Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. MEATH, OLDCASTLE, GILSON ENDOWED SCHOOLS

Name: COCKERELL, CHARLES ROBERT #
Building: CO. MEATH, OLDCASTLE, GILSON ENDOWED SCHOOLS
Date: 1823
Nature: Palladian. J.L. Naper of Loughcrew House was one of the school's trustees. Builders: Robert McCartney, Dorset St, and Thomas Baker, North Strand, Dublin.
Refs: Contract between Trustees and builders, with specification, 1823, in IAA, Acc. 85/182;  Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 449,pl. 85;  Lynda Mulvin, 'Charles Robert Cockerell's encounter with Ireland,: drawings, observations and buildings', Irish Architectural and Decorative Studies 12 (2009),151(illus.).

Name: MCCARTNEY, ROBERT *
Building: CO. MEATH, OLDCASTLE, GILSON ENDOWED SCHOOLS
Date: 1823
Nature: Builder of same, with Thomas Baker, for trustees of school.  Agreed price £4,567.
Refs: Articles of agreement between trustees of school and RM and Thomas Barker, 31 Mar 1823, for building same in IAA, Acc. 85/182

Name: GRACE, MICHAEL
Building: CO. MEATH, OLDCASTLE, GILSON ENDOWED SCHOOLS
Date: 1933
Nature: New lavatories, water supply. Contractor: Michael Monaghan.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0197; IB 75, 1 Jul 1933, 561