Dermot St. John Gogarty, RIAI, RIBA (5 September 1908 – 20 January 1985) was an Irish architect of Dublin and Galway active throughout mid-twentieth-century Ireland. He was the second son of

Oliver St. John Gogarty Oliver Joseph St. John Gogarty (17 August 1878 – 22 September 1957) was an Irish poet, author, otolaryngologist, athlete, politician, and well-known conversationalist. He served as the inspiration for Buck Mulligan in James Joyce's novel ...

Biography

Dermot St. John Michael Gogarty was born to Oliver St. John Gogarty and Martha Gogarty (née Duane) in Dublin in September 1908. He was educated at

Downside School Downside School is a co-educational Catholic independent boarding and day school in the English public school tradition for pupils aged 11 to 18. It is located between Bath, Frome, Wells and Bruton, and is attached to Downside Abbey. Originall ...

and

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

. He apprenticed under

Edwin Lutyens Sir Edwin Landseer Lutyens ( ; 29 March 1869 – 1 January 1944) was an English architect known for imaginatively adapting traditional architectural styles to the requirements of his era. He designed many English country houses, war memori ...

, and worked for Vincent Kelly. He established his practice in Dublin in 1936, and then moved to Galway in 1948. Gogarty had a keen interest in rowing throughout this life, stemming from his university days. In 1935, he married Carmel Esmonde, daughter of the late Irish nationalist MP John Esmonde, from whom he later divorced.Marriage Certificate. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/marriage_returns/marriages_1935/08946/5238284.pdf (accessed 14 February 2022) He died in Derby, England in 1985.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gogarty, Dermot St. John 1