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)..
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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.
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