Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Carpenter and builder, of Dublin, active in the 1830s and early 1840s. John Lambert of Townsend Street appears on a list of the master carpenters and bulders of Dublin compiled in March 1834.(1)   In Pettigrew & Oulton's Dublin Almanac for 1841 his designation has changed to 'engineer'. He had probably died by 1844, when only a Mrs Lambert remained at his house in Upper Mountpleasant Avenue.

Addresses: 31 Townsend Street, 1824 to 1835; Upper Mountpleasant Avenue, 1839-1841.



References

All information in this entry not otherwise referenced is from Thom's, Post Office and Pettigrew & Oulton's directories.


(1) Royal Irish Academy, Haliday MS 4B 31;  this manuscript is a copy of a report presented to Daniel O'Connell in 1834 to support the argument for repealing the Act of Union by describing the catastrophic impact the Act had had on the tradesmen of Dublin.