Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM

Name: BUTLER, WILLIAM DEANE
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1847-1852
Nature: New asylum for 250 patients; 'a noble structure in the Elizabethan style' (Wood Martin). Founded 7 Nov 1847. Contractor: James Caldwell. Clerk of Works: John Balle[?], Collooney.
Refs: Drawings in IAA, 89/11; B 8, 5 Oct 1850, 473 (plans); 16th Report of Board of Public Works (1848), 15; APSD, L, 153; William Gregory Wood Martin, History of Sligo, county and town, from the earliest ages to the close of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (to the present time) (Dublin, 1882-92), III, 160-163; 45th Report on District, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums (1896), 20; Tadhg Kilgannon, Sligo and its surroundings (Sligo, 1926),  145.

Name: DEANE, SON & WOODWARD
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1850s
Nature: Alterations, after William Deane Butler became terminally ill in 1856.
Refs: Frederick O'Dwyer, The Architecture of Deane and Woodward (Cork University Press, 1997), 106

Name: DEANE, THOMAS NEWENHAM (SIR)
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1875-78
Nature: New wing. Estimated cost , £12,452. Cotnractor: Moyers. Proposed recreation rooms in basement of new building. (Wood Martin & Kilgannon say that 2 wings were built at this time.)
Refs: Specification dated 19 Jan 1876 in IAA, 89/11; IAA, PKS B07/26, B08/14, A06 (Aug 1875);  45th Annual Report of Commissioners of Public Works (Ireland) (1876), 39; William Gregory Wood Martin, History of Sligo, county and town, from the earliest ages to the close of the reign of Queen Elizabeth (to the present time) (Dublin, 1882-92), III, 160-163; 45th Report on District, Criminal and Private Lunatic Asylums (1896), 20; Tadhg Kilgannon, Sligo and its surroundings (Sligo, 1926),  145. 

Name: DEANE, THOMAS NEWENHAM, & SON
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1896-1899
Nature: Alts. and adds, 1896; contr: John Clarence. Proposed remodelling, 1899; contr: Morris W. Little? Work continued by T.M. Deane.
Refs: Contract drawings, Sep. 1896 and May 1899, in IAA, 89/11

Name: DEANE, THOMAS MANLY (SIR)
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1899-1901
Nature: Works, including heating and ventilation; 2 proposed new blocks.
Refs: IB 41, 15 Sep,1 Oct 1899, 130,150; 42, 15 Aug,15 Sep 1900, 452,486; 43, 27 Feb 1901, 643; 44, 2 Jan,5 Jun 1902, 994,1276;  Irish Times, 6 Mar 1891.

Name: DEANE, THOMAS MANLY (SIR)
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1900-1902
Nature: RC chapel. Dutch gabled. To accommodate 400.Tenders invited, Oct 1900. Builder: D. McLynn, Sligo. Clerk of Works: ?P.J. Kilgallon.
Refs: IB 42, 1,15 Aug,15 Nov 1900, 437, 452, 554; 43, 27 Feb 1901, 643; 44, 5 Jun 1902, 1276; 53, 22 Jul 1911, 488 (illus.);  Irish Times, 25 Oct 1900;  B 79, 1 Dec 1900, 502; 80, 5 Oct 1901, 302; IA & C 1, 29 Apr 1911, 198 (illus.)

Name: SCOTT, ANTHONY
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1915
Nature: Lighting & latrines, 1908. Pointing of boiler-house chimney, 1909. Independent water supply and electric lighting, 1914. Storekeeper's residence, 1915.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 19 Aug 1908, 12 Feb 1914;  IB 50, 22 Aug,5 Sep 1908, 528,556; 51, 10 Jul 1909, 437; 57, 31 Jul 1915, 337.

Name: MCDONNELL & DIXON
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1934-1936
Nature: Alts. & extension. Contractor: G. & T. Crampton, Dublin. Advertisement for clerk of works, Jul 1934.
Refs: Irish Times, 20 Jul 1934; IB 76, 28 Jul 1934, 646;  Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008),  106-107(illus.).


Name: MCDONNELL & DIXON
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: 1940
Nature: Erection of house at same.
Refs: IB 82, 16 Mar 1940, 180

Name: KILGALLIN, PATRICK J.
Building: CO. SLIGO, SLIGO, CLARION ROAD, DISTRICT LUNATIC ASYLUM
Date: ?
Nature: Adds., including Catholic church in grounds.
Refs: Obituary of PJK in Sligo Independent, ? Mar 1944