 24 Oct 1931, 929

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, HOSTEL
Date: 1933
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of hostel for Franciscan Fathers.
Refs: IB 75, 11 Mar 1933, 201

Building: CO. GALWAY, DUNMORE, WATERWORKS
Date: 1935
Nature: -
Refs: IB 77, 16 Nov 1935, 1070

Building: CO. MAYO, BALLAGHADERREEN, SEWER EXTENSION SCHEME
Date: 1935-37
Nature: With M. Nerney. £8,100.
Refs: IB 79, 10 Jul 1937, 633; candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE)

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NEWCASTLE ROAD, MODEL SCHOOL
Date: 1936
Nature: Alts. & adds.
Refs: IB 78, 5 Sep 1936, 801

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, WATERWORKS
Date: 1936-38;1939
Nature: First section, completed 1938 (£19,000); second section in course of preparation, 1939 (£27,000)
Refs: Candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE)

Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, ROSCOMMON, SEWERAGE
Date: 1937
Nature: New sewerage system.
Refs: IB 79, 9 Jan 1937, 33

Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, BOYLE, SEWERAGE SCHEME
Date: 1937-39
Nature: With M. Nerney. £11,500. Completed by 1939.
Refs: IB 78, 17 Oct 1936, 948; 79, 11 Dec 1937, 1101; candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE)

Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, CASTLEREA, SEWERAGE
Date: 1938-39
Nature: With M. Nerney. £12,200. Tenders invited 1938. Under construction, 1939.
Refs: IB 80, 12 Nov 1938, 958; candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE)

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, UNIVERSITY ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
Date: 1938;1953
Nature: Alts. to experimental physics department, 1938. Tenders invited for addition to anatomy schools & repairs and alts to existing buildings, 1953.
Refs: IB 80, 9 Jul 1938, 582; 95, 31 Jan 1953, 122

Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, WATERWORKS
Date: 1939
Nature: Extension in preparation (£9,000).
Refs: Candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE)

Building: CO. GALWAY, GLENAMADDY, WATER SUPPLY SCHEME
Date: 1939
Nature: -
Refs: IB 81, 13 May 1939, 414

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, SEWERAGE
Date: 1939;1945
Nature: Remodelling of existing sytem and new outfall sewer in preparation (£25,000), 1939; extension, 1945.
Refs: Candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE)IB 87, 27 Jan 1945, 46

Building: CO. MAYO, CONG, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1941
Nature: Repairs.
Refs: IB 83, 15 Feb 1941, 91

Building: CO. MAYO, BALLAGHADERREEN, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1945;1948
Nature: Tenders invited for addition, 1945, and improvements, 1948, for Roscommon County Council.
Refs: IB 87, 22 Sep 1945, 490; 90, 20 Mar 1948, 222

Building: CO. GALWAY, CARRAROE, CHURCH OF ST MACDARA (RC)
Date: 1946
Nature: Tenders invited for adds. For Rev. A. Moran, PP.
Refs: IB 88, 23 Mar 1946, 172

Building: CO. GALWAY, MOUNTBELLEW, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1948
Nature: Tenders invited for construction of same, cor Galway County Council.
Refs: IB 90, 6 Mar 1948, 184

Building: CO. GALWAY, BALLYGAR, WATERWORKS
Date: 1948-49
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting waterworks, for Galway County Council, including concrete water tower(s), filtration house &c..
Refs: IB 90, 1 May,21 Aug 1948, 354,682; 91, 6,20 Aug 1949, 732,780

Building: CO. GALWAY, GLENAMADDY, SEWERAGE
Date: 1949
Nature: Tenders invited for constructin of same, for Galway County Council.
Refs: IB 91, 8 Jan 1949, 40

Building: CO. MAYO, KILMOVEE, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1949
Nature: Tenders invited for renovation and repairs.
Refs: IB 91, 6 Aug 1949, 732

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, COLLEGE ROAD, GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Date: 1950
Nature: Proposed reconstruction of rear wing destroyed by fire.
Refs: Plan and notes, dated 1950, in Erasmus Smith Schools archive, Danum, Zion Rd, Rathgar, Dublin.

Building: CO. GALWAY, WILLIAMSTOWN, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1950
Nature: Tenders invited for construction of same, cor Galway County Council.
Refs: IB 92, 19 Aug 1950, 892

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, COLLEGE ROAD, GRAMMAR SCHOOL
Date: 1951
Nature: Tenders invited for reconstruction work.
Refs: IB 93, 3 Feb 1951, 138

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1952;1954-55
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of filtration plant, 1952, of extension, 1954, of pump &c.. 1955. For Galway Corporation.
Refs: IB 94, 26 Apr 1952, 446; 96, 22 May 1954, 511; 97, 12 Mar 1955, 269

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NUN'S ISLAND, ST PATRICK'S MONASTERY
Date: 1954-1956
Nature: Tenders invited for extension and alteration of buildings, for Patrician Brothers. New monastery opened end 1956. Cost: £25,000. Contractor: Garvey Solon & Co.
Refs: IB 96, 23 Oct 1954, 1045

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, EYRE SQUARE, F. MCDONAGH & CO. LTD.
Date: 1955
Nature: Alts. to premises.
Refs: IB 97, 26 Mar 1955, 320

Building: CO. GALWAY, ARAN ISLANDS, KILRONAN, WATER SUPPLY
Date: 1955
Nature: -
Refs: IB 97, 16,30 Jul 1955, 760,796

Building: CO. GALWAY, BALLYGAR, SEWERAGE
Date: 1956
Nature: Tenders invited for consturciton of same.
Refs: IB 98, 19 May 1956, 471

Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, BALLINLOUGH, SEWERAGE
Date: 1956
Nature: Tenders invited for consturciton of same.
Refs: IB 98, 25 Feb 1956, 175

Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, LOUGH ATALIA ROAD, HOUSES (012)
Date: 1956
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of 12 semi-detached houses.
Refs: IB 98, 25 Feb 1956, 175

Author Title Date Details
O'conor, Huber Gerard Lynott 'Engineering education' 1955 Engineers' Journal 8 (1955), 66-67. (Address as outgoing chairman of Western Region of Engineers' Association.)