Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE

Name: COOLEY, THOMAS
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1770
Nature: Remodelling and/or enlargement of existing structure. (Top storey and porch added later.)
Refs: R. McKinstry, R. Oram, R. Weatherup, P. Wilson, The Buildings of Armagh (UAHS, 1992), 171-173; Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 134-135.

Name: LOUCH, RICHARD [1]
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1775
Nature: Makes measured drawing of front doorcase.
Refs: Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 134-135.

Name: ENSOR, GEORGE
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1775a
Nature: GE executant architect and/or builder of house? Paid £10,322.17s.9d. (Witness to Archbishop's memorial re building of proposed palace, 4 Aug 1766.)
Refs: PRONI DIO/4/40/5/1,9;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 94,134..


Name: FARRELL, WILLIAM
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1823
Nature: Plans for offices by WF, 1823.
Refs: Signed and dated plans, in NA/SPO 587/549/11 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44)

Name: CARROLL, SINCLAIR *
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1826
Nature: SC contracts to erect kitchen for £475.4s.5d., 21 Mar 1826
Refs: PRONI DIO/4/22/7/16.

Name: FARRELL, WILLIAM
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1826
Nature: New kitchen.  Contractor: Sinclair Carroll (£475.4s.5d).
Refs: Proposal, estimate and specification, Mar 1826, and contract withbuilder, Sinclair Carroll, 21 Mar 1826, in PRONI, Downshire Papers, DIO/4/22/7/16/1,3

Name: MURRAY, WILLIAM [1]
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1830s?
Nature: Addition of extra storey and porch. 'This work is invariably attributed to Francis Johnston and dated to 1825;  the internal decoration looks a decade later, though, making his successor, William Murray, seem more likely...The porch was added as part of the C19 works, and from its similarities with Castle Dillon can be attributed to Murray.'(Mulligan)
Refs: Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 135.

Name: BARRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1857-58
Nature: Improvements for Archbishop Beresford.
Refs: Durham Dunlop (ed.), A Memoir of the professional life of William J. Barre, Esq. member of the Royal Insitute of Architects Ireland: with photographic illustrations selected from his works (Belfast: James Magill, 1868), 21

Name: BARRE, WILLIAM JOSEPH
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: 1859
Nature: Restoration of stables destroyed by fire, under direction of WJB. For Archbishop Beresford.
Refs: DB 1, 1 Dec 1859, 165; 2, 1 Oct 1860, 352;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 136.

Name: DUCART, DAVIS
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: ?
Nature: Evidence of design by DD.
Refs: E. McParland, 'James Gandon and the Royal Exchange Competition', JRSAI102 (1982), 68; information from Anthony Malcomson; Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 134.  

Name: JOHNSTON, FRANCIS
Building: CO. ARMAGH, ARMAGH, PALACE DEMESNE, ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE
Date: ?
Nature: Addition of top storey and porch for Archbishop John George de la Poer Beresford.
Refs: Edward Rogers, Topographical Sketches of Armagh & Tyrone (1874), 9-10; R. McKinstry, R. Oram, R. Weatherup, P. Wilson, The Buildings of Armagh (UAHS, 1992), 171-173