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MCNAMARA, CHARLES GERALD
- Born: 1900 Died: -
Engineer, of Dublin. Charles G. McNamara, eldest child of THOMAS FRANCIS MCNAMARA , was born in Dublin on 11 December 1900. He was educated at the University School and Belvedere College, Dublin, and received his practical training in his father's office between 1916 and 1919. From 1918 he studied engineering at University College, Dublin, graduating BE in 1922. After graduating he worked for the Office of Public Works in various districts of Ireland before joining his father and brother PATRICK NOEL MCNAMARA in practice at 5 Dawson Street in 1927. The following year he went to Ceylon, where he worked first as a district engineer in the Public Works Department and then for the Port Service. In 1936 he retired on a pension under the Donoughmore scheme and returned to Dublin, where he set up in independent practice at 29 Molesworth Street. Between 1938 and 1939 he undertook various projects in partnership with - Kennard, probably an English architect or engineer.(1) He was consulting engineer to Mayo and Waterford County Councils and to the Clare, Laois and Carlow Boards of Health. He incorporated his father's practice into his own after his father's death in 1947, taking on N.R. MacGovern as a new partner in the architectural section and moving his office to Merrion Square.(2) The practice became known as C.G. McNamara & Partners. He died on 7 December 1965.(3)
ICEI: elected associate member, 2 February 1925;(4) transferred to member, 6 November 1933;(5) reads paper, 'Aspects of port work abroad', 7 December 1936.(6)
Inst.CE: elected associate member, 4 November 1941; transferred to member, 18 Feburary 1947; disappears from roll between 1965 and 1967.
Addresses: 5 Dawson Street, 1928; 29 Molesworth Street, 1938-1940; 35 Grafton Street, 1942; 117/118 Grafton Street, <=1946(7)-1947; 27 Merrion Square, 1947->=1960. Home: District Engineer's Bungalow, P.W.D., Pussellawa, Ceylon, 1931; St Jude's, Silchester Road, Glenageary, Co. Dublin, <=1942->=1947; 3 Holyrood Park, Dublin 4, 1963.
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References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the records of the Insitution of Civil Engineers, London, kindly supplied by the Archivist, Mrs Carol Morgan.
(1) IB 80, 10 Dec 1938, 1032; 81, 24 Jun 1939, 549. No one named Kennard appears in the Dublin directories for the period but RIBA Kalendar 1957-1958 lists a Cecil and a Laurence Kennard, who had both become fellows of the RIBA in 1933.
(2) IB 89, 16 Jul 1947, 542.
(3) See obituary in IB 108, 29 Jan 1966, 62; TICEI 93 (1965-66), 360.
(4) TICEI 51 (1924-25), 82.
(5) TICEI 60 (1933-34), 28.
(6) TICEI 63 (1936-37), 55-84.
(7) IB 88, 16 Nov 1946, 762.
31 work entries listed in chronological order for MCNAMARA, CHARLES GERALD
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| Building: | CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, COUNTY HOSPITAL (NEW) |
| Date: | 1937 |
| Nature: | Water supply. |
| Refs: | IB 79, 4 Sep 1937, 797 |
| Building: | CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM |
| Date: | 1937 |
| Nature: | Water supply. |
| Refs: | IB 79, 4 Sep 1937, 797 |
| Building: | CO. MAYO, KNOCK |
| Date: | 1938-42 |
| Nature: | Town planning scheme by McNamara & Kennard. |
| Refs: | IB 80, 10 Dec 1938, 1032; Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKDITCH, FEVER HOSPITAL |
| Date: | 1939 |
| Nature: | Emergency services. By McNamara & Kennard. |
| Refs: | IB 81, 24 Jun 1939, 549 |
| Building: | CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1939-1940;1946- |
| Nature: | Augmentation of town water supply. |
| Refs: | IB 81, 10 Jun 1939, 504; 82, 25 May 1940, 350; 88, 16 Nov 1946, 762; 89, 8 Feb 1947, 98 |
| Building: | CO. OFFALY, FERBANE, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1939;1941-42 |
| Nature: | By McNamara & Kennard. |
| Refs: | IB 81, 24 Jun 1939, 549; 83, 24 May 1941, 266; candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. CLARE, ENNIS, COUNTY FEVER HOSPITAL |
| Date: | 1942 |
| Nature: | £8,000+. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. OFFALY, FERBANE, SEWERAGE |
| Date: | 1942 |
| Nature: | £12,000. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1942 |
