Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLOUCESTER STREET LOWER, MAGDALEN ASYLUM & CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLOUCESTER STREET LOWER, MAGDALEN ASYLUM & CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE
Date: 1874
Nature: Extensive adds. & alts. for Sisters of Charity. Builder: Pat Monk.
Refs: IB 16, 1 Mar 1874, 73;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 140.

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLOUCESTER STREET LOWER, MAGDALEN ASYLUM & CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE
Date: 1888
Nature: New 6-bay block to accommodated additional 50 'penitents'. For Sisters of Charity (originally run by Sisters of Mercy 'until other duties called them away')..  FS laid 16 Sep 1888
Refs: Drawings in IAA, W.H. Byrne Collection, 2006/142; Jones, citing inscription on trowel used in ceremony;  Irish Times, 17 Sep 1888;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),140.

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLOUCESTER STREET LOWER, MAGDALEN ASYLUM & CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE
Date: 1889
Nature: Plumbing work, executed by W. Baird.
Refs: IAA, PKS B14/55, A07 (Sep 1889, p.353)

Name: EARLEY, WILLIAM *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLOUCESTER STREET LOWER, MAGDALEN ASYLUM & CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE
Date: 1904
Nature: WE exhibits designs for high altar and side altar at RHA.
Refs: RHA 1904, nos. 300,307

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLOUCESTER STREET LOWER, MAGDALEN ASYLUM & CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE
Date: 1915a?
Nature: Mosaic work.
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).

Name: BYRNE, RALPH HENRY
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GLOUCESTER STREET LOWER, MAGDALEN ASYLUM & CONVENT OF OUR LADY OF REFUGE
Date: 1926
Nature: Proposed adds. to St Mary's Retreat. Plans approved by City Architect, Jul 1926.
Refs: IB 68, 1 May,26 Jun 1926, 354,510;  Irish Times, 15 Jul 1926.