Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Master builder, of Dublin, active in the 1790s. David Weir is probably the person of the same name who was admitted to the Dublin Society's School of Drawing in Architecture in 1770.(1) It was as one of the 'Principal Architects and Builders' of Dublin that he signed a certificate recommending Bryan Bolger as measurer to the Royal Canal Company in July 1794, and in February 1801 he was one of the tradesmen who petitioned the Board of Works that Bolger succeed JOHN BEAHAN  JOHN BEAHAN as the Board's measurer.(2) Bolger records several works built by Weir during the 1790s. Weir held the position of carpenter to the Board of Works at the time of his death, which took place no later than April 1803, when the Board appointed his successor.(3) According to his fellow tradesmen, writing in 1834, he had employed thirty men and died wealthy.(4)  Another David Weir, probably his son, was admitted a freeman of the city of Dublin as a member of the Carpenters' Guild by virtue of birth at Machaelmas 1804.(5)

Address: 5 Denzille Street, <=1795 until death.(6)

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References



(1) Gitta Willemson, The Dublin Society Drawing Schools 1746-1876 (2000), 99.
(2) Bolger 1A,58,129.
(3) Board of Works minutes, 3 Apr 1803 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc. 2008/44). 
(4) Royal Irish Academy, Haliday MS 4B 31;  according to this source he died 'about 1807'.
(5) 'An alphabetical list of the Freemen of the City of Dublin, 1774-1824', The Irish Ancestor XV (1983), Nos. 1 & 2, 19.
(6) Wilson's Dublin Directory, 1795-1809.


6 work entries listed in chronological order for WEIR, DAVID *


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Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, FOSTER PLACE, SIR THOMAS LIGHTON & CO.'S BANK
Date: 1797
Nature: Bryan Bolger measures 'Mountain stone delivered for Mr Weir at the new Bank, Foster Place', 1797
Refs: Bolger MSS, NA/PRO 1A 58 127

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAWSON STREET, NO. 042 (LUKE WHITE, BOOKSELLER)
Date: 1798;1799
Nature: Bryan Bolger measures 'work for Mr Weir at Mr White's stables Dawson St 1798' and 'sundry works by David Weir for Luke White's Dawson St 1799'.
Refs: Bolger MSS, NA/PRO 1A 58 127

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LEINSTER STREET SOUTH, NO. 005
Date: ?
Nature: DW directed work for Lord Kilwarden 'at his new built offices Leinster St'
Refs: 'Bolger PRO J.' (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44)

Building: CO. CORK, CORK, BARRACKS
Date: ?
Nature: DW applies for contract to build same.
Refs: NLI, MS. 1122 (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 023
Date: ?
Nature: 'No 22 was built for [Thomas] Lighton and No. 23 for David Weir, an architect in Denzille Street, who probably designed both.'
Refs: Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 539.


Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 022
Date: ?
Nature: 'No 22 was built for [Thomas] Lighton and No. 23 for David Weir, an architect in Denzille Street, who probably designed both.'
Refs: Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 539.