Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Dublin. George Francis Beckett, who was born on 15 April 1877, was the fourth son of JAMES BECKETT JAMES BECKETT , founder of the Dublin Master Builders' Association, and his wife, Frances (née Horner).(1) The account of 'Our President' in the AAI Green Book for 1919 describes his early enthusiasm for architecture: 'There was never a time in his recollection when he did not want to be an Architect. During the erection of the National Library and Museum, Beckett, then a boy, resided with his parents at No. 7 Kildare Street, adjoining the site of these buildings which were surrounded by a forest of scaffolding. [Beckett] soon discovered that it was possible to reach this scaffolding…on the way to the bedroom he occupied through, what he and his brothers called "the hole in the wall"; and on moonlight nights he was often engaged in a surreptitious inspection of Sir Thomas Deane's work, when his fond parents believed him to be wrapped in innocent slumber. One can picture him wandering over the scaffolding - an embryo architect.' Beckett was educated at Rathmines School, Dublin, before spending four years as a pupil of JAMES FRANKLIN FULLER JAMES FRANKLIN FULLER ; he then joined the office of Thomas Worthington & Son of Manchester. A fellow pupil in Worthington's office was the English architect John Harold Gibbons, with whom he went on a sketching tour in France and Italy. He returned to Dublin in 1897 and established an office at 97 Stephen's Green. In September 1919 he took CYRIL ASHLIN HARRINGTON  CYRIL ASHLIN HARRINGTON into partnership. The firm of BECKETT & BECKETT & amp; HARRINGTON  HARRINGTON continued to practise from the same address until circa 1973. Beckett himself retired from the partnership in 1950,(2) and died on 21 November 1961.(3)   He was buried in Dean's Grange cemetery.(4)

As an architect, according to his obituarist in the RIAI Year Book, Beckett was chiefly interested in ecclesiastical, domestic and industrial design and was probably at his happiest working on churches, of which he designed several for Methodist congregations. Much of his energy was taken up with the work of the Civics Institute of Ireland, which he joined at its annual general meeting on 21 May 1921, when he was elected to its Town Planning Section Committee. He was particularly concerned with the provision of children's public playgrounds and the problems of slum clearance. In 1923 he was appointed chairman of the organizing committee for the Dublin Civic Survey, which was published in in 1925. He served on the executive committee of the Civics Institute from 1923 until 1959, was honorary secretary from 1939-41 and vice-president from 1941 to 1953.(4)

Beckett married on 9 June 1902 Edith Alice, daughter of the Rev. J.O. Park, D.D.(5) He was survived by two daughters, Mrs D. Thorpe and Mrs Ormonde McConnell,(6) and a son, Donald P. Beckett, FRVSI, all of whom lived abroad.

RIAI:(7) elected member 6 Feb 1905, proposed by WILLIAM KAYE PARRY WILLIAM KAYE PARRY , seconded by JAMES FRANKLIN. FULLER  JAMES FRANKLIN. FULLER and CHARLES HERBERT ASHWORTH CHARLES HERBERT ASHWORTH ;(8) elected fellow, 1915; member of council, 1918-1920, 1926-1930; hon. sec., 1922-1924; vice-president 1928-1929; president 1932-1933, 1933-1934; member of Town Planning Committee 1927-1930,1937-1942.
AAI:(9) member, 1900; hon. secretary, 1901-1903; vice-president 1904-1906; first recipient of Downes Bronze Medal for measured drawings, 1906; member of council 1906-1911, 1913-1915, 1917-1919; president 1909-1910, 1919-1920; hon. treasurer 1915-1917.

Home addresses:(10) Fernhill, Carrickbrack Road, Baily, Howth, 1915; 8 Sydenham Villas, Putland Road, Bray, <=1918->=1927; Caragh, Gordon Avenue, Foxrock, <=1930-1947;(11)  73 Lansdowne Road, Ballsbridge, <=1955->=1956.

See WORKS & BIBLIOGRAPHY BIBLIOGRAPHY . See also works of BECKETT & BECKETT & amp; HARRINGTON. HARRINGTON.



