Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM

Name: LANYON, CHARLES (SIR)
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM
Date: 1852
Nature: CcL one of architects invited to compete for design of same.
Refs: Trinity College muniments, MUN/P/2/322/4

Name: MCCURDY, JOHN
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM
Date: 1852-55
Nature: JMcC winner of competition and responsible for plan and internal arrangements. Building carried out in conjunction with Deane, Son, & Woodward, who designed elevations.
Refs: Letter from McCurdy, published in B 11, 16 Apr 1853, 251; 12, 19 Aug 1854, 443; APSD, II, D, 77;  Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 18, 48, Pl.7(illus.);  DB 2, 1 Feb 1860, 196; B 18, 7 Jul 1860, 435; Eve Blau, Ruskinian Gothic (1982), 153-4,pl.160; Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (1997), 135-138,149;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 405.

Name: DEANE, SON & WOODWARD
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM
Date: 1852-55
Nature: Museum building in Venetian cinquecento style. Plans by McCurdy, elevations by Deane, who was awarded 2nd place in competition. Contractor: Gilbert Cockburn & Sons..
Refs: 5 drawings in Trinity College Muniments (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); Trinity College muniments, MUN/P/2/325,340,341; perspective view in NLI, AD 3497;   B 11, 9,16 Apr,2 Jul 1853, 228,251,420; 12, 12,26 Aug,2 Sep 1854, 425-427(illus.),453,467;  14, 15,29 Mar 1856, 143,171(illus.); Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 16 (May 1853), 197; 18, (Feb 1855), 48;  APSD, II, D, 77; Eve Blau, Ruskinian Gothic (1982), 29-47,55-56, 57,58,64,69,70,71,76,96,108-9,115,119, 122,127,131,138-9, 105,138,169n,170n,171n,188n,pls.27,28,29,36-40,43-49; Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane & Woodward (1997), 132-151;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 404-6,Pl.69..

Name: O'SHEA, JAMES & JOHN *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM
Date: 1854-1857
Nature: Stone carving. Designs for capitals drawn by Elizabeth Siddal and J.E. Millais.
Refs: Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane & Woodward (1997), 149;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 405.

Name: WHELAN, EDWARD *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM
Date: 1854-1857
Nature: EW may have assisted O'Shea brothers with stone carving.
Refs: Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane & Woodward (1997), 149

Name: DREW, THOMAS (SIR)
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, COLLEGE GREEN, TRINITY COLLEGE, MUSEUM
Date: 1889
Nature: Alts.
Refs: IB 31, 1 Jul 1889, 172