Selected: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, CONVENT OF MERCY
Name: | ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1892-1895 |
Nature: | Novitiate and chapel. Finished under supervision of G.L. O'Connor. Altars, 5 statues, &c. carried out by Edmund Sharp, Dublin. also kitchen. Contractor: Richard Toole &/or Mackey. |
Refs: | Diary of JLR.Jan-Oct 1893 (photocopy in IAA, Acc. 2006/011); IAA, PKS B15/60 (missing), B16/06, A07, pp.159,161,165 (May 1892-Jul 1895); obituary in Building News 67, 19 Oct 1894, 554; The Irish Catholic(quoted in E. Sharp's publicity brochure of 1920s, 78) |
Name: | ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1892-1895 |
Nature: | New industrial school. Builder: Richard Toole. Laundry added 1894-1895. |
Refs: | IAA, PKS B15/60, B16/13, A07, p.159,163,165 (May 1892-Jul 1895) |
Name: | UNKNOWN ARCHITECT |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1894 |
Nature: | Proposed gate lodge. Price of R. Toole's tender, £340. |
Refs: | IAA, PKS A07, p. 163 (Dec 1894) |
Name: | O'CONNOR, GEORGE LUKE |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1895 |
Nature: | GL O'C superintends erection of 2 new 3-storey wings and chapel to designs by J.L. Robinson. New buildings opened and chapel dedicated by Dr Walsh, Archbishop of Dublin, 30 Apr 1895. Contractor: Alderman Richard Toole, Upr Dorset St. |
Refs: | IB 37, 15 May 1895, 123-4; Building News 96, 24 May 1895, 747 |
Name: | O'CONNOR, GEORGE LUKE |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1901 |
Nature: | Proposed new schools and additions to the convent; cost expected to reach over £28,000. (Is the new training college, qv, what is meant here?) |
Refs: | IB 43, 16 Jan,27 Mar 1901, 597,672 |
Name: | BYRNE, RALPH HENRY |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1930-1931 |
Nature: | Hostel and library |
Refs: | IB 72, ? ? 1930, 1008; 73, ? ? 1931, 725,763 |