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MCARDLE, FRANCIS
- Born: 1885 Died: 1965
Engineer and architect, of Belfast. Francis McArdle, who was born on 7 August 1885, trained as an engineer. He attended the Municipal Technical Institute in Belfast from 1900 to 1907 while serving a pupilage first with J. & T.M. Greeves of the Forth River Mills, Belfast, and then with Coombe Barbour of the Falls Foundry . From 1909 to 1910 he worked as an assistant in the engineering firm of Musgrave and Co. In 1910 he became an assistant to HENRY ALBERT CUTLER , city engineer of Belfast. After spending the First World War with the Belfast shipbuilders, Harland & Wolff, he set up in private practice in Belfast. From circa 1922 to circa 1925 he was briefly in partnership with his brother JOHN P. MCARDLE as F. & J. MCARDLE . He carried out a number of churches and other buildings for the Catholic church in Belfast, as well as commercial developments and housing projects. In 1941 Queen's University, Belfast, conferred the M.Sc.degree on him for research work.(1) At about the same time he gave up his office at 29 Rosemary Street in central Belfast but continued to practise from his home in Andersonstown. He was president of the RSUA for the sessions 1944-45 and 1945-46 and of the RIAI for 1948 and 1949. He died on 21 April 1965, leaving a widow, two daughters and a son.
ICEI: elected associate member, 3 November 1915, having been proposed by ROBERT INKERMAN CALWELL ;(2) raised to member, 1923.(3)
RIAI: elected member, 1924;(4) raised to fellow, 21 August 1936;(5) president, 1948(6) and 1949.(7)
RIBA: elected fellow, 1944;(8) appointed representatitve of RIAI on RIBA council, 1947-1954;(9) appointed by council to act on United Kingdom Committee of International Union of Architects for 1954-55;(10) had ceased membership by 1964.
RSUA:(11) president, 1944-46; hon. treasurer, 1946-1956.
Addresses:(12) Work: 29 Rosemary Street <=1922->=1940;(13) also office at 3 O'Connell Street Lower, Dublin, 1925.
Home: 37 Clonard Gardens, Belfast, <=1917->=1922; Brookhampton, Andersonstown, Belfast, <=1942 until death.
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from ICEI membership applications, IV, 190, and from the obituary of McArdle in RIAI Year Book 1965-66, 54-55. A portrait photograph is in RIAI Year Book 1948, 3; he also appears in the group photograph of the RSUA Jubilee Year Council in RSUA Jubilee Year Book 1951-1952, facing p. 37.
(1) IB 83, 16 Aug 1941, 391; this was presumably in connection with the establishment of the building research station at Queen's University, mentioned in McArdle's 1948 presidential address to the RIAI (see BIBLIOGRAPHY).
(2) TICEI 42 (1915-16), ?.
(3) IB 65, 24 Mar 1923, 224.
(4) JRIAI (1925), 6.
(5) IB 78, 5 Sep 1936, 780; JRIAI (1937), 13.
(6) RIAI Year Book 1948, 3.
(7) RIAI Year Book 1950, Report of Council, 2.
(8) IB 86, 26 Feb 1944, 94.
(9) IB 89, 26 Jul 1947, 542 and Reports of Council in RIAI Year Books, 1948-1954.
(10) IB 96, 28 Aug 1954, 837.
(11) From lists of past office bearers in RSUA year books.
(12) From RIAI and ICEI lists of members unless otherwise attributed.
(13) IB 64, 12 Aug 1922, 554.
