Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, CASTLE STREET, COUNTY GAOL

Name: HARGRAVE, JOHN
Building: CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, CASTLE STREET, COUNTY GAOL
Date: 1822-1823
Nature: New semi-circular gaol, adjacent to gaol of 1796. Governor's house in centre of arc.
Refs: Report by Francis Johnston on plans and estimates for same, Feb 1822, in NA CSORP/RP/1822/572;  NA/SPO 1826/307 (old ref from Edward McParland files, IAA Acc.2008/44); 4th Report of the Association for the Improvement of Prisons in Ireland (1823), ?;  Thomas Reid, Travels in Ireland in the year 1822 (1823), 208;  Angélique Day & Patrick McWilliams, eds. Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland, Vol. 5: Parishes of Co. Tyrone 1 (1990),  104-6;  APSD 14 (1864), H, 23

Name: BOYD & BATT
Building: CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, CASTLE STREET, COUNTY GAOL
Date: 1861-62
Nature: Improvements to male portion.  Tenders invited, Apr 1861. Contractor: Francis McGaughey.
Refs: Armagh Guardian, 19 Apr 1861; DB 4, 1 Jun,1 Oct 1862, 142,254