Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TIPPERARY, TIPPERARY, NEW TIPPERARY

Name: GILL, ROBERT PAUL
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, TIPPERARY, NEW TIPPERARY
Date: 1889-1890
Nature: Housing development for evicted tenants of Arthur Hugh Smith-Barry, proprietor of the town. 97 houses (including 2 new streets, Dillon Street and Parnell (later Emmet) Street) built and shopping arcade for evicted shopkeepers. Contractor: Alderman Meade, Dublin. Arcade opened  12 Apr 1890 but partiallty demolished by Smith-Barry, 1891 (Dillon St and Emmet St remained)..
Refs: Irish Times, 2 Nov 1896;  Denis G. Marnane, 'Fr David Humphreys and New Tipperary', Tipperary: History and Society (1985), 367-378;  information from Evelyn Hogan, youngest daughter of RPG, Dec 2011.