Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ORMOND BRIDGE

Name: SEMPLE, GEORGE [1]
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ORMOND BRIDGE
Date: 1752
Nature: George and John Semple consulted as to condition of bridge. GS makes proposal for reconstruction.
Refs: G. Semple, A Treatise on building in water (1776), 62-71

Name: SEMPLE, JOHN [1] *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ORMOND BRIDGE
Date: 1752;1761
Nature: John & George Semple consulted re condition of bridge, Apr 1852. JS constructs galleries on each side of bridge, 1761..
Refs: George Semple, A Treatise of Building in Water(1776), 62; Faulkner's Dublin Journal, 16-20 Jan 1761

Name: WILSON, T. #
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ORMOND BRIDGE
Date: 1805
Nature: Thomas Wilson submits design for iron bridge to replace old bridge, which collapsed in 1802.  His design accepted but not carried out.
Refs: Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 695.