Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

'Mr Edward Byrne, Bricklayer' was one of the subscribers to JOHN AHERON' JOHN AHERON' s A general treatise on architecture, published in Dublin in 1754. Perhaps the same person as the master builder of that name who built the barracks at Portumna and Loughrea, Co. Galway, and died in 1758.(1)



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(1) Information from Kenneth Severens (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc. 2008/44).