BALLANTINE, ALEXANDER *

Proprietor of a stone, marble and chimneypiece warehouse in Dorset St Upper, Dublin, from the 1840s until the 1870s. Pettigrew & Oulton's Dublin Almnac for 1841 and the Post Office Dublin Directory for 1844 list Mssrs Ballantine & Kirwan, stone, marble and chimneypiece warerooms, at 125 Dorset St Upper, but in Pettigrew & Oulton's Directory for 1847 the name and address of the business are given as Alexander Ballantine, 126 Dorset Street Upper. Ballantine's address remained the same until at least 1858, and by 1857 a residence at Santry is also listed. By 1862 the business had expanded to include 139 Dorset Street Upper; this is given as the sole address in the 1874 and 1875 directories, by which time Ballantine had moved his residence to 1 Fairfield Terrace, Dundrum. He has disappeared from the directories by 1883. See also ROBERT BALLANTINE [1]. ROBERT BALLANTINE [1].

There were several other Ballantines engaged in the stonecutting and marble trades in Dublin in the nineteenth century. These include ROBERT BALLANTINE ROBERT BALLANTINE , senior and junior, DUNCAN BALLANTYNE DUNCAN BALLANTYNE , and Archibald Ballantine of 96 Dorset Street Lower, listed in the directories for 1874 and 1875.

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All information in this entry is from Pettigrew & Oulton's, Post Office and Thom's directories.

9 work entries listed in chronological order for BALLANTINE, ALEXANDER *

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Building:	CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HALSTON STREET, ST MICHAN'S CHURCH (RC)
Date:	1837p
Nature:	Marble monument to Rev. Patrick Coleman (d. 1837) in E porch with figure of Grief by Ballantine & Kirwan.
Refs:	Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 92.

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, SANTRY, CHURCH OF ST PAPPAN (CI)
Date:	1847
Nature:	Restoration of tomb of 2nd Lord Barry of Santry on instructions of Sir C.Domville
Refs:	B.W. Adams, Santry & Cloghran, 1883, pp.9-11

Building:	CO. CAVAN, BALLYMACHUGH, CHURCHOF ST PAUL (CI)
Date:	1861p
Nature:	Monument to Dora Maxwell (d. 1861) in form of neo-classical tablet.
Refs:	Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 173.

Building:	CO. LEITRIM, CARRICK-ON-SHANNON, CHURCH OF ST GEORGE (CI, KILTOGHART PARISH)
Date:	1868
Nature:	Monument erected in memory of late C.M. St George, Esq.
Refs:	IB 10, 15 Sep 1868, .229

Building:	CO. WEXFORD, NEW ROSS, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date:	?
Nature:	Memorial tablet to Rev. & Mrs Hinson.
Refs:	H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 36

Building:	CO. KILKENNY, GOWRAN, CHURCH OF ST MARY (CI)
Date:	?
Nature:	Memorial tablet to John Newell (d.1850).
Refs:	H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 36

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, NUN'S CROSS (ARKLOW), CHURCH (CI, KILLISKEY PARISH)
Date:	?
Nature:	Monument to Rev. John Fletcher (d. 1854).
Refs:	H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 36;  Patricia Butler, Nun's Cross Church, Co. Wicklow, and its treasures (2016), 146(illus.),149-150(illus.).

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, CASTLEKNOCK, CHURCH OF ST BRIGID (CI)
Date:	?
Nature:	Memorials to James Hamilton (d. 1863) and to Caroline Hamilton (d. 1845).
Refs:	H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 36

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, CASTLEKNOCK, CHURCH OF ST BRIGID (CI)
Date:	?
Nature:	Memorial to Rev. George O'Connell (d. 1842), signed 'A. Ballantine & Kirwan fecit'.
Refs:	H. Potterton, Irish Church Monuments 1570-1880 (UAHS, 1975), 36