Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, PERY SQUARE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY

Name: BECKETT, GEORGE FRANCIS
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, PERY SQUARE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Date: 1903
Nature: Won competition for designing proposed library and museum, but design of G.P. Sheridan, placed second, built
Refs: IB 44, 7 May,13 Aug,24 Sep 1903, 1907,1750,1996; 49, 27 Jul 1907, 537; Building News 85, 28 Aug 1903, 273; B 85, 29 Aug 1903, 228

Name: SWANN & WRIGHT #
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, PERY SQUARE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Date: 1903
Nature: Competition entrants. Design exh. RA.1904.
Refs: RA 1904, no. 1623

Name: VOYSEY, CHARLES FRANCIS ANNESLEY #
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, PERY SQUARE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Date: 1903
Nature: CFAV a competition entrant.
Refs: Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 67(illus.)186

Name: SHERIDAN, GEORGE PATRICK
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, PERY SQUARE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Date: 1903-1908
Nature: New library, built to designs of GPS, although he was placed second in competition by assessor, Ashlin. Competition announcaed, Apr 1903. FS laid by Andrew Carnegie, 20 Oct 1903. Tenders invited, Mar 1904.  Contractor: James P. Pile, Lower Erne St, Dublin. Cost covered by amount of Mr Carnegie's gifto of £7,000.
Refs: Irish Times, 23 Apr 1903, 23 Mar 1904;  IB 45, 24 Sep 1903, 1987; 46., 26 Mar,9 Apr,18 Jun 1904, 190,222,366; 47, 29 Jul,4 Nov 1905, 509,761; 48, 7 Apr 1906, 273(illus.); 56, 24 Oct 1914, 589; B 85, 29 Aug 1903, 228; 86, 2 Apr 1904, 378; North Munster Antiquarian Journal (1940), 76; Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 183-187(illus.)

Name: O'CALLAGHAN & GIRON
Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, PERY SQUARE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Date: 1944-1946
Nature: Extension. Electric lighting installed to designs of N. Mathews, BE, 1946.
Refs: IB 86, 2 Dec 1944, 498; 88, 23 Mar 1946, 172