Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. MEATH, DRUMBARAGH HOUSE (KELLS)

Name: JOHNSTON, FRANCIS
Building: CO. MEATH, DRUMBARAGH HOUSE (KELLS)
Date: 1800ca
Nature: 'a capital mansion house, built about 50years ago, according to the plans and under the superintendance of Mr Johnston, the Architect' (Irish Times);  'possibly by Francis Johnston' (Casey & Rowan).
Refs: Advertisement for auction of house, 16 Apr 1869, in Irish Times, 23 Feb 1869;  Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 338

Name: CALDBECK, WILLIAM FRANCIS
Building: CO. MEATH, DRUMBARAGH HOUSE (KELLS)
Date: 1860s
Nature: Italianate
Refs: Framed view in Sweetman Coll.(IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44); Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 338