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New hall. Opened by Archbishop Walsh, 25 Jan 1891. Builder, Joseph Kelly & Son, Thomas St. New wing, 1900-1902, builder, Pat Hanway. (Fibrous plaster proscenium arch (1909) by John Ryan, Upper Abbey St to design of A. Scott of Wm. Connolly & Son, O'Connell St.) |
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Designs exh. RHA 1891, no. 494, 1896, no. 433; IB 32, 15 Feb,15 Apr,1 May 1890, 47,92,93(illus.),102; 42, 1 Aug,1 Sep 1900, 444,474; 43, 30 Jan 1901, 607; 44, 30 Jan 1902, 1020(?or 1026); Irish Times, 26 JaN 1891; B 60, 7 Feb 1891, 114; 111-112; Gearoid Crookes, 'The Career and Architectural Works of Walter G. Doolin (1850-1902)', unpublished M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987, Fig.7:12; information on proscenium arch from Emmeline Henderson, Historic Heart of Dublin, citing Father Mathew Centenary (or Father Mathew Union?) 30th Annual Report and Statement of Accounts; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 251-2.
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