Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architectural partnership, of Dublin, formed in about 1906 between ROBERT DONNELLY  ROBERT DONNELLY and JAMES MOORE JAMES MOORE , working from No. 19, and later from No. 36, Nassau Street. In 1910 the firm won first prize in a competition for designing artisans' dwellings held by Queenstown (Co. Cork) Urban District Council.(1) Both partners served in the Great War: Moore joined the Royal Engineers in 1916, followed by Donnelly in 1917. After the war they entered into partnership with CYRIL KEEFE  CYRIL KEEFE and JOHN JOSEPH ROBINSON JOHN JOSEPH ROBINSON , practising as DONNELLY MOORE KEEFE & ROBINSON. DONNELLY MOORE KEEFE & ROBINSON.

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(1) IB 52, 26 Nov,10 Dec 1910, 739,764;  Freeman's Journal, 8 Dec 1910;  Irish Times, 9 Dec 1910..  Queenstown Rural District Council also appears to have sought cottage designs from them, see IB 53, 22 Jul 1911, 493.


23 work entries listed in chronological order for DONNELLY & MOORE


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Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, WICKLOW LANE, SWITZER'S
Date: 1906
Nature: Alts. & adds. Contr: Robert Farquharson.
Refs: IB 48, 29 Dec 1906, 1048

Building: CO. DUBLIN, MILLTOWN, GOLF CLUB
Date: 1907
Nature: Proposed design. Not selected.
Refs: IB 49, 1 Jun 1907, 385(illus. in supplement)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, MILLTOWN, GOLF CLUB
Date: 1907
Nature: Proposed pavilion.
Refs: Design exhibited at Irish International Exhibition, 1907, no. 376, as by R. Donnelly of Donnelly & Moore; RHA 1907, no. 308; IB 49, 1 Jun 1907, 385,supplement(illus.) (see also letter from G.L. O'Connor of 15 Jun 1907, p.426)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, LANSDOWNE ROAD, IRISH RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION GROUND
Date: 1907;1912-13
Nature: Steel stand; new grandstands & enclosures.
Refs: IB 49, 5 Oct 1907, 693;54, 6 Jul 1912, 405; 55, 25 Oct 1913, 683

Building: CO. DUBLIN, FOXROCK, ?, HOUSE
Date: 1907?
Nature: -
Refs: Design exh. at Irish International Exhibition 1907, no. 385b, and RHA 1907, no. 368

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 090-93 (SWITZER & CO.)
Date: 1908;1910
Nature: Alts., including emergency footbridge, 1908 (Contractor: J.P. Pile, Ltd.). Extensive imps. & adds., 1910. D & M exhibit view of 'Mssrs. Switzer's new buildings' at AA Annual Exhibition, 1915.
Refs: IB 50, 31 Oct 1908, 669; 52, 19 Mar 1910, 177;  Freeman's Journal, 20 Feb 1915.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, HOUSES
Date: 1909;1913;1915-
Nature: Artisans' dwellings for Blackrock UDC. 1909 designs by RD only.
Refs: Irish Times, 1 Jul 1909;  IB 51, 4 Sep 1909, 549,565; 55, 13 Sep 1913, 596; 57, 27 Feb 1915, 105; 58, 8 Apr 1916, 165; 64, 18 Nov 1922, 790; Building News 110, 12 Apr 1916, 369;

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KING'S INNS STREET (& LOFTUS LANE), JAM FACTORY (WILLIAMS & WOODS)
Date: 1910
Nature: New jam and sweet factory. Builder: G. & T. Crampton.
Refs: IB 52, 10 Dec 1910, 745(or 748?);  Irish Times, 21 Sep 1922;  Ruth McManus, Crampton Built (Dublin: G. & T. Crampton, 2008), 24(illus.)

Building: CO. CORK, COBH, ARTISANS' DWELLINGS
Date: 1910-11
Nature: D & M awarded 1st prize for design in competition.
Refs: IB 52, 10 Dec 1910, 764; 53, 22 Jul 1911, 493

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, GREEN ROAD, BARBIZON
Date: 1911
Nature: New. For Harold Sloan. Builder: James R. Thompson, Fairview.
Refs: IB 53, 14 Oct 1911, 693

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, WICKLOW STREET, NO. 038-45 (SWITZER & CO).
Date: 1911-13
Nature: Rebuilding of new premises.
Refs: IB 53, 1 Apr,27 May 1911, 194,361; 55, 1 Mar 1913, 139(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, WILLIAM STREET SOUTH, NO. 031
Date: 1913
Nature: Alts., for E.T. Burke. Contr: Manning Bros, Rathgar.
Refs: IB 55, 5 Jul 1913, 442

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HENRY STREET, NO. 050 (LEEDOM, HAMPTON & CO.)
Date: 1913
Nature: New shop fittings. Contr: Manning Bros, shopfitters, Rathgar.
Refs: IB 55, 26 Apr 1913, 287

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, BROOKFIELD ESTATE
Date: 1914
Nature: Robert Donnelly (of Donnelly & Moore) submits plans for 31 houses with baths and washouses to Blackrock Urban District Council, May 1914.
Refs: Irish Times, 7 May 1914.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, TOWN PLAN
Date: 1914
Nature: Entrants in the international Design for the Town Plan of Dublin competition promoted by the Civics Institute of Ireland.
Refs: P. Abercrombie & others, Dublin of the Future (1922), 50.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BOOTERSTOWN, HOUSES
Date: 1914;1916
Nature: Robert Donnelly submits plans for 24 workers' houses to Blackrock Urban District Council, May 1914.
Refs: Irish Times, 7 May 1914;   IB 58, 8 Apr 1916, 165.

Building: CO. KILDARE, KILDARE (NEAR), HOUSE
Date: 1915a
Nature: D & M exhibit view of 'a house neaqr Kildare' at AAI Annual Exhibition, 1915.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 20 Feb 1915.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ANNE STREET SOUTH, NO. 031 (MEDICAL SUPPLY ASSOCIATION)
Date: 1916
Nature: Rebuilding.
Refs: IB 58, 25 Mar,19 Aug 1916, 143,381; 59, 28 Apr 1917, 208

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, PUBLIC BATHS & WASH HOUSES
Date: 1916
Nature: Builder: Louis Monks, Blackrock.
Refs: Building News 110, 12 Apr 1916, 369

Building: CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, BROOKFIELD AVENUE, BLACKROCK HOSIERY CO.
Date: 1916
Nature: Adds. Contr: Louis Monks.
Refs: IB 58, 25 Mar 1916, 140

Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, HOUSES
Date: 1916
Nature: Labourers' cottages, for Wexford RDC.
Refs: IB 57, 28 Aug,15 Sep 1915, 385,406; 58, 22 Apr 1916, 187; Building News 110, 15 Mar 1916, 276

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HILL STREET, NO. 010
Date: 1917
Nature: New builidng, for Legg Brs, Grenville Saw Mills. Contr: Alex Straine.
Refs: IB 59, 26 May 1917, 259

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KING'S INNS STREET (& LOFTUS LANE), JAM FACTORY (WILLIAMS & WOODS)
Date: 1924
Nature: Conversion of stables, stores & garage into factory, new garage.
Refs: IB 66, 26 Jul 1924, 657