- Selected:
O'CONNOR, HUBERT GERARD LYNOTT
- Born: 1893 Died: 1956
Engineer, of Galway city. Hubert O'Connor, a native of Co. Roscommon, was born on 27 July 1893 and attended St Jarlath's College, Tuam, and St Joseph's, Galway, before entering University College, Galway, in 1912 to study engineering. He graduated with the BE degree in 1916 and then worked for the Ministry of Munitions in Dublin and Galway. From 1918 to 1920 he worked as an assistant to WILLIAM N. BINNS , Borough Surveyor for Galway. In 1920 he obtained the ME degree and returned to University College, Galway, to work at first as an assistant and later as a lecturer in the faculty of civil engineering under FRANK SHARMAN RISHWORTH . Although teaching remained his predominant interest, he also had a private engineering practice, specializing in water supply and sewerage. He was appointed architect oto the Galway Public Utility Society in 1926(1) and consulting engineer of the Galway City sewerage scheme in 1936.(2) He was also responsible for the design of a number of buildings. He died on 21 January 1956, leaving a widow. The firm of H.G.L. O'Connor & Co. continued after his death.
ICEI: elected associate member, 3 May 1920;(3) transferred to member, 2 November 1931.(4)
Inst.CE: elected associate member, 9 May 1939.
Institution of Municipal Engineers: elected associate member, 1921; transferred to member, 1936.(5)
Engineers' Association: elected chairman of western branch for 1954, 21 November 1953.(6)
Addresses: Waterside, Galway, <=1922->=1927;(7) 4 St Francis Street, Galway, <=1930(8) until death.
See WORKS.
References
All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the records of Inst.CE, London, kindly supplied by Mrs Carol Morgan, and from the obituaries of O'Connor in IB 98, 11 Feb 1956, 109, TICEI 83 (1956-57), 159, and Engineers' Journal 9 (1956), 103, which is illustrated with a portrait photograph.
(1) Irish Times, 7 Oct 1926.
(2) IB 78, 2 May 1936, 380.
(3) TICEI 46 (1919-20), 227.
(4) TICEI 58 (1931-32), 1.
(5) Information from Mrs Carol Morgan.
(6) Engineers' Journal 7 (1954), 27-28.
(7) IB 64, 25 Mar 1922, 197; 69, 22 Jan 1927, 52.
(8) IB 72, 26 Apr 1930, 387.
44 work entries listed in chronological order for O'CONNOR, HUBERT GERARD LYNOTT
Sort by date | Sort alphabetically
Building: | CO. GALWAY, TUAM, HOUSE |
Date: | 1922 |
Nature: | About to be built, for Mr E. Conway |
Refs: | IB 64, 25 Mar 1922, 197 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, TUAM, PREMISES |
Date: | 1923 |
Nature: | About to be built, for Mr John Hession. |
Refs: | IB 65, 21 Apr 1923, 301 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, SPIDDAL, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1923 |
Nature: | New neo-Romanesque convent. Tenders invited, Mar 1923. FS laid by Dean Considine,19 Jun 1923. Contractor: Frank Lydon. |
Refs: |
IB 65, 24 Mar 1923, 217; Tuam Herald, 23 Jun 1923. |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, PROSPECT HILL, ST PATRICK'S HOUSE |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | Rebuilding, for Sisters of Mercy. |
Refs: | IB 66, 12 Jul 1924, 617 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, TUAM, CONVENT OF MERCY |
Date: | 1924 |
Nature: | Addition to chapel. |
Refs: | IB 66, 12 Jul 1924, 617 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, MARKET STREET, PRINTING WORKS |
Date: | 1925 |
Nature: | Addition. |
Refs: | IB 67, 25 Jul 1925, 620 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NUN'S ISLAND, ST JOSEPH'S SEMINARY |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for addition, for Patrician Brothers. |
Refs: | IB 68, 18 Sep 1926, 721 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, HOUSES (008) |
Date: | 1926 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of same, for Galway Utility Society, Ltd. |
Refs: | IB 68, 16 Oct 1926, 793 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, CITY TECHNICAL INSTITUTE |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for re-roofing of institute and principal's house. |
Refs: | IB 69, 22 Jan 1927, 52 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, TAYLOR'S HILL, HOUSES (003) |
