Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BRIDE ROAD, IVEAGH HOUSE

Name: JOSEPH & SMITHEM #
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BRIDE ROAD, IVEAGH HOUSE
Date: 1904-1905
Nature: New 'workmen's hotel' containing 516 cubicles and communal washing, dining facilities &c;  'the plan are an exact replica of the Rowton houses, which have met with such unqualified favour in in London';  'rapidly approaching completion' in Feb 1905;  'partly opened', 19 Jul 1905  Supervised by Kaye Parry & Ross (but Casey says supervised by R.J. Stirling). Builder: S.H. Bolton & Sons.
Refs: IB 46, 17 Dec 1904, 862; 47, 29 Jul 1905, 525; 49, 6 Apr 1907, 234; B 89, 12 Aug 1905, 189;  Irish Times,  10 Mar.19 Jul 1905;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 653.