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BUCKLEY, DENIS JOSEPH
- Born: 1872 Died: -
Civil engineer and architect, of Co. Cork. Denis Buckley, the son of John Buckley, a Cork botanist, was born in Cork on 11 February 1872. He served an an apprenticeship with KEARNS DEANE ROCHE and studied at Queen's College and the Municipal School of Science and Art, Cork, the Manchester Technical Schools and the Royal College of Science and Art, South Kensington, where, in 1892, he was awarded an Art Master's Certificate and a £50 scholarship. He was subsequently assistant to WILLIAM HAGUE and John Ely of Manchester. By 1905 he had become engineer to Mallow Urban District Council; he was also architect and engineer to Fermoy Urban District Council from 1909 or earlier(1) and to Millstreet Rural District Council. He still held the Mallow and Fermoy posts in 1934.(2)
Buckley married on 10 January 1903, Beatrice, daughter of Edward Vaughan, of Hunting Hall, Castletownroche, by whom he had three daughters and two sons, the younger of whom, Dermot Edward Buckley, practised as an engineer in England.(3)
RIAI: elected member 25 May 1905, proposed by THOMAS ROBERTS , seconded by LAURENCE ALOYSIUS MCDONNELL and ARTHUR HILL ;(4) reinstated member 1919;(5) still on membership list for 1950, but not on that for 1951.(6)
Addresses: Work: 21 Adelaide St, Cork, 1898;(7) 15 Marlborough St, Cork, <=1903-1906;(8) 53 South Mall, Cork, 1907->=1915.(9)
Home: Holly Hill House, Cork, <=1911->=1912;(10) Elmvale, Mallow, Co. Cork, <=1924->=1943;(11) Laurelville, Corbally, Limerick, <=1948-1950.(12)
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from IAA, RIAI office archives (Acc. 93/136), membership forms 1878-1909 (extremely fragile) and from Richard J. Hodges, Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century (1911), 172 (with portrait photograph). The statement in this biography that Buckley was a member of ICEI is not borne out by ICEI membership lists.
(1) Buckley already held the post in Feb 1909, when W.F. Maye, acting clerk to Fermoy Urban District Council, alleged that he had been assaulted by him see Irish Times, 26 Mar 1909; Guy's Cork Almanac and Directory (1915), 148.
(2) Thom's Directory (1934), 893,894.
(3) Information from Buckley's great-granddaughter, Cathy Hayes.
(4) RIAI general meeting minutes, 25 May 1905, 493; handwritten list of 'New Members elected during the present Year' appended to list of RIAI members for 1905 in RIAI archives.
(5) JRIAI (1920), 4.
(6) Thom's Directory of Dublin (1950), 209.
(7) Building News 75, 26 Aug 1898, xiii;
(8) IB 45, 24 Sep 1903, 2002; 48, 13 Jan 1906, 34.
(9) IB 49, 13 Jul 1907, 490; Guy's Cork Almanac & Directory (1915),108.
(10) Irish Times, 8 Jun 1912.
(11) JRIAI (1924), list of members; IB 85, 24 Apr 1943, 168.
(12) RIAI Year Book (1948), list of members; Thom's Directory of Dublin (1950), 209.
