Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CAVAN, CAVAN, UNION WORKHOUSE

Name: WILKINSON, GEORGE
Building: CO. CAVAN, CAVAN, UNION WORKHOUSE
Date: 1842A
Nature: New workhouse. Cost of building: £10500. cost of fittings &c.: £2000. Accommodation for 1200. Completed 26 Mar 1842. First admissions 17 Jun 1842.
Refs: Michael H. Gould, The Workhouses of Ulster (UAHS, 1983), 22; John O'Connor, The Workhouses of Ireland (1995), 260;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 258-9.