References

All information in this entry not otherwise accounted for is from the articles on Beckett in AAI Green Book (1919), 9-12, and JRIAI (1932), 5, both of which are illustrated with portrait photographs, from the obituary in RIAI Year Book (1962), 41, and from the entry by Helen Andrews in Dictionary of Irish Biography, ed. by James McGuire and James Quinn, 9 vols. (Cambridge University Press, 2009), I, 399-400. Other photographs are in IB 69, 15 Oct 1927, 759; 74, 10 Sep 1932, 810; AJ 75, 29 Jun 1932, 75; 'Architecture Yesterday and Today', supplement to Irish Times, 21 Jun 1939, 28. He also appears in a group photograph of visitors present at the opening of Wesley Colleg War Memorial Chapel, in Weekly Irish Times, 9 Apr 1927; om another of members of the AAI circa 1900 reproduced in IB 69, 15 Oct 1927, 759, and in another of members of council of the RIAI in IB 74, 27 Feb 1932, 200.


(1) www.fasmilysearch.org.
(2) IB 92, 5 Aug 1950, 832.
(3) Irish Times, 22 Nov 1961; IB 103, 9 Dec 1961, 976.
(4) Information on Beckett's role in the Civics Institute is from Mary Clark, Dublin City Archives, where the records of the Civics Institute are now (1996) deposited.
(5) GRO? (information from Helen Andrews).
(6) For information on her career as a missionary in Haiti, see Helen Andrews, loc. cit., above.
(7) From JRIAI (1916), 9; 1932, 1,5; 1933, 1 1962, 18, unless otherwise stated.
(8) Handwritten list of 'New Members elected during the present Year' appended to list of RIAI members for 1905 in RIAI archives
(9) Information from IAA Green Books; for award of Downes Bronze Medal see also IB 48, 16 Jun1906, 477; 49, 20 Apr 1907, 294.
(10) From Thom's directories.
(11) Proposed design for this house was submitted to Dublin Board of Public Health, Aug 1927 (Fingal County Council, Public Health Housing Collection, no. 719).


69 work entries listed in chronological order for BECKETT, GEORGE FRANCIS


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Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BLACKHALL PLACE, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1898
Nature: Alterations. Cost: £800. For Viscount Dillon?
Refs: IAA, PKS 0784 and A08 (Jun 1898)

Building: CO. KILDARE, CURRAGH CAMP, WESLEYAN SOLDIERS' HOME
Date: 1899
Nature: Alts & adds.Contr: Collen Bros.
Refs: IB 41, 15 Nov 1899, 191

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOLPHINS BARN, METHODIST CHURCH & SCHOOL
Date: 1899-1901
Nature: New.  School begun first.  Memorial stones of church laid, 15 Jun 1901.  Plan of church  'provides an octagonal clerestorey, carried on arches, the lower storey projecting out in the form of angular recesses in each bay of the octagon'. Seats arranged in a 'somewhat amphitheatrical fashion'. External appearance'of a character imitative of Northern Italian work'.  Opened, 9 May 1902.  Contractors: P. Hanway (school); John Pemberton(church).  Total outlay estimated at £4,500.
Refs: IB 41, 15 Nov 1899, 191; 42, 1 Feb,15 Jun 1900, 268,390; 43, 20 Jun,19 Dec 1901, 767,972,974(illus.); B 59, 2 Jun 1900, ?;  Irish Times, 17 Jun 1901, 9 May 1902;   Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 668.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, O'CONNELL STREET LOWER, NO. 007 (DUBLIN BREAD CO.)
Date: 1900ca
Nature: New premises.
Refs: IB 42, 1 Feb 1900, 268; IB 93, 26 May 1951, 544 (photo); B 59, 19 Jan 1901, ?

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SUTTON, HOUSES (002)
Date: 1901
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 43, 5 Dec 1901, 962

Building: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, METHODIST CHURCH & LECTURE HALL
Date: 1901-1902
Nature: New. Contractor: Day, Roscrea
Refs: IB 43, 5,19 Dec 1901, 968,974; 44, 27 Feb 1902, 1060

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ABBEY STREET LOWER, NO. 008½, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1901-1902
Nature: Rebuilding of church of 1820. New front elevation 'a busy nondescript mish-mash of nine bays, with four tiers of various window types and advanced curved-topped ends' (Casey).  Dedicated 5 Sep 1902.  Contr: Thompson & Son, Belfast. Cost: £5,188.  Dedicated 5 Sep 1902.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0832 and A08 (May 1901); IB 43, 6 Jun,12 Sep 1901, 752,860; 22 May 1902, 1262;  Irish Times, 6 Sep 1902;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),137.

