Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, GLENAMADDY, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. GALWAY, GLENAMADDY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1851-52
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £5,250. Cost of fittings &c.: £995. Accommodation for 500. First admissions 1852. Contractor: Andrew Egan, Tuam.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.35; B 9, 3,31 May 1851, 281,346; 6th Report of Poor Law Commissioners for Ireland (1852-3), 84; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 261

Name: KIRWAN, ROBERT JOSEPH
Building: CO. GALWAY, GLENAMADDY, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1902
Nature: Alts. & imps. Cost: £1000.
Refs: ICEI admissions applications, III, 144; IB 44, 10,24 Apr 1902, 1108,1118,1122