Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAME STREET, NO. 072 (EMPIRE PALACE THEATRE, LATER OLYMPIA THEATRE)  Street numbers may have changed due to re-numbering

Name: BRUNTON, RICHARD HENRY #
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAME STREET, NO. 072 (EMPIRE PALACE THEATRE, LATER OLYMPIA THEATRE)
Date: 1896-97
Nature: Enlargement and reconstruction of Star Theatre of Varieties, For Dan Lowrey. Work includes canopy over pavement in Dame St by Saracen Ironworks, Glasgow (accidentally destroyed by lorry, 2004).   Contractor: Dalton, Beechwood Ave, Ranelagh.
Refs: Irish Times, 16 Oct 1896, 6 Mar,2 Sep,5 Oct,30 Nov 1897;  Architect 58, 29 Oct 1897, 287; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 417.

Name: FARRALL, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DAME STREET, NO. 072 (EMPIRE PALACE THEATRE, LATER OLYMPIA THEATRE)
Date: ?
Nature: Alterations.
Refs: IB 53, 30 Sep 1911, 672