Building: CO. WEXFORD, WEXFORD, TECHNICAL SCHOOL (PROPOSED)
Date: 1902
Nature: Unsuccessful competition entrant.
Refs: IB 44, 18 Dec 1902, 1518, 1528(illus.).

Building: CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, PERY SQUARE, CARNEGIE LIBRARY
Date: 1903
Nature: Won competition for designing proposed library and museum, but design of G.P. Sheridan, placed second, built
Refs: IB 44, 7 May,13 Aug,24 Sep 1903, 1907,1750,1996; 49, 27 Jul 1907, 537; Building News 85, 28 Aug 1903, 273; B 85, 29 Aug 1903, 228

Building: CO. KILDARE, CURRAGH CAMP, METHODIST MANSE (PROPOSED)
Date: 1903
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting same for Army & Navy Committee of Methodist Church in Ireland. Surveyor: S.H. Bolton. All tenders too high, so project abandoned.
Refs: Irish Times, 13 Jan 1903; IB 44, 15 Jan,9 Apr 1903, 1556,1576,1702; B 61, 17 Jan 1903, 76

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SUTTON, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1903-04
Nature: New church to seat 200. Limestone.. Foundations laid by Sep 1903. Formally dedicated, 23 Jan 1904. Entire cost: £1,150. Builder: James Beckett.
Refs: IB 44, 10 Sep 1903, 1959; B 61, 19 Sep 1903, 300;  Irish Times, 25 Jan 1904.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUN LAOGHAIRE, NORTHUMBERLAND AVENUE, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1903-4; 1957
Nature: New church in Early English style occupying site of existing church (1836) and adjacent house. To cost  about £4,500 when completed. Actual cost: £5,300, including much-needed alteration in schoolhouse and cost of organ.  7 foundation stones laid, 31 Oct 1903.  Built, 1903-4.  Dedicated, 7 Oct 1904. Contractors: J. & P. Good.  (Extended 1957.)
Refs: IB 44, 21 May 1903, 1760(illus.); 99, 29 Jun 1957, 509;  Irish Times, 30 Oct,2 Nov 1903, 8 Oct 1904;   B 61, 7 Nov 1903, ?

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, IRISHTOWN ROAD (RINGSEND), METHODIST CHURCH & SCHOOLS
Date: 1904
Nature: New. Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 46, 2 Jul 1904, 430.

Building: CO. LAOIS, PORTARLINGTON, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1904
Nature: New church. Contractor: J. & R. Thompson
Refs: IB 46. 27 Feb 1904, 122

Building: CO. ROSCOMMON, ROSCOMMON, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1904?
Nature:

New church. In course of erection, Jun 1904.

Refs: IB 46, 18 Jun 1904, 386(date & ref. may be incorrect)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, WHITECHURCH, PINE FOREST, LARCH HILL
Date: 1906
Nature: Opened after conversion to private sanatorium for consumptives. Contractor: G.F. Dunn, Camden Street.
Refs: IB 48, 25 Aug 1906, 688.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, NASSAU PLACE, NO. 017 (CANTRELL & COCHRANE)
Date: 1906
Nature: Extension and enlargement of factory.  Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 48, 25 Aug 1906, 688.

Building: CO. CAVAN, KINGSCOURT, HOUSE
Date: 1906?
Nature: New house for J.H. Nicholls just built. Contr: Charles Piggott, Kells
Refs: IB 48, 25 Aug 1906, 688.

Building: ENGLAND, HOVE (SUSSEX), LIBRARY
Date: 1907
Nature: Unsuccessful competition entry
Refs: IB 49, 12 Jan 1907, 34(illus.)

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, ANNE STREET SOUTH, NO. 027
Date: 1907
Nature: Improvements & renovation in progress. Contractor: R.E. Mellon, Rathgar.
Refs: IB 49, 18 May 1907, 361.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, STEPHEN STREET, NO. 063-67 (MSSRS. BOOTH)
Date: 1907-1908
Nature: Alterations and adds. to shop for Mssrs. Booth. Work to start early 1908. Contrs: J. & R. Thompson.
Refs: IB 49, 23 Feb,16 Nov 1907, 136,797; 50, 13 Jun 1908, 373; 51, 6 Mar 1909, 138(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, CARYSFORT AVENUE, MEATH INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL FOR BOYS
Date: 1907-1909
Nature: Alterations & additions;  increased sanitary and dormitory accommodation.  Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IAA, PKS B21/36 and A08 (Oct 1908); drawings for additions to main block, 1909, in OPW drawings coll.; design for proposed additions exh. RHA 1909, no. 303; IB 49, 24 Aug, 16 Nov 1907, 593, 797; 50, 14 Nov 1908, 708;  Irish Times, 26 Oct 1907..

