Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, DONEGAL, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. DONEGAL, DONEGAL, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1842a;1847
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £5,785. Cost of fitments: £910. Accommodation for 500. Completed 15 Sep 1842. First admissions, 21 May 1843. Plans for fever hospital prepared, 1847.
Refs: Drawings for workhouse and fever hospital in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.26,27 (not available for consultation on account of extremely fragile condition); Michael H. Gould, The Workhouses of Ulster (UAHS, 1983), 22; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 240,260

Name: MEARES, JOSEPH LEYCESTER DEVENISH
Building: CO. DONEGAL, DONEGAL, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1897
Nature: Works in connection with water supply, for Guardians of Donegal Union. Tender of Blackburn for £2,276.12s.2d accepted.
Refs: IB 39, 15 Jun 1897, 115.

Name: BUCHANAN, ROBERT ECCLES
Building: CO. DONEGAL, DONEGAL, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1903
Nature: Enlargement & improvement of chapel
Refs: IB 44, 26 Feb 1903, 1618