Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Bricklayer and mason, of Dublin, active from 1786 or earlier until 1806 or later. Alexander McCulloch carried out 'bricklayer's work' and 'mason work' for Dublin Corporation from February 1786 until 1803, and the last of several payments to him was ordered by the Corporation in October 1806.(1) He may have died soon afterwards, as there is no further mention of him in the Corporation minutes. He may be the same person as the Alexander J. McCullagh of 3 Drogheda Street, Dublin, who was Master of the Guild of Bricklayers in 1776,(2) and is presumably the Alexander McCulloch who was elected one of the two representatives of Guild of Bricklayers on the Common Council of Dublin Corporation between 1787 and 1805,(3) and who, by 1799, and perhaps much earlier, was living at 163 Abbey Street.(4)

As is usual with large families of Dublin tradesmen, it is impossible to establish identities and relationships from secondary sources only. Alexander McCulloch[1] may have been the father of DAVID MCCULLOCH DAVID MCCULLOCH , who is recorded as living at 163 Abbey Street from 1807 to 1809 in Wilson's Dublin Directory for those years, and perhaps the grandfather of ALEXANDER MCCULLOCH[2] ALEXANDER MCCULLOCH[2] . Six persons named McCulloch (variously spelled) were admitted Freemen of the City of Dublin as members of the Guild of Bricklayers by virtue of Birth in the last quarter of the eighteenth century and first quarter of the nineteenth:(5) David McCulloh (Midsummer, 1789), William J. McCulloh (Michaelmas, 1791),(6) Alexander McCulloh (Christmas, 1792), James McCulloh (Christmas, 1802), John McCulloh (Michaelmas, 1819)(7) and Alexander McCullough (Michaelmas, 1819). Another James McCulloh was admitted by virtue of Service at Michaelmas 1792. Other McCullochs were admitted as members of the Guild of Plasterers:(8) a Hugh McCulloh, was admitted Freeman by virtue of Birth at Michaelmas 1792 and a Thomas McCullogh admitted by virtue of Service at Michaelmas 1798.

See also JAMES MCCULLAGH. JAMES MCCULLAGH.



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(1) See CARD XIV, 83,378,395,448,478; XV,39,104,124,153,215,273,324,487.
(2) Wilson's Dublin Directory (1776), ?.
(3) CARD XIV, 544,546,548; XV,533,535,537,539.
(4) Wilson's Dublin Directory for 1784 has 'Andrew McCullagh, Bricklayer' living at this address in 1784.
(5) 'An alphabetical list of the Freemen of the City of Dublin, 1774-1824', The Irish Ancestor XV (1983), Nos. 1 & 2, 84-87,90.
(6) William McCulloch carried out bricklayer's work for Dublin corporation in 1791, see CARD XIV, 224.
(7) John McCullough(sic), of Upper Dominick Street, was warden of the Guild of Bricklayers in 1824, master in 1826 and represented the Guild on the Common Council of Dublin in 1832, by which time he had moved to Dorset Street.(Information from Wilson's Dublin directories for these years).
(8) 'An alphabetical list', 85,86.; although the Guild of Bricklayers and Plasterers operated under a single charter, Freemen of the City were admitted as either Bricklayers or Plasterers.