Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, SKIBBEREEN, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. CORK, SKIBBEREEN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1839-1842
Nature: New workhouse. Contractor: William Hill. Cost of building: £7,083. Cost of fittings, &c.: £1,217. Accommodation for 800. First admissions 19 Mar 1842. New fever hospital building open by May 1847.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.69; Cork Constitution, 13 Sep 1839 (information from Ronnie Herlihy, Feb 2010);  John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 244,263