Building: CO. KERRY, KILLARNEY, METHODIST CHURCH & MANSE
Date: 1907-1912
Nature: New church built of local green stone and Cork limestone. Builder: Sisk, Cork.
Refs: RHA 1910, no. 352; IB 49, 18 May 1907, 361; 51, 18 Sep 1909, 597; 54, 11 May 1912, 278(illus.); 55, 18 Jan 1913(illus.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1907?;1910
Nature: Adds. and new recreation hall being carried out, 1907?. Contractor: James Beckett.  Water tower, 1910.
Refs: Drawings for water tower, 1910, in IAA, Beckett & Harrington Collection, Acc. no. 2004/93.24;  IB 49, 16 Nov 1907, 797.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOWTH, BARREN HILL, HOUSE (LINDLEY?)
Date: 1908
Nature: New house, for J.E. Oliver in course of erection.  Contractor: J. & R. Thompson.
Refs: IB 50, 22 Aug 1908, illus. between pp. 516 and 517.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BACHELOR'S WALK, NO. 010-12 (JAMES HILL)
Date: 1908
Nature: Alterations in progress, Jun 1908.. Contr: J. & W. Stewart
Refs: IB 50, 7 Mar,13 Jun 1908, 149,373

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOWTH, BARREN HILL, HOUSE (VALLIMA?)
Date: 1908
Nature: New house, for Harold Lumley in course of erection. Contractor: J. & R. Thompson.
Refs: IB 50, 22 Aug 1908, 516, illus. between pp. 516 & 517.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HOWTH, ST FINTAN'S, HOUSES (004)
Date: 1908
Nature: Estimates received for building 4 houses, and work to begin shortly.
Refs: IB 50, 25 Jan 1908, 53.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, VICTORIA HOUSE
Date: 1908
Nature: GFB preparew plans and specifications for gate lodge for W. Booth, JP.
Refs: IB 50, 25 Jul 1908, 456; RHA 1909, no. 294.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CHURCH STREET, ST MICHAN'S CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1908
Nature: Repairs to roof. Contractor: Thos Dockrell Sons & Co.
Refs: IB 50, 31 Oct 1908, 669

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HAWKINS STREET, NO. 018
Date: 1908
Nature: Tenders received for carrying out alterations for formation of shop, for Irish Church Misssions.
Refs: IB 50, 31 Oct 1908, 671.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUN LAOGHAIRE, YORK ROAD, BIRDS' NEST CHILDREN'S HOME
Date: 1908-9
Nature: Observation cottage in grounds, 'just completed', dedicated 5 Feb 1909.  Designed by GFB, honorary architect to institution.
Refs: Irish Times, 6 Feb 1909.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ASHGROVE AVENUE (SANDYMOUNT), METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1908;1915
Nature: New organ (by August Jern, London), 1908. Renovation of front, including removal of pinnacles (Contr: J.F. Keatinge), 1915.
Refs: IB 50, 31 Oct 1908, 669; 57, 16 Jan 1915, 26(illus.).

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUNDRUM, MANOR MILL LAUNDRY
Date: 1909
Nature: Proposed additions, for Mssrs. Edmundson.  Subject of complaints by local residents.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 27 Jul 1909;  Irish Times, 27 Jul 1900.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, HOUSES
Date: 1909
Nature: New houses being erected by James Booth. Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 51, 2 Oct 1909, 629.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BRIGHTON ROAD (RATHGAR), METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1909
Nature: Improvements, including ventilation, new pulpit and electric lighting   Re-opening services held, 10 Oct 1909..
Refs: Irish Times, 14 Oct 1909;   IB 51, 30 Oct 1909, 693.

Building: CO. CAVAN, CABRA CASTLE (KINGSCOURT)
Date: 1909
Nature: Tenders invited for restoration of stables after fire for Mr J.O. Pratt.
Refs: IB 51, 15 May 1909, 310

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, ELTON PARK, HOUSE
Date: 1910
Nature: New bungalow in course of erection.
Refs: IB 52, 12 Nov 1910, 704.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, HOUSE
Date: 1910
Nature: New villa for Rev. P.E. Donovan. Contr: J. Moore, Longwood Ave.
Refs: IB 52, 12 Nov 1910, 703.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, HOUSES (002)
Date: 1910
Nature: Design for pair of houses exh. RHA.
Refs: RHA 1910, no. 351

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, NASHVILLE PARK (HOWTH), SELMA
Date: 1910-11
Nature: New bungalow, for Robert Henry King, AMICE. Contr: Lacy.
Refs: IB 52, 12 Nov 1910, 703; 53, 15 Apr 1911, 246.

