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O'ROURKE, DERMOD BREFFNI
- Born: 1909 Died: 2001
Architect, of Dublin. Dermod O'Rourke, only son of HORACE TENNYSON O'ROURKE , was born in Limerick(1) on 13 June 1909. In 1930, while he was studying architecture at University College, Dublin, he was highly commended for his measured drawings of Charlemont House submitted for the Kerner Greenwood Memorial Scholarship,(2) one of which was reproduced in the Irish Builder the following year.(3) Soon after obtaining the B.Arch. degree in 1934, he joined the architectural staff of the Office of Public Works. He was an occasional contributor to the Irish Builder, producing a series of articles on 'The Modern House in Ireland' between 1938 and 1946. He died on 6 April 2001.(4)
AAI: elected member, 1931; no longer on list of members for 1952.
RIAI: elected member, 1935;(5) no longer on list of members for 1974.
Addresses: Home: Brentwood, Brendan Road, Donnybrook, <=1928-1933; 5 Upper Ely Place, 1934->=1936; 16 Elgin Road, Ballsbridge,1938; Albany, Bray Road, Foxrock, 1939; 22 Northumberland Road, 1940; Anona, 20 Argyle Road, Donnybrook, 1952-1955; 41 Castlepark, Monkstown, Co. Dublin, <=1967->=1972.
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References
(1) 1911 census of Ireland http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/reels/nai000035793/ (last visited Feb 2009).
(2) IB 72, 20 Dec 1930, 1119.
(3) IB 73, 6 Jun 1931, 496(illus.).
(4) Information from Bernard Moore in e-mail of 15 May 2009.
(5) JRIAI (1936), 13.
1 work entries listed in chronological order for O'ROURKE, DERMOD BREFFNI
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Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ARGYLE ROAD, NO. 020 (ANONA) |
Date: | 1951-52 |
Nature: | House for himself, built by direct labour. |
Refs: | IB 93, 8 Dec 1951, 1266, 1268 (illus.); 94, 20 Dec 1952, 1203, 1205 |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'The Modern House in Ireland: Sorrento Road, Dalkey, Co. Dublin' | 1938 | IB 80, 23 Jul 1938, 603. |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'The Modern House in Ireland (No. 3): At Howth Road, Dublin' | 1939 | IB 81, 21 Jan 1939, 47. |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'ARP and the Irish Architect: the need for a programme' | 1939 | IB 81, 2 Sep 1939, 747. |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'Our domestic architecture?' | 1939 | Irish Press: RIAI Centenary Souvenir-Number, 22 Jun 1939, 8-9 |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'The Modern House in Ireland: At Castletroy, Co. Limerick' | 1944 | IB 86, 30 Dec 1944, 535. |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'The Modern House in Ireland: At Castletroy, Co. Limerick' | 1945 | IB 87, 3 Nov 1945, 567 |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'The Modern House in Ireland: At Ballina, Co. Mayo' | 1945 | IB 87, 10 Mar 1945, 107. |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'The Modern House in Ireland: At Foxrock, Co. Dublin' | 1945 | IB 87, 7 Apr 1945, 155. |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'The Modern House in Ireland: At Dardistown, Co. Dublin' | 1946 | IB 88, 15 Jun 1946, 343. |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'Material and new processes: a review of products available in the Irish market' | 1952 | IB 94, 6 Dec 1952, 1159 |
O'rourke, Dermod Breffni | 'Building Experiment' | 1952 | IB 94, 20 Dec 1952, 1203,1205. |