Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, MOUNTJOY ROAD, MINOR MODEL SCHOOL

Name: OFFICE OF PUBLIC WORKS
Building: CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, MOUNTJOY ROAD, MINOR MODEL SCHOOL
Date: 1858-59
Nature: New model school to new 'Byzantine' design. Single storey except for left wing. Sig-sag ornaments, unequal quoins, camfered arrises, tracery headed windows, &c. Front and flanks of squared stone with half-hammered face. Second set of designs prepared by Board of Public Works, the first having proved too expensive.
Refs: 23rd Report of the Commissioners of National Education in Ireland (1856), xvii; 25th Report  (1858), xix;  27th Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1858), 18;  B 16, 12 Jun 1858, 416

Name: MCBRIDE, HENRY *
Building: CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, MOUNTJOY ROAD, MINOR MODEL SCHOOL
Date: 1875ca;1880ca
Nature: Works at school, 1875c; enlargement of head master's house, 1880c. Various alts. and repairs. For S.H. Ferguson, head master.
Refs: Printed testimonial of Henry McBride, 26 Sep 1895, to support application for position of Clerk of Works, Omagh Asylum (photocopy in IAA donated by Rose Mary Logue, Dundrum, Dublin 14).