Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1846a
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £6,700. Cost of fittings &c.: £1,400. Accommodation for 800. First admissions 4 May 1846.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.75; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 263

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1891
Nature: New wing to be built.
Refs: Architect 46, 21 Aug 1891, supplement p.3

Name: HARRIS, JOHN
Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1894
Nature: 'Nuns' house' at workhouse designed by 'Mr Harris, CE'. Completed by Sep 1894. Contractor: James McDonnell.
Refs: Tuam Herald, 4 Aug,1 Sep 1894.

Name: KIRWAN, ROBERT JOSEPH
Building: CO. GALWAY, TUAM, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1902a
Nature: Improvements, costing £560.
Refs: ICEI admissions applications, III, 144