Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Bricklayer and mason, of Elphin, Co. Roscommon, active in the 1740s, who 'built my Lord Bishop of Elphin's House and offices'.(1) The bishop refers to him in a letter to his daughter dated 13 May 1747: 'My Masons give me no trouble. There are but three at work, and they go on very well, tho' Byrne was drunk yesterday, and as great as a Prince.'(2) Byrne does not appear in the census of Elphin of 1749.



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(1) JHCI V, cxxiii (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc. 2008/44).
(2) Marie-Louise Legg, ed., The Synge Letters (1996), 16.


1 work entries listed in chronological order for BYRNE, JOHN [1]*


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Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, ELPHIN, BISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1747-49
Nature: JB employed as mason on new bishop's palace, for Edward Synge, Bishop of Elphin.
Refs: JHCI V, cxxiii (E.McP files); Marie-Louise Legg, ed., The Synge Letters (1996), 16.