Malton, James
Malton, James (c.1765–1803), architectural draughtsman, was probably born in London; nothing is known of his mother. His life is often confused with those of his father, Thomas Malton senior (c.1726–1801), and his brother, Thomas junior (c.1748–1804),…...
Malton, Thomas
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Manning, Robert
Manning, Robert (1816–97), surveyor and civil engineer, was born 22 October 1816 in Avincourt, Normandy, France, third of eight children of William Manning (1783–1826) of Knocknamohil, Co. Wicklow, a lieutenant in the Wicklow militia who fought in the USA, in the Peninsular war, and…...
McCarthy, Charles James (C. J. )
McCarthy, Charles James (C. J. ) (1858–1947), architect, was born on 8 December 1858 in Dublin, the only son of four children of James Joseph McCarthy (qv), architect, and his wife Agnes Mary (née Byrne; 1819–85). Charles served…...
McCarthy, James Joseph
McCarthy, James Joseph (1817–82), architect and nationalist, was born 6 January 1817 in Dublin, son of Charles McCarthy, possibly of Co. Kerry, whose family circumstances, like much of James's early life, remain obscure. The McCarthys appear to have been poor, having an address at…...
McCormick, Liam
McCormick, Liam (1916–96), architect, was born William Henry Dunleavy McCormick on 24 October 1916 at 25 Clarendon St., Derry city, son of Hugh McCormick, a prosperous dentist, and Mary Christina McCormick (née Breslin). His parents came from prominent, prosperous catholic…...
McGrath, Raymond Herbert
McGrath, Raymond Herbert (1903–77), architect, was born 7 March 1903 in Gladesville, near Sydney, Australia, second child among two sons and one daughter of Herbert Edgar McGrath, hospital clerk, and Edith Mary McGrath (née Sorrell). He had Irish ancestry on both sides of his…...
McGregor, John James
McGregor, John James (c.1773–1834), historian and topographer, was born 24 February c.1773 in Limerick city, the seventh son and youngest of seventeen children (many of whom did not survive to adulthood) of John McGregor (d. 1796), native of Scotland, probably by…...
Merne, Oscar James
Merne, Oscar James (1943–2013), ornithologist and conservationist, was born on 6 November 1943 in Dublin to Oscar Sean Merne, a bank official, and Madeline Mary (née Patten). He was the middle child between two sisters, Morna (b. 1942) and Cloida (b. 1947). He attended school at the…...
Mitchell, George Francis (‘Frank’)
Mitchell, George Francis (‘Frank’) (1912–97), environmental historian, archaeologist, geologist, and educator, was born 15 October 1912 in Dublin, younger son of David William Mitchell, owner of a Dublin ironmongery and furniture business, and Francis Elizabeth Mitchell (née Kirby). His…...
Montgomery, Niall (Thomas Neil)
Montgomery, Niall (Thomas Neil) (1915–87), architect, poet, literary critic, and artist, was born 24 June 1915 in a nursing home at 54 Upper Mount Street, Dublin, elder son among two sons and one daughter of James Montgomery (qv), an…...
Morrison, Sir Richard
Morrison, Sir Richard (1767–1849), architect, was born probably in Co. Cork, where his father, John Morrison, practised as an architect of some pretensions. Frederick Augustus Hervey (qv), bishop of Cloyne and future earl…...
Morrison, William Vitruvius
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Mulholland, Roger
Mulholland, Roger (1740–1818), architect and property developer, was born in the diocese of Derry. Nothing is known of his background, but on 31 January 1770 he married Jane Russell in Belfast; she was probably related to a John Russell, whose name appears along with Mulholland's…...
Mulvany, John Skipton
Mulvany, John Skipton (1813–70), architect, was probably born in Dublin, fourth son of Thomas James Mulvany (qv), painter, biographer, and founder member of the Royal Hibernian Academy, and his wife, Mary (1779–1865), daughter of Dr…...
Murphy, James Cavanah (Cavanagh)
Murphy, James Cavanah (Cavanagh) (c.1760–1814), artist, topographer, and architect, was a native of Blackrock, Co. Cork. He is known as ‘James Murphy architect’ in his published works and it is not clear when ‘Cavanah/Cavanagh’ was inserted into his name. His parentage is…...
Neilson, John
Neilson, John (c.1770–1827), United Irishman and architect, was born about 1770 in Ballycarry, Co. Antrim, one of the four sons and two daughters of a man local to Ballycarry, though his mother (née Hefferman or Havern) came from Belfast. He was apprenticed to Hunter, the…...
Neville, Parke
Neville, Parke (1812–86), civil engineer, architect, and land surveyor, was born in Dublin, son of Arthur Neville, engineer and surveyor; his mother's name is not known. The Neville family had been associated with engineering and surveying in Ireland for at least four generations. His…...
O'Callaghan, John Joseph
O'Callaghan, John Joseph (c.1838–1905), architect, was born in Co. Cork. As a youth he received his first architectural training from John Benson (qv), the county surveyor, before becoming a clerk in the office of…...
O'Callaghan, Lucius
O'Callaghan, Lucius (1877–1954), architect, was born 18 August 1877 at 31 Harcourt St., Dublin, the second eldest of six sons and two daughters of John Joseph O'Callaghan (qv), architect, and his wife Eva. He was educated at the…...
O'Connor, Deirdre
O'Connor, Deirdre (1951–99), architect, was born 25 September 1951 at Ranelagh, Dublin, eldest among five children of Brendan O'Connor (d. 1964), engineer, originally from Mostrim, Co. Leitrim, and Sheelagh O'Connor (neé McManus). After the death of her father, when Deirdre was 13,…...
O'Rourke, Horace Tennyson
O'Rourke, Horace Tennyson (1880–1963), architect and town planner, was born 21 March 1880 in the family home at 34 Richmond Place North, Dublin, son of Francis P. O'Rourke, an accountant from ‘a noted professional family’, and Martha O'Rourke (née Rafferty). Horace's name on his…...
Orpen, Richard Francis Caulfeild
Orpen, Richard Francis Caulfeild (1863–1938), architect and painter, was born 24 December 1863, the eldest of four sons and two daughters of Arthur Herbert Orpen, a solicitor, of Oriel, Blackrock, Co. Dublin, and Anne Orpen (née Caulfeild), daughter of Revd Charles Caulfeild (1804–62),…...
Osborne, Richard Boyse
Osborne, Richard Boyse (1815–1900), civil engineer and urban planner, was born 3 November 1815 in London, eldest son of Richard Boyse Osborne of Graige, Bannow, Co. Wexford, and his wife Lucinda, daughter of John Humphrey (or Humfrey) of Killerig, Co. Carlow. Childhood details are…...
Pain, James
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