Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, PORTUMNA, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. GALWAY, PORTUMNA, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1850-52
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £6,700. Cost of fittings, &c. £1,175. Accommodation for 600. First admissions , 1852. Builders: Burgess & Sons.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.64; B 8, 31 Aug 1850, 416; 10, 27 Nov 1852, 757; 6th Report of Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland (1852-3), 84; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 263