Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NEWCASTLE ROAD, MODEL SCHOOL

Name: DARLEY, FREDERICK [2]
Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NEWCASTLE ROAD, MODEL SCHOOL
Date: 1851-54
Nature: New school in domestic Gothic style. In progress 'under the auspices of the Fathers of the West Convent', Dec 1852. Comprises industrial workroom for teaching embrodery &c also a model kitchen for the education of servants in their trade. Opened early 1854.
Refs: Design and/or contracts, 1850, in NA, Office of Public Works drawings collection, old ref. D.10.10; 19th Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (1852), xviii; B 8, 26 Oct 1850, 512; 11, 1 Jan 1853, 8; 12, 18 Feb 1854, 89; F. O'Dwyer, 'The architecture of the Board of Public Works 1831-1923' in Public Works (1987), 21

Name: O'CONNOR, HUBERT GERARD LYNOTT
Building: CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NEWCASTLE ROAD, MODEL SCHOOL
Date: 1936
Nature: Alts. & adds.
Refs: IB 78, 5 Sep 1936, 801