Architect and engineer, of Co. Limerick, active from 1904 or earlier until 1922 or later. According to his 1911 census return, Francis Hartigan, was born in Co. Limerick in 1863 or 1864 and held a BE degree from Queen's University, Galway. He became district engineer for Rathkeale and in 1915 was appointed an assistant county surveyor for Co. Limerick , a post which he still held in 1922. From circa 1904 until circa 1907 he was responsible for designing several extremely plain and basic Carnegie Libraries in Co. Limerick. At the time of the 1911 census he had been married for eleven years to his wife, Rita, described on the return as 'C Engineer's and archts copyist', and had a son and a daughter.
Address: St Kyran's, Rathkeale, <=1910->=1920.
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References
He may be the Hartigan who as Hartigan & Sheehy designed labourers' cottages at Croome, Co. Limerick, in 1903; see IB 45, 12 Feb 1903, 1594.
Building News 108, 14 May 1915, 550; however he already appears as an assistant county surveyor for Co. Limerick in Thom's Directory for 1915.
Thom's Directory 1922.
The Architect's & Surveyor's Directory & Referendum (1910), 186; IB 62, 22 May 1920, 362.
11 work entries listed in chronological order for HARTIGAN, FRANCIS C.
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CO. LIMERICK, CROOM, HOUSES |
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1903 |
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Labourers' cottages. By 'Hartigan & Sheehy' (? W.F.C. Hartigan and Brian E.F. Sheehy). |
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IB 45, 12 Feb 1903, 1594
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CO. LIMERICK, RATHKEALE, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1904-1907? |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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IB 46, 7 May 1904, 294; Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 222-223(illus.); also illus.
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CO. LIMERICK, SHANAGOLDEN, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1905ca-1907ca |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 232-233(illus.)
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CO. LIMERICK, BALLYSTEEN, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1905ca? |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 124(illus.); ; also illus. in www.librarycouncil.ie/documents/AnTaisceCatalogue3.pdf (2008)
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CO. LIMERICK, PALLASKENRY, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1906ca |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 214-5(illus.); illus. in www.librarycouncil.ie/documents/AnTaisceCatalogue3.pdf (2008)
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CO. LIMERICK, ASKEATON, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1907a? |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 74-75(illus.); also illus. in www.librarycouncil.ie/documents/AnTaisceCatalogue3.pdf (2008)
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CO. LIMERICK, CROAGH, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1907a? |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 124(illus.)
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CO. LIMERICK, KILCOLMAN, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1907a? |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 166(illus.)
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CO. LIMERICK, KILDIMO, PUBLIC LIBRARY |
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1907a? |
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New Carnegie Library. For Rathkeale RDC. |
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Brendan Grimes, Irish Carnegie Libraries: a catalogue and architectural history (1998), 167(illus.); ; also illus. in www.librarycouncil.ie/documents/AnTaisceCatalogue3.pdf (2008)
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