Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Civil engineer and architect, of Timoleague, Co. Cork. Joseph McCarthy was born at Timoleague in 1884, the youngest son of Patrick McCarthy of Timoleague, and was educated at the French College, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and Queen's College, Cork. He was engineer to Skibbereen Rural District Council, to the Bandon Town Commissioners, to Clonakilty Urban District Council(1) and to the Poor Law Board, as well as running a private practice. He appears to have been active until at least 1915, when he was listed under the heading 'Civil Engineers, Architects, etc.' in Guy's Cork Almanac and Directory.(2) A Nationalist in his politics, he professed a keen interest 'in all Irish movements'.

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References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the entry on McCarthy in Richard J. Hodges, Cork and County Cork in the Twentieth Century (1911), 242, which is illustrated with a portrait photograph.

(1) He is mentioned in this capacity in IB 54, 17 Feb 1912, 110.
(2) p.108.


8 work entries listed in chronological order for MCCARTHY, JOSEPH A.


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Building: CO. CORK, CLONAKILTY, HOUSING
Date: 1910
Nature: Working class lodging houses.
Refs: IB 52, 1 Oct 1910, 615

Building: CO. CORK, COURTMACSHERRY, WATER SUPPLY (PROPOSED)
Date: 1911
Nature: -
Refs: IB 53, 22 Jul 1911, 498

Building: CO. CORK, CLONAKILTY, OLIVER STREET, HOUSES (005)
Date: 1911
Nature: About to be built by Clonakilty UDC.
Refs: IB 53, 30 Sep 1911, 661

Building: CO. CORK, COBH, BALLYVALOON, HOUSING SCHEME
Date: 1912
Nature: 20 artisans' and labourers' dwellings in 4 blocks of 5 to be erected. Contractor: D. Creedon, Cobh & Fermoy.
Refs: IB 54, 26 Oct,23 Nov 1912, 612,668

Building: CO. CORK, COBH, CARRIGNAFOY, HOUSING SCHEME
Date: 1912
Nature: 30 artisans' and labourers' dwellings in 2 blocks of 7 and 2 blocks of 8 to be erected. Contractor: D. Creedon, Cobh & Fermoy.
Refs: IB 54, 26 Oct,23 Nov 1912, 612,668

Building: CO. CORK, BANDON, HOUSING
Date: 1912
Nature: 27 workmens' dwellings to be built on different sites by direct labour. Clerk of Works: John Jopnes, Kilbrogan Hill, Bandon. For Bandon UDC.
Refs: IB 54, 11 May 1912, 285

Building: CO. CORK, CLONAKILTY, HOUSING
Date: 1912
Nature: Workers' dwellings.
Refs: IB 53, 18 Feb 1911, 111

Building: CO. CORK, CLONAKILTY, TOWN HALL (PROPOSED)
Date: 1912
Nature: Submits designs for same to be erected on Butter Market or disused Bridewell sites to Clonakilty UDC.
Refs: IB 54, 17 Feb,28 Sep 1912, 110,564.