Building: CO. CAVAN, BAILIEBOROUGH, MAIN STREET, COURT HOUSE
Date: 1910ca
Nature: Remodelling of large courtroom with flat coffered ceiling.
Refs: Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 149.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BAILY (HOWTH), HOUSE (WESTON?)
Date: 1911
Nature: New house, for R.H. Kenny.
Refs: IB 53, 15 Apr 1911, 246; 54, 3 Feb 1912, 81

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BAILY (HOWTH), HOUSE (GORSE HILL?)
Date: 1911
Nature: New house,  for W.H. De Courcy, BL. Contr: T.McMillen.
Refs: IB 53, 15 Apr 1911, 246; 54, 3 Feb 1912, 81

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, KILDARE STREET, NO. 044
Date: 1911
Nature: Alterations for Walter Conan. Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 53, 15 Apr 1911, 246.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BAILY (HOWTH), HOUSE (DANESFORT?)
Date: 1911
Nature: New house for Mrs Etlinger. Contract given to Collen Bros, East Wall.
Refs: IB 53, 10 Jun 1911, 398

Building: CO. DUBLIN, WOODBROOK (SHANKILL)
Date: 1911
Nature: Sports building in grounds, for Stanley Cochrane. Contractor: James Beckett, Ringsend Road, Dublin. Steelwork: Smith & Pearson, Dawson St.
Refs: IB 53, 30 Sep,3 Dec 1911, 661,849

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, STRAND ROAD (SANDYMOUNT) NO. 169
Date: 1912
Nature: Alterations. Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 54, 2 Mar 1912, 141

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, GRAFTON STREET, NO. 043 (GRAFTON MOTOR CO)
Date: 1912
Nature: Refronting and other alts. Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 54, 25 May 1912, 319

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, NASSAU STREET, NO. 002
Date: 1912
Nature: Shop front for Mssrs. Sharpley, drapers, with 2 'circular' windows filled with 'bent' plate glass. Contr: James Beckett.
Refs: IB 54, 14 Sep 1912, 535

Building: CO. CAVAN, CABRA CASTLE (KINGSCOURT)
Date: 1912
Nature: Steward's house, for Capt. Mervyn Pratt. Contr: Andrew Doyle, Kells
Refs: IB 54, 20 Jan 1912, 52

Building: CO. CAVAN, BAILIEBOROUGH, HOUSE
Date: 1912
Nature: Tenders invited for erecting new house.
Refs: IB 54, 26 Oct 1912, 611

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, BISHOP STREET, W. & R. JACOB & CO.
Date: 1912
Nature: 3-storey offices in progress.  Being built on site of Nos. 1-4 Peter's Row.  Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 54, 26 Oct 1912, 611

Building: CO. WICKLOW, NEWCASTLE, SWEETBANK
Date: 1912
Nature: Restoration of old mansion for Rev. J.W. Johnston, including new roof, windows, doors, staircases, grates and mantels, pebbledashing of exterior and new additions. Contr: Archer Bros, Greystones
Refs: IB 54, 8 Jun,3 Aug 1912, 341,458; IB 54, 8 Jun,3 Aug 1912, 341,458

Building: CO. KILKENNY, CASTLECOMER HOUSE
Date: 1912-13
Nature: Reconstruction; new entrance and gate lodge nearing completion, for R.H. Prior-Wandesford, DL. Contractor: James Mulhall, Castlecomer. Cost 'some £1,600'.
Refs: IAA, PKS 0951, B21/80, A09 (Jul 1912); IB 54, 6 Jan 1912, 17

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 094 (WESLEY COLLEGE)
Date: 1913
Nature: Proposed 2-storey addition with flat roof.
Refs: IB 55, 19 Jul 1913, 475

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HERBERT PARK, HOUSE
Date: 1913
Nature: Tenders invited for erection of same.
Refs: IB 55, 1 Feb 1913, 84.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, HOUSES (002)
Date: 1914
Nature: New.
Refs: IB 56, 14 Feb 1914, 90

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DALKEY, SORRENTO ROAD, HOUSES
Date: 1914
Nature: New houses. Contr: James Beckett
Refs: IB 56, 14 Feb 1914, 90(plan & photo.)

