Selected: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, NEWTOWN AVENUE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE
Name: | O'CONNOR, GEORGE LUKE |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, NEWTOWN AVENUE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE |
Date: | 1903-05 |
Nature: | GLO'C winner of limited competition (between himself and Francis C. Caldbeck). Plans approved by Mr Carnegie, Jul 1904. Tenders invited, Sep 1904. Started and opened 1905. Contractor: C.T. Jolley, Blackrock. |
Refs: | IB 45, 3 Dec 1903, 3022; 46, 16 Jul,17 Dec 1904, 437(&/or 458?),862; Irish Times, 5 Jul,18 Aug,20 Sep 1904,21 Oct 1905; Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 96-99(illus.); information from Edmond R. Jolley, Inverness, in letter to IAA of 14 Jun 2005. |