29 work entries listed in chronological order for BUCKLEY, DENIS JOSEPH
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Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, OLIVER PLUNKETT STREET, NO. 088 |
Date: | 1898 |
Nature: | Alts. & imps. Cost: £210 |
Refs: | IB 40, 15 Sep 1898, 141 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, OLD GEORGE'S STREET, NO. 080 |
Date: | 1898 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | Building News 75, 26 Aug 1898, xiii |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, OLD GEORGE'S STREET, NO. 088 |
Date: | 1898 |
Nature: | Alterations & improvements |
Refs: | IB 40, 15 Sep 1898, 141 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, CHETWYND, HOUSE |
Date: | 1903 |
Nature: | Tenders erected for erection of residence for Daniel Casey, Esq. |
Refs: | IB 45, 24 Sep 1903, 2002 |
Building: | CO. CORK, DUNMANWAY, ST MARY'S CONVENT |
Date: | 1904 |
Nature: | New kitchen |
Refs: | IB 46, 13 Aug 1904, 532 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, BLARNEY STREET, HOUSE |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 47, 7 Oct 1905, 698 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, COMMONS ROAD, HOUSES (006) |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | 6 houses. |
Refs: | IB 47, 6,20 May 1905, 314,332 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, WESTERN ROAD, HOUSE & SHOP |
Date: | 1905-1906 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 47, 16 Dec 1905, 914; 48, 13 Jan 1906, 34 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CROSSHAVEN, HOUSE & STABLES |
Date: | 1907 |
Nature: | Tenders received for erection of same. |
Refs: | IB 49, 14 Dec 1907, 861 |
Building: | CO. CORK, KILLAVULLEN, NATIONAL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1907 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erecting new schools. |
Refs: | IB 49, 13 Jul 1907, 490 |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, WOLFE TONE PARK, HOUSES (006) |
Date: | 1909 |
Nature: | 6 houses for working classes. For Fermoy UDC |
Refs: | IB 51, 13 Nov 1909, 725,726 |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, HOUSES (060) |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | 60 artisans' dwellings, for Fermoy UDC. |
Refs: | IA & C 1, 22 Apr 1911, 173 |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, FACTORY ROW, HOUSES (022) |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | ll artisans' and 11 labourers' dwellings, for UDC. Tenders sought. |
Refs: | B 95, 11 Jul 1908, 49 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MALLOW, MORAN'S HOTEL |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | New stables & garage |
Refs: | IA & C 1, 8 Apr 1911, 145 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, MAGAZINE ROAD, HOUSES (004) |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | Terrace of 4 houses. |
Refs: | IB 53, 8 Jul 1911, 461 |
Building: | CO. CORK, CORK, SUNDAYS WELL ROAD, SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 54, 28 Sep 1912, 562 |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, HOUSES (017) |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | 17 workmen's dwellings. |
Refs: | IB 54, 31 Aug 1912, 515 |
Building: | CO. CORK, BUTTEVANT, WATER SUPPLY |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | Extension |
Refs: | IB 54, 30 Mar 1912, 205 |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, HOUSES (020) |
Date: | 1914 |
Nature: | 20 workmen's cottages. |
Refs: | IB 56, 9 May,12 Sep 1914, 295,538 |
Building: | CO. CORK, BUTTEVANT, BUILDING 'SUITABLE FOR A GRINDING MILL' |
Date: | 1917 |
Nature: | For Buttevant Dairy Co. |
Refs: | IB 59, 8 Dec 1917, 625 |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, HOUSING SCHEME |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | For Fermoy UDC |
Refs: | IB 61, 20 Sep 1919, 413 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MALLOW, HOUSING SCHEME |
Date: | 1919 |
Nature: | For Mallow UDC |
Refs: | IB 61, 20 Sep 1919, 413 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MALLOW, HOUSE |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | New detached house. Tenders invited for erecting same, Jul/Aug 1927. |
Refs: |
Irish Times, 29 Jul, 1 Aug 1927.. |
Building: | CO. CORK, MALLOW, HOUSES (036) |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Single-storey |
Refs: | IB 74, 17 Dec 1932, 1138 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MALLOW, HOUSES (046) |
Date: | 1934 |
Nature: | 46 houses for Mallow Urban Council. Tender of T. Walsh, Cork, for erecting same (£12,052) accepted, Mar 1934. |
Refs: | IB 76, 10 Mar 1934, 204; Irish Times, 26 Mar 1934. |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, HOUSES (062) |
Date: | 1934 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 76, 28 Jul 1934, 642 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MALLOW, TOWN HALL |
Date: | 1940 |
Nature: | Repairs |
Refs: | IB 82, 20 Jul 1940, 474 |
Building: | CO. CORK, FERMOY, REDMOND STREET, HOUSES (014) |
Date: | 1941 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 83, 8 Nov 1941, 517 |
Building: | CO. CORK, MALLOW, HOUSES (032) |
Date: | 1943 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 85, 24 Apr 1943, 168 |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Buckley, Denis Joseph | 'A Cure for smoky cottage chimneys' | 1920 | Building News 118, 27 Feb 1920, 167. |