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, TOWN PLAN
Date: 1914-1916
Nature: Entrant with Joseph A. Geoghegan in the international 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, DUBLIN, COOMBE, NO. 118-119 (JACOB & CO.)
Date: 1915
Nature: New single-storey addition.
Refs: IB 57, 8 May 1915, 221.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CARRICKBRACK ROAD (HOWTH), PAUMANOK
Date: 1915
Nature: Bungalow built by Robert Henry King, BAI. Contr: Lacy, Howth
Refs: IB 57, 27 Feb 1915, 95(photo in supplement))

Building: CO. LOUTH, DUNDALK, JOCELYN STREET, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1916
Nature: Tenders invited for carrying out repairs and improvements, Apr 1916.
Refs: IB 58, 8 Apr 1916, 165.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, SACKVILLE PLACE, NO. 012 (CORRIGAN & WILSON)
Date: 1917
Nature: Rebuilding. Contractors: Farmer Bros.
Refs: Building News 112, 7 Feb 1917, 132.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, FOXROCK, GORDON AVENUE, CARAGH
Date: 1927
Nature: New house for - and probably designed by - GFB. Proposed design submitted to Dublin Board of Public Health, Aug 1927.
Refs: Fingal County Council, Public Health Housing Collection, no. 719.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, ST STEPHEN'S GREEN, NO. 094 (WESLEY COLLEGE)
Date: 1927
Nature: War memorial chapel in grounds, opened and dedicated, 2 Apr 1927. Irish Romanesque. E window ('Faithful until death') by A.E. Child.  Contractor:J.F. Keatinge & Sons. (Demolished in 1970s; window given to Methodist College, Belfast.)

Refs: Irish Times, 4,21 Apr 1927 (illus.);  Weekly Irish Times, 9 Apr 1927, has photograph of group of people including GFB on steps in front of chapel at opening ceremony.

Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, IRISHTOWN ROAD (RINGSEND), METHODIST CHURCH & SCHOOLS
Date: 1931-32
Nature:  Tenders invited for erecting hall, Oct 1931.  Hall opened, 28 May 1932.
Refs:  Irish Times, 15 Oct 1931.

Building: HAITI, PORT-AU-PRINCE, METHODIST CHURCH
Date: 1954
Nature: New church opened 1954 in Port-au-Prince where his daughter Primrose and her husband, the Rev. H. Ormonde McConnell were missionaries.
Refs: Entry by Helen Andrews in Dictionary of Irish Biography, ed. by James McGuire and James Quinn, 9 vols. (Cambridge University Press, 2009), I, 400.

Author Title Date Details
Beckett, George Francis [President's inaugural address to AAI] 1909 IB 51, 30 Oct 1909, 679.
Beckett, George Francis [President's valedictory address to AAI] 1910 IB 52, 11 Jun 1910, 366.
Beckett, George Francis [President's inaugural address to AAI.] 1919 IB 61, 8 Nov 1919, 498.
Beckett, George Francis 'Reconstruction of Greater Dublin'
1922 Letter to Irish Times, 13 Dec 1922.
Beckett, George Francis 'Ideal Town Planning' 1931 IB 73, 7 Nov 1931, 964. (Address to Dublin Rotary Club)
Beckett, George Francis 'The Architect and the Public' 1932 JRIAI (1932), 7; IB 74, 13 Feb 1932, 138. (President's inaugural address to RIAI.)
Beckett, George Francis 'Architects and regional planning' 1932 IB 74, 10 Sep 1932, 810.
Beckett, George Francis 'A word from the President' 1933 JRIAI (1933), 7.
Beckett, George Francis 'A word from the President' 1934 JRIAI (1934), 6.
Beckett, George Francis 'The New Year: a plea for co-operation' 1938 IB 80, 8 Jan 1938, 17.
Beckett, George Francis 'Impressions of recent factory development in Ireland' 1939 'Architecture Yesterday and Today', supplement to Irish Times, 21 Jun 1939, ?.
Beckett, George Francis 'Experiences' 1955 AAI Green Book (1955), 77-80.
Cooney, D.a.l. 'A Dublin architect: George F. Beckett' 2006 Dublin Historical Record 59, No. 1 (Spring, 2006), 47-64.