Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Carpenter, of Tralee, Co. Kerry, who in the 1780s designed and built Tralee old gaol, described by the Rev. Daniel Beaufort in 1788 as 'very ill-contrived'.(1)  The Looby family of Tralee, may have been connected with THOMAS LOOBY  THOMAS LOOBY of Co. Tipperary.(2)

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(1) Journal of the Rev. D.A. Beaufort, August 1788.
(2) It has been suggested by Helen Barton, of Melbourne, Australia, a descendant of Thomas Looby, (Nov 2014) that the carpenter in question may have been John Looby, who was possibly the father of Thomas Looby.


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Building: CO. KERRY, TRALEE, COUNTY GAOL (OLD)
Date: 1788
Nature: .'The new Jail now building seems very ill-contrived. The staircases of Timber - the lower rooms dungons with little light or air too large for one too small for many - no communication between the Jailer house and the Jail. The windows of the cells open to the street. Yet Mr J[?} has approved this plan of Mr Looby a Carpenter who built it by contract.'
Refs: Journal of the Rev. D.A. Beaufort, August 1788