Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, CLIFDEN, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. GALWAY, CLIFDEN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1847a
Nature: New workhouse.. Cost of building: £3,600. Cost of fitments: £900. Accommodation for 300. First admissions 8 Mar 1847.
Refs: Drawings in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.19 (not available for consultation on account of extremely fragile condition); John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 260

Name: PERRY, JAMES
Building: CO. GALWAY, CLIFDEN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1900
Nature: Imps. Contractor: McWilliams.
Refs: IB 42, 1 Jan 1900, 226

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. GALWAY, CLIFDEN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1929
Nature: Tenders invited for demolition of portion of workhouse and converting remainder into 6 houses, Jun 1929.  For Irish Sailors' and Soldiers' Land Trust. (Architect probably William James Brown, architect to the Trust.)
Refs: Irish Times, 27 Jun 1929.