Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Builder-architect of Ravensdale, Co. Louth, active at the end of the 18th century. Gallagher, who is buried at Ravensdale, was the father of JAMES GALLIER JAMES GALLIER ; another son, John, also worked in the building trade, and accompanied James to England in 1822.(1)

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(1) James Gallier, Autobiography of James Gallier, Architect (Paris, 1864; reprinted New York, 1873), ?; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 309.


4 work entries listed in chronological order for GALLAGHER, THADDEUS


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Building: CO. LOUTH, RAVENSDALE, ANNAVERNA
Date: 1790ca
Nature: New(?) house, for H.W. McClelland.
Refs: James Gallier, Autobiography of James Gallier, Architect (Paris, 1864; reprinted New York, 1973), ?; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 462.

Building: CO. DOWN, MOURNE PARK
Date: 1818
Nature: 'The…12th Viscount…employed the journeyman-builder, Thadeus Gallagher…to build the central block of the current house in 1818. Thadeus had already built…the existing plain house at Mourne in about 1807'
Refs: Autobiography of James Gallier, Architect (Paris, 1864; reprinted New York, 1973), ? (B of I); introduction to catalogue of contents for auction, 14-15 Apr 2003, HOK Fine Art, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, pp.4-5

Building: CO. DOWN, TOLLYMORE PARK
Date: ?
Nature: TG 'known to have worked at Tullymore Park in Co. Down'.
Refs: Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 309

Building: CO. LOUTH, GRANGE, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Said to have been designed by TG. but date of original church, 1762, too early for TG.
Refs: An Foras Forbatha: Buildings of Architectural Interes in Co. Louth (B of I); Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 308-9, Pls. 97,98