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GALLAGHER, THADDEUS
- Born: 1763 Died: -
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 ; another son, John, also worked in the building trade, and accompanied James to England in 1822.(1)
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References
(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 |