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BARBER, WILLIAM SAMUEL
- Born: 1877/78 Died: 1941
Engineer and architect, of Dundalk, Co. Louth, and Newry, Co. Down. William Barber was born in Forkhill, Co. Armagh, in 1877 or 1878 and educated at Dundalk Institution. After leaving school he entered the office of R.P.T. LOGAN in Dundalk. On the latter's death in 1903 he succeeded to the practice, which he carried on successfully until his own death. He also practised at Drogheda and Newry, opening an office in the latter town in 1905.(1) He was elected to the position of permanent engineer to Newry No. 2 Rural District Council in 1911(2) and was also engineer to the Glyde Drainage Board. He died at the age of sixty-three on 5 May 1941.According to his obituarist in the JRIAI, he had been a well-known athlete in his youth 'and in his later years was a prominent and popular supporter of horse racing' whose 'advice upon improvements to Race Courses, including the new Popular Stand at the Curragh, which he planned, was frequently sought.' At the time of the 1911 census, he had been married to his wife, Kathleen, for three years but had no children.
RIAI: elected member, 8 April 1907, having been proposed by ALBERT EDWARD MURRAY , seconded by WILLIAM MANSFIELD MITCHELL and JAMES HENRY WEBB. (4)
Addresses: Francis Street, Dundalk, <=1907->=1911; 58 Clanbrassil Street, 1930;(3) 17 Francis Street, 1931.(5)
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the 1911 census of Ireland, http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/ (last visited Oct 2009) and from the obituary of Barber in RIAI Year Book (1942), 14,
(1) IB 47, 8 Apr 1905, 242.
(2) IB 53, 22 Jul 1911, 501.
(3) Thom's Directory (1931), ? (http//www.from-ireland.net).
(4) IAA, RIAI office archives (Acc. 93/136), membership forms 1878- 1909 (extremely fragile).
(5) IB 73, 14 Mar 1931, 232.
30 work entries listed in chronological order for BARBER, WILLIAM SAMUEL
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Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ARDEE ROAD, EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION |
Date: | 1905 |
Nature: | Large gym, lavatories, bathroom & alterations. Tenders invited, Jun 1905. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 10,12 Jun 1905; IB 47, 1 Jul,12 Aug 1905, 462,552 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, FORKHILL ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1906 |
Nature: | Tenders received for erection of same, for Mrs Johnston. |
Refs: | IB 48, 21 Apr,5 May 1906, 326,377 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, HILL STREET, SHOW ROOMS & WAREHOUSES (MSSRS REA & ROSS) |
Date: | 1907-1908 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of showrooms and warehouses for Mssrs. Rea & Ross, Hill Street. |
Refs: | IB 49, 21 Sep 1907, 662,671; 50, 16 May,14 Nov 1908, 310,705 |
Building: | CO. ARMAGH, ASHFIELD |
Date: | 1908 |
Nature: | Water supply & sanitary arrangements |
Refs: | IB 50, 22 Aug 1908, 528 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DARVER, NEWTOWNDARVER HOUSE |
Date: | 1908 |
Nature: | Alterations & hot water supply |
Refs: | IB 50, 22 Aug 1908, 523 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, BALLYBAY, MAIN STREET, HOUSE |
Date: | 1908 |
Nature: | Plans being prepared for house recently purchased by Mr George Norris, veterinary surgeon. |
Refs: | IB 50, 16 May 1908, 309 |
Building: | CO. ARMAGH, POYNTZPASS, SEWERAGE SCHEME |
Date: | 1909-1911 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 51, 25 Dec 1909, 826; 53, 4 Mar 1911, 153 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, MONALTY HOUSE |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | Addition of 3-storey bathroom return to half landings and small single-storey wing to NW. |
Refs: |
Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 225. |
Building: | CO. DOWN, SCARVAGH HOUSE |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | New drainage system |
Refs: | IB 52, 11 Jun 1910, 390 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CARRICKMACROSS, BALLYMACKEY |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | New wing & drainage system |
Refs: | IB 52, 11 Jun 1910, 381 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, ANNE STREET, BARRACKS |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | Additions & repairs |
Refs: | IB 52, 11 Jun 1910, 381 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, RACECOURSE |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | Boundary walls |
Refs: | IB 52, 11 Jun 1910, 381 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, DYER STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | Additions & alterations |
Refs: | IB 52, 11 Jun 1910, 381 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, KING STREET, SHOP & DWELLING HOUSE |
Date: | 1910 |
Nature: | Additions & alterations |
Refs: | IB 52, 11 Jun 1910, 382 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | Decoration & renovation |
Refs: | IB 53, 13 May 1911, 326 |
Building: | CO. ARMAGH, CROSSMAGLEN, COURT HOUSE |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | Billiard room & reading room |
Refs: | IB 53, 18 Feb 1911, 113 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, MARCUS SQUARE, PICTURE HOUSE |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 53, 13 May,10 Jun,19 Aug 1911, 326,398,569 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, ADAVOYLE |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | New water supply |
Refs: | IB 53, 16 Sep 1911, 637 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, MOUNT AVENUE, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | Pair of semi-detached villas. |
Refs: | IB 53, 22 Jul 1911, 494 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, NEWRY ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | New villa. |
Refs: | IB 53, 10 Jun,19 Aug 1911, 389,561 |
Building: | CO. DOWN, NEWRY, MALL, GARAGE |
Date: | 1911 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 53, 10 Jun 1911, 398 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, KNOCKBRIDGE (DUNDALK), SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | New grocery, licensed premises and house. |
Refs: | IB 54, 13 Apr 1912, 227 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, ARDEE, STICKILLIN?, HOUSE |
Date: | 1912 |
Nature: | New residence. |
Refs: | IB 54, 13 Apr 1912, 227 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, RATHCOR, HOUSE |
Date: | 1914 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 56, 12 Sep 1914, 538 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, BALTRASNA (ARDEE), COTTAGE |
Date: | 1916 |
Nature: | Alterations |
Refs: | IB 58, 5 Aug 1916, 361 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, KNOCK ABBEY |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | Rebuilding Tebders invited, Jun 1924. |
Refs: | IB 66, 28 Jun 1924, 578; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 497; Knock Abbey, Tallanstown, Co. Louth, Hamilton Osborne King, 14 Jul 1998 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, MILESTOWN HOUSE (CASTLEBELLINGHAM) |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | Rebuilding, using old walls, after house was burnt in 1923. Tenders invited May 1924. For Mrs Alice Woolsey-Butler. |
Refs: | IB 66, 17 May 1924, 446; Mark Bence-Jones, Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I, Ireland. (London, 1978), |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, MONAGHAN, DIAMOND, NORTHERN STANDARD PRINTING WORKS |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Re-erection |
Refs: | IB 73, 14 Mar,7 Nov 1931, 232,974 |
Building: | CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST NICHOLAS (CI) |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Removal of steeple struck by lightning and replacement with copper spire. |
Refs: | IB 74, 22 Oct 1932, 650; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 262 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, CARRICKMACROSS, BUNGALOW (NO FRANGO) |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 75, 11 Feb 1933, 104 |