52 work entries listed in chronological order for MCARDLE, FRANCIS
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Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DIVIS STREET, SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | Lock-up shop & house. |
Refs: | IB 67, 5 Sep 1925, 730 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NORFOLK DRIVE, HOUSES (006) |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 67, 8 Aug 1925, 649 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLEN ROAD, HOLY CROSS CONVENT |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erecting chapel & gate lodge for Sisters of Poor Clare, Jun 1925.. |
Refs: |
IB 67, 13 Jun 1925, 500; B 128, 26 Jun 1925, 990; Irish Times, 18 Jun 1925. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DIVIS DRIVE, HOUSES (008) |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | 8 villas. |
Refs: | IB 67, 26 Dec 1925, 1053 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BEECHMOUNT AVENUE, HOUSE |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 67, 3,31 Oct 1925, 818,893 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, NO. 537 (CELTIC PARK) |
Date: | 1925-26 |
Nature: | Covered steel and reinforced concrete stand providing accommodation fo 8,500. To cost £10,000.For Belfast Celtic Football & Athletics Club. |
Refs: | IB 67, 19 Sep 1925, 778; 68, 7 Aug 1926, 619; Architect 115, 5 Feb 1926, 118 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, MUNSTER & LEINSTER BANK |
Date: | 1925-26 |
Nature: | New branch office |
Refs: | IB 67, 8 Aug 1925, 649; 68, 9 Jan 1926, 21 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HALLIDAY'S ROAD, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Add. for Rev. P.J. O'Kelly. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 7 Aug 1926, 619 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BEECHMOUNT AVENUE, STORES |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | For J.B. Kennedy. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 23 Jan 1926, 61 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WHITEROCK ROAD, SHOP & STORE |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | For Mr F. Trench. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 3 Apr 1926, 258 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLDPARK ROAD, HOUSES (016) |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | For Mssrs. J. Carson & Son. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 4 Sep 1926, 681 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DIVIS STREET (& PERCY STREET), SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | For Mr F. Kane. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 30 Oct 1926, 824 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MILLFIELD, NO. 018 (ST ANTHONY'S SCHOOL) |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Fire escape. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 68, 26 Jun 1926, 510 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BARRACK STREET, CHRISTIAN BROTHERS SCHOOL |
Date: | 1926-29 |
Nature: | New school. Tenders invited, Feb 1926.Contractor: James Henry & Sons. Cost: £20,000. |
Refs: | IB 68, 20 Feb 1926, 142; 69, 5 Mar,26 Nov 1927, 162,881; 71, 16 Feb,2 Mar 1929, 150,190; Irish Times, 25 Feb 1926.Marcus Patton, Central Belfast: an historical gazetteer (UAHS, 1993), 24 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BALLYMENA, CHURCH STREET (& BRYAN STREET), PREMISES (HIPPS LTD) |
Date: | 1926;1932 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erecting new premises, Feb 1926. Rebuilding of premises, 1932. |
Refs: | Irish Times, 11 Feb 1926; IB 74, 31 Dec 1932, 1165 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLENVIEW STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Adds., for Rev. J. Mcauley. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 9 Jul 1927, 509 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MARQUIS STREET, HOUSE |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | For Rev. J. Hassan. Plans approved by City Surveyor. |
Refs: | IB 69, 16 Apr 1927, 278 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FLEETWOOD STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Alts., for Rev. J.A. Moloney and/or Mr R.A. Moloney. |
Refs: | IB 69, 30 Apr,28 May 1927, 321,396 |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, CITY ABATTOIR |
Date: | 1927-28 |
Nature: | Adds. & alts., equipment, &c., for Dublin Co. Borough Public Health Committee. Tenders invited for supplying equipment t, Feb 1927. Proposed reconstruction, 1928. |
Refs: |
Signed and dated drawing in IAA, Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.98; IB 68, 6 Feb 1926, 86; 69, 5 Feb,5 Mar 1927, 78,172; Irish Times, 23 Feb 1927,13 Feb 1928.. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ARTHUR LANE, STORES |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 70, 12 May 1928, 420 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLENVIEW STREET, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Adds. |
Refs: | IB 70, 23 Jun 1928, 550 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MCAULEY STREET, ABATTOIR |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Reconstruction. Contractor: H. & J. Martin. Cost: £28,134.15s.3d. |
Refs: | IB 70, 18 Feb 1928, 150 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, OLDPARK ROAD, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC) |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Adds. |
Refs: | IB 70, 4 Feb 1928, 110 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, NEWTOWNARDS ROAD, SHOP & HOUSE |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 70, 10 Nov 1928, 964 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BEECHMOUNT AVENUE, PREMISES |
Date: | 1928 |
Nature: | Adds. |
Refs: | IB 70, 10 Nov 1928, 964 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CLIFTONVILLE ROAD, POOR CLARE CONVENT |
Date: | 1928-32 |
Nature: | Private chapel and choir, for Rev. Mother Abbess. Contractor: Carson & Sons, Belfast. Chapel dedicated by Bishop of Down & Connor 19 Nov 1930. Also boundary wall, shed. |
