Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, CASTLE HACKET

Name: O'CALLAGHAN & WEBB
Building: CO. GALWAY, CASTLE HACKET
Date: 1926-27
Nature: Reconstruction in Queen Anne Revival style of house burnt in 1923 involving addition of front porch and 2 canted bays on rere elevation. 9 bay, 2-storey. For Col. D.K. Bernard. Contractor: J. & P. Good. (Bence Jones says that house was rebuilt 1928-29 without one of its 18th cent. wings and top storey of centre block.)
Refs: Unsigned drawing, dated Oct 1926, in NA, OPW drawings collection (old ref. F.3.12); IB 69, 17 Sep 1927, 690; Mark Bence-Jones, Burke’s Guide to Country Houses. Volume I, Ireland. (London, 1978), 70