Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE

Name: GEOGHEGAN, CHARLES
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE
Date: 1859?
Nature: Plans by GC for 'St Vincent's Orphanage' (i.e. competition designs?) also for 'Entrance Gates St Vincents'.
Refs: MS list of plans in stable of CG, 2 Oct 1896, in possession of Joe macEochagáin, 2006 (photocopy in IAA, RP.B.48 (1-3))

Name: BUTLER, JOHN STERLING
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE
Date: 1860
Nature: New orphanage for Society of St Vincaent de Paul. JSB winner of limited competition. FS laid Dec 1859. Opened Nov 1860. Builder: Meares (i.e. Meade?)
Refs: B 16, 18 Sep 1858, 638; 17, 1 Jan 1859, 15; DB 2, 1 May,1 Dec 1860, 259,380; 3, 15 Nov 1861, 684(illus.)

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE
Date: 1878-79
Nature: New wing (comprising refectory, waiting rooms, cells for Christian Brothers and dormitory) in course of erection for St Vincent de Paul Society. Also chapel. Contractor: Meade & Son. Opened by Dr McCabe 20 Jul 1879.
Refs: IB 20, 15 Jul 1878, 205(illus.),207; B 37, 8 Aug 1879, 898

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE
Date: 1895-97
Nature: Jubilee memorial chapel. FS laid 1895. Chapel blessed by Archbishop of Dublin, 27 Jun 1897.
Refs: Irish Builder, 7 Jul 1897;  B 73, 10 Jul 1897, 32.

Name: HAGUE & MCNAMARA
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE
Date: 1904
Nature: Tenders invited 'for the Building of Three Houses at Glasnevin for St. Vincent de Paul Orphanage', Jun 1904.
Refs: Irish Times, 20 Jun 1904.

Name: WRENN, JAMES PURCELL
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE
Date: 1906-08
Nature: New buildings. Fibrous plasterwork by John Ryan, Upper Abbey St.
Refs: IB 48, 17 Nov 1906, 928; 50, 25 Jul 1908, 465

Name: MCCARTHY, PATRICK HARNETT
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PROSPECT ROAD (GLASNEVIN), ST VINCENT DE PAUL MALE ORPHANAGE
Date: 1910
Nature: Drainage.
Refs: IB 52, 26 Nov 1910, 738.