| Nature: | £25,000 |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, CARYSFORT AVENUE, OBELISK PARK, ST JOHN OF GOD HOME |
| Date: | 1942 |
| Nature: | New mental colony. £8,052. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KIMMAGE, FACTORY |
| Date: | 1942 |
| Nature: | Reinforced concrete. £8,700. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. WATERFORD, TRAMORE, SEWERAGE |
| Date: | 1944 |
| Nature: | CGMcN to prepare sewage system for town of Tramore. |
| Refs: | IB 86, 16 Dec 1944, 522 |
| Building: | CO. WATERFORD, CAPPOQUIN, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | Joint water supply scheme with Lismore. £35,000. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Institution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution); IB 95, 23 May 1953, 548 |
| Building: | CO. WATERFORD, LISMORE, WATER SUPPLY |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | Joint water supply scheme with Cappoquin. £35,000. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Institution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution); IB 95, 23 May 1953, 548 |
| Building: | CO. ROSCOMMON, ROSCOMMON, COUNTY HOSPITAL |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | New. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Institution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. WATERFORD, TRAMORE, ESPLANADE & SEA WALL |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | Reconstruction. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. MONAGHAN, MONAGHAN, COUNTY FEVER HOSPITAL |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | New. £45,404. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. WATERFORD, DUNGARVAN, PUBLIC BATHS |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | Reinforced concrete. £8,000. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ?, APARTMENT BLOCK |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | For M. Farmer. £60,000. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ?, AUTO SERVICES LTD |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | Reinforced concrete structures. £6,117. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, INCHICORE, HOLLAND HOUSING ESTATE |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PHILIPSBURGH AVENUE (FAIRVIEW), HOUSING DEVELOPMENT |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUN LAOGHAIRE, SEWERAGE |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | £90,000. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, FAIRYHOUSE, RACECOURSE |
| Date: | 1946 |
| Nature: | New grandstand. |
| Refs: | Candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution) |
| Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, TECHNICAL SCHOOL |
| Date: | 1946-48 |
| Nature: | New school by McNamara & Partners. Contractor: Michael Kelly & Sons. £24,000. |
| Refs: | IAA, PKS 0309; candidate's circular for transfer to membership of Insitution of Civil Engineers, 1947 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, Archivist to the Institution); IB 90, 10 Jul 1948, 554 |
| Building: | CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, JETTY |
| Date: | 1949 |
| Nature: | New. |
| Refs: | IB 91, 23 Jul 1949, 684 |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, FLATS |
| Date: | 1950-53 |
| Nature: | 9 blocks of flats and 1 block of shops and flats, for Dublin Corporation |
| Refs: | IAA, PKS 0337, 0511 |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, FLATS |
| Date: | 1951 |
| Nature: | 4 blocks of flats, for Dublin Corporation. Contractor: Dublin Development Co. |
| Refs: | IAA, PKS 0295 |
| Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CIRCULAR ROAD NORTH, FLATS |
| Date: | 1952-53 |
| Nature: | 4 blocks of flats. Contractor: Thomas McInerney & Sons. |
| Refs: | IAA, PKS 0338, 0354 |
| Building: | CO. WATERFORD, ARDMORE, SEWERAGE |
| Date: | 1960 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 102, 1 Oct 1960, 743 |
| Building: | CO. WATERFORD, WATERFORD, WATERWORKS |
| Date: | 1961 |
| Nature: | - |
| Refs: | IB 103, 14 Oct 1961, 822 |
| Author | Title | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mcnamara, Charles Gerald | 'Aspects of port work abroad' | 1937 | TICEI 63 (1936-37), 55-84. |
| Mcnamara, Charles Gerald | 'Engineers as Organizers and Administrators' | 1943 | IB 85, 20 Nov 1943, 448. (Summary of talk to Dublin University Engineering Society, Nov 1943.) |