Refs: | IB 70, 18 Feb,26 May,22 Dec 1928, 148,462,1070; 73, 19 Dec 1931, 1101; 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1052; Catholic Directory (1931), 645 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, GLASLOUGH, PAROCHIAL HOUSE |
Date: | 1929 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 71, 11 M;ay 1929, 420 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, MATER INFIRMORUM HOSPITAL, NURSES' HOME |
Date: | 1930-34;1940 |
Nature: | Extensions. Contractor: John Carson & Sons, Dinowen Gdns, Belfast. Alts. & adds., 1940. |
Refs: | Architect & Building News, 24 Oct 1930, 575; IB 72, 22 Nov 1930, 1055; 73, 28 Feb,24 Oct 1931, 186,929; 74, 19 Nov 1932, 1050; 75, 26 Aug 1933, 722; 76, 21 Apr 1934, 347; 82, 16 Mar 1940, 178) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BEECHMOUNT AVENUE, BAKERY |
Date: | 1930;1932;1937 |
Nature: | Adds., including drains ?and stables, 1930; further adds., 1932; further adds., 1937. |
Refs: | IB 72, 15 Feb,26 Apr,22 Nov 1930, 151,383,1055; IB 74, 26 Mar 1932, 303; 79, 30 Oct 1937, 962 |
Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, MONAGHAN, COUNTY HOSPITAL (OLD) |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Imps. including extension and alts to entrance. For Monaghan County Board of Health. Tenders invited for carrying out alterations, , Jun 1931. Lowest tender over £11,000. Matter adjourned for 3 months 'with a view to formulating new plans and presenting an appeal to the Hospital Trust asking to be included in future sweepstakes', Aug 1931. |
Refs: | IB 73, 11 Apr,20 Jun,4 Jul,15 Aug 1931, 324,558,606,727; Irish Times, 6 Aug 1931.. |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HOWARD STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Adds. |
Refs: | IB 73, 7 Nov 1931, 972 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DONEGALL ROAD, NATIONAL GREYHOUND RACING CO. |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Totalisator indicator. |
Refs: | IB 73, 21 Nov 1931, 1015 |
Building: | CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, MUNICIPAL ABATTOIR |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 73, 21 Nov 1931, 1016 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLENVIEW STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Adds., for Rev. J. Mcauley. |
Refs: | IB 74, 21 May 1932, 74 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BANK STREET, NO. 007-17 (ST MARY'S CATHOLIC HALL) |
Date: | 1932 |
Nature: | Alts. |
Refs: | IB 74, 30 Jan 1932, 113 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, HOWARD STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Alts., for T. McGeaugh. |
Refs: | IB 75, 22 Apr 1933, 342 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, FALLS ROAD, BEECHMOUNT, OUR LADY'S HOSPITAL |
Date: | 1933-34 |
Nature: | New hospital and private oratory of Our Lady of Lourdes, for Mater Infirmorum Hospital. Contractor: J.J. Doyle, Grace St (or La Frere St), Belfast. FS of oratory laid Feb 1934. |
Refs: | IB 75, 25 Feb,22 Apr 1933, 161, 344; 76, 27 Jan,24 Feb,21 Apr 1934, 70,156,347; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 87, no. 203(illus.) |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLEN ROAD, HOLY CROSS CONVENT |
Date: | 1934 |
Nature: | New. Contractor: Flynn & O'Neill, Dundrum, Co. Down. |
Refs: | IB 76, 21 Apr 1934, 347 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BEECHMOUNT AVENUE, OFFICES & STORES |
Date: | 1934 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 76, 28 Jul 1934, 641 |
Building: | CO. TYRONE, COOKSTOWN, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | New. Contractor: Pat McGrath, Cookstown. |
Refs: | IB 77, 2 Nov 1935, 1013; 78, 13 Jun 1936, 523 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DIVIS DRIVE, HOUSES (002) |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 77, 4 May 1935, 281 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, HOUSE |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 77, 29 Jun 1935, 578 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, ORMEAU ROAD, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1936 |
Nature: | New heating chamber. |
Refs: | IB 78, 28 Nov 1936, 1089 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1937 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. |
Refs: | IB 79, 20 Mar 1937, 262 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLEN ROAD, SCHOOL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | New school in St Teresa's parish. Cost: £18,000. |
Refs: | IB 80, 26 Nov 1938, 997 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BALLYCASTLE, CROSS & PASSION CONVENT SCHOOL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | Assembly hall, classrooms & cloakroom. |
Refs: | IB 80, 1 Oct 1938, 838 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, MATER INFIRMORUM HOSPITAL |
Date: | 1938 |
Nature: | Adds. |
Refs: | IB 80, 5 Mar 1938, 197 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MILLISLE ROAD, PUBLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | New. |
Refs: | IB 81, 30 Sep 1939, 834 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, DEANBY GARDENS, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF PERPETUAL SUCCOUR (RC) |
Date: | 1954 |
Nature: | New church. |
Refs: | IB 96, 28 Aug 1954, 845 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, MICA DRIVE, ST PAUL'S PRIMARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1954 |
Nature: | New sanitary block. |
Refs: | IB 96, 5 Jun 1954, 558 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, BALLYSILLAN ROAD, OUR LADY OF MERCY INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL |
Date: | 1954-1956 |
Nature: | New school for Sisters of Mercy. Contractor: J. McCready Ltd. |
Refs: | IB 96, 24 Apr 1954, 417; 97, 13 Aug 1955, 841; IB 98, 21 Apr 1956, 377 |
Building: | CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, GLENVIEW STREET, ST COLUMBAN'S PRIMARY SCHOOL |
Date: | 1957 |
Nature: | Works at same. |
Refs: | IB 99, 15 Jun 1957, 477 |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
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Mcarldle, Francis | [President's address to RIAI] | 1948 | RIAI Year Book (1948), 26-31. (Reported at length in IB 90, 20 Mar 1948, 210-212.) |