Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONLIFFE, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (PROPOSED)

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONLIFFE, CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY (PROPOSED)
Date: 1862
Nature: Ruskinian Gothic. FS laid 20 Jul 1862, tenders invited May 1864, but building never erected. Estimated cost: £24,170.
Refs: Hand-tinted lithograph of design by J.J. McCarthy in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman Collection, 76/1.234; IAA, PKS A03 (Jun 1864, p.103v), L1 (p.637,639-640,642,649,658,661-2,680 &c.); RHA 1864, no. 464; Exhibition of Manufactures, Machinery and Fine Arts, Dublin, 1864, no. 304; Dublin International Exhibition of Art and Manufactures, 1865, no. 158; B 20, 26 Jul,4 Oct 1862, 539,723; 22, 20 Aug 1864, 615-617(illus.); DB 4, 1 Mar,1 Aug 1862, 4,194(illus.); 5, 15 Apr 1863, 69; 7, 15 Jun 1865, 147;  Freeman's Journal, 3 May 1864;  Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 61(illus.),62