Date: | 1927 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of same, for Mr J.W. Greathed. Tender of James Stewart for £2,990 accepted. |
Refs: | IB 68, 30 Oct 1926, 825; 69, 19 Mar,16 Apr 1927, 202.281 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, CLONBUR, CONVENT |
Date: | 1930 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of same. |
Refs: | IB 72, 19 Jul 1930, 656 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, BUSHYPARK, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC) |
Date: | 1930-31 |
Nature: | Improvements to ceiling, roof & walls. Contractor: James Stewart. |
Refs: |
Tom May, Churches of Galway, Kilmacduagh and Kilfenora (Galway, 2000), 38. |
Building: | CO. CLARE, LISDOONVARNA, PAROCHIAL HOUSE |
Date: | 1930;1941 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of same in 1930 and again in 1941. |
Refs: | IB 72, 26 Apr 1930, 387; 83, 30 Aug 1941, 413 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, KILBEACANTY (GORT), CHURCH OF ST FECHIN (RC) |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Repairs. |
Refs: | IB 73, 20 Jun 1931, 558 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, TUAM, SHOP STREET, PREMISES |
Date: | 1931 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of same. |
Refs: | IB 73, 24 Oct 1931, 929 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, HOSTEL |
Date: | 1933 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of hostel for Franciscan Fathers. |
Refs: | IB 75, 11 Mar 1933, 201 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, DUNMORE, WATERWORKS |
Date: | 1935 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 77, 16 Nov 1935, 1070 |
Building: | CO. MAYO, BALLAGHADERREEN, SEWER EXTENSION SCHEME |
Date: | 1935-37 |
Nature: | With M. Nerney. £8,100. |
Refs: | IB 79, 10 Jul 1937, 633; candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE) |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NEWCASTLE ROAD, MODEL SCHOOL |
Date: | 1936 |
Nature: | Alts. & adds. |
Refs: | IB 78, 5 Sep 1936, 801 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, WATERWORKS |
Date: | 1936-38;1939 |
Nature: | First section, completed 1938 (£19,000); second section in course of preparation, 1939 (£27,000) |
Refs: | Candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE) |
Building: | CO. ROSCOMMON, ROSCOMMON, SEWERAGE |
Date: | 1937 |
Nature: | New sewerage system. |
Refs: | IB 79, 9 Jan 1937, 33 |
Building: | CO. ROSCOMMON, BOYLE, SEWERAGE SCHEME |
Date: | 1937-39 |
Nature: | With M. Nerney. £11,500. Completed by 1939. |
Refs: | IB 78, 17 Oct 1936, 948; 79, 11 Dec 1937, 1101; candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE) |
Building: | CO. ROSCOMMON, CASTLEREA, SEWERAGE |
Date: | 1938-39 |
Nature: | With M. Nerney. £12,200. Tenders invited 1938. Under construction, 1939. |
Refs: | IB 80, 12 Nov 1938, 958; candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE) |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, UNIVERSITY ROAD, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE |
Date: | 1938;1953 |
Nature: | Alts. to experimental physics department, 1938. Tenders invited for addition to anatomy schools & repairs and alts to existing buildings, 1953. |
Refs: | IB 80, 9 Jul 1938, 582; 95, 31 Jan 1953, 122 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, TUAM, WATERWORKS |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | Extension in preparation (£9,000). |
Refs: | Candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information from Mrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE) |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GLENAMADDY, WATER SUPPLY SCHEME |
Date: | 1939 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 81, 13 May 1939, 414 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, SEWERAGE |
Date: | 1939;1945 |
Nature: | Remodelling of existing sytem and new outfall sewer in preparation (£25,000), 1939; extension, 1945. |
Refs: | Candidate's circular for admission to Inst.CE, 1939 (information fromMrs Carol Morgan, archivist, Inst.CE)IB 87, 27 Jan 1945, 46 |
