Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, CITY ABATTOIR

Name: NEVILLE, PARKE
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, CITY ABATTOIR
Date: 1880-82
Nature: FS laid by Lord Lieutenant, 1 Nov 1880. Contractor: Joseph Kelly, Thomas St,. Opened 'with considerable civic display', 11 Apr 1882.Estimated cost: £15,000. Actual cost £14,000.
Refs: Irish Times, 2 Nov 1880, 12 Apr 1882; IB 22, 15 Nov 1880, 314; Architect 26, 17 Sep 1881, 199; obituary of Neville in Min.Proc.Inst.CE 87 (1886-87, Pt. I), 427; E.M. Cosgrave, Visitor's Guide to Dublin, 1

Name: HARRAP, GEORGE THOMAS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, CITY ABATTOIR
Date: 1901ca
Nature: Refrigeration plant, involving erection of engine-house, boiler-house, 70 ft. chimney and coal store. Conversion of old piggery into new pig abattoir.  Plans (except for building work) by GTH.  Execution of works carried out in collaboration with Spencer Harty, city engineer, and John G. O'Sullivan, deputy borough surveyor.  who was in charge of works 'for some time prior to their completion'.  Cost of work £7,091.
Refs: G.T. Harrap & Loudon M. Douglas, eds., Public abattoirs and cattle markets.  From the German of Oscar Schwarz, MD (London: Ice and Cold Storage Publishing Co. [1901]), 473-4.

Name: MCARDLE, F. & J.
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, CITY ABATTOIR
Date: 1923
Nature: F. & J. McA engaged to report on same by Public Health committee.
Refs: IB 65, 14 Jul 1923, 538

Name: MCARDLE, FRANCIS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, CITY ABATTOIR
Date: 1927-28
Nature: Adds. & alts., equipment, &c., for Dublin Co. Borough Public Health Committee.  Tenders invited for supplying equipment t, Feb 1927.  Proposed reconstruction, 1928.
Refs: Signed and dated drawing in IAA, Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.98; IB 68, 6 Feb 1926, 86; 69, 5 Feb,5 Mar 1927, 78,172;  Irish Times, 23 Feb 1927,13 Feb 1928..