Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KERRY, TRALEE, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. KERRY, TRALEE, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1844a
Nature: new workhouse. Cost of building: £8,557. Cost of fittings &c.: £1,643. Accommodation for 1,000. First admissions 1 Feb 1844. New fever hospital building, including convalescent wards for 60 patients, in course of erection, May 1847.
Refs: Drawings (plans, sections and elevations) and specifications for convalescent wards in IAA Workhouse Drawings Collection, Acc. 85/138.74; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 246,263