Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME

Name: DAY, HERBERT TAYLOR OTTLEY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME
Date: 1916ca
Nature: HTOD engineer.
Refs: IB 98, 7 Apr 1956, 322

Name: COOKE, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME
Date: 1929-1931
Nature: Reconstruction of Lower Camp comprising living quarters for married and single officers and officers' mess, built between Apr 1929 and Feb 1931. Contractor: Meagher & Hayes, Drinan St, Cork (£34,953).
Refs: NA, OPW File 22094-30 (information from Lt. Col. Michael O'Malley)

Name: COOKE, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME
Date: 1937-38
Nature: Reconstruction of Upper Camp, Stage 1, comprising Blocks 'A' & 'B' providing living quarters for 210 single men with separate lavatory block and new roads. Contractor: A. Panton Watkinson, St Stephen's gn, Dublin. Total cost £26,500.
Refs: NA, OPW9/21/2/1/36 (information from Lt. Col. Michael O'Malley); IB 81, 11 Nov 1939, 924

Name: COOKE, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME
Date: 1939-1940
Nature: Reconstruction of Upper Camp, Stage 2, comprising men's and NCOs' messes and canteens; stores block; 2 squadron offices; Block 'C' providing accommodation for 100; new roads. Contractor: T. & J. Macken, Patrick St, Dun Laoghaire. Cost: £32,980.
Refs: NA, OPW9/A21/2/15/38 (information from Lt. Col. Michael O'Malley)

Name: COOKE, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME
Date: 1940-42
Nature: Reconstruction of Upper Camp, Stage 3, comprising guard room, police hut, entrance gates & parade ground. Contractor: A. Panton Watkinson. Cost: £29,089.
Refs: NA, OPW9/A21/2/20/40 (information from Lt. Col. Michael O'Malley); IAA, PKS 1108

Name: COOKE, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME
Date: 1943-44
Nature: New Catholic church. Contractor: A. Panton Watkinson. Cost about £12,000.
Refs: NA, OPW records OPW9/A21/2/24/47 (information from Lt. Col. Michael O'Malley); IAA, PKS 0535

Name: COOKE, WILLIAM HENRY HOWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, BALDONNEL, AERODROME
Date: 1944-1946
Nature: Gymnasium/cinema/concert hall, with Oscar Leach, ARIBA. Contractor: T. & J. Macken. Cost: £13,000.
Refs: NA, OPW records OPW9/A21/2/25/41 (information from Lt. Col. Michael O'Malley); RIAI Yearbook 1946, 45(illus.);  Paul Larmour, Free State Architecture:  Modern Movement architecture in Ireland, 1922-1949 (Kinsale: Gandon Editions, 2009), 72,74(illus.).