Building: | CO. MAYO, CONG, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1941 |
Nature: | Repairs. |
Refs: | IB 83, 15 Feb 1941, 91 |
Building: | CO. MAYO, BALLAGHADERREEN, WATER SUPPLY |
Date: | 1945;1948 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for addition, 1945, and improvements, 1948, for Roscommon County Council. |
Refs: | IB 87, 22 Sep 1945, 490; 90, 20 Mar 1948, 222 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, CARRAROE, CHURCH OF ST MACDARA (RC) |
Date: | 1946 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for adds. For Rev. A. Moran, PP. |
Refs: | IB 88, 23 Mar 1946, 172 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, MOUNTBELLEW, WATER SUPPLY |
Date: | 1948 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for construction of same, cor Galway County Council. |
Refs: | IB 90, 6 Mar 1948, 184 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, BALLYGAR, WATERWORKS |
Date: | 1948-49 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erecting waterworks, for Galway County Council, including concrete water tower(s), filtration house &c.. |
Refs: | IB 90, 1 May,21 Aug 1948, 354,682; 91, 6,20 Aug 1949, 732,780 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GLENAMADDY, SEWERAGE |
Date: | 1949 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for constructin of same, for Galway County Council. |
Refs: | IB 91, 8 Jan 1949, 40 |
Building: | CO. MAYO, KILMOVEE, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC) |
Date: | 1949 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for renovation and repairs. |
Refs: | IB 91, 6 Aug 1949, 732 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, COLLEGE ROAD, GRAMMAR SCHOOL |
Date: | 1950 |
Nature: | Proposed reconstruction of rear wing destroyed by fire. |
Refs: | Plan and notes, dated 1950, in Erasmus Smith Schools archive, Danum, Zion Rd, Rathgar, Dublin. |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, WILLIAMSTOWN, WATER SUPPLY |
Date: | 1950 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for construction of same, cor Galway County Council. |
Refs: | IB 92, 19 Aug 1950, 892 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, COLLEGE ROAD, GRAMMAR SCHOOL |
Date: | 1951 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for reconstruction work. |
Refs: | IB 93, 3 Feb 1951, 138 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, WATER SUPPLY |
Date: | 1952;1954-55 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of filtration plant, 1952, of extension, 1954, of pump &c.. 1955. For Galway Corporation. |
Refs: | IB 94, 26 Apr 1952, 446; 96, 22 May 1954, 511; 97, 12 Mar 1955, 269 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, NUN'S ISLAND, ST PATRICK'S MONASTERY |
Date: | 1954-1956 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for extension and alteration of buildings, for Patrician Brothers. New monastery opened end 1956. Cost: £25,000. Contractor: Garvey Solon & Co. |
Refs: | IB 96, 23 Oct 1954, 1045 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, EYRE SQUARE, F. MCDONAGH & CO. LTD. |
Date: | 1955 |
Nature: | Alts. to premises. |
Refs: | IB 97, 26 Mar 1955, 320 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, ARAN ISLANDS, KILRONAN, WATER SUPPLY |
Date: | 1955 |
Nature: | - |
Refs: | IB 97, 16,30 Jul 1955, 760,796 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, BALLYGAR, SEWERAGE |
Date: | 1956 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for consturciton of same. |
Refs: | IB 98, 19 May 1956, 471 |
Building: | CO. ROSCOMMON, BALLINLOUGH, SEWERAGE |
Date: | 1956 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for consturciton of same. |
Refs: | IB 98, 25 Feb 1956, 175 |
Building: | CO. GALWAY, GALWAY, LOUGH ATALIA ROAD, HOUSES (012) |
Date: | 1956 |
Nature: | Tenders invited for erection of 12 semi-detached houses. |
Refs: | IB 98, 25 Feb 1956, 175 |
Author | Title | Date | Details |
---|---|---|---|
O'conor, Huber Gerard Lynott | 'Engineering education' | 1955 | Engineers' Journal 8 (1955), 66-67. (Address as outgoing chairman of Western Region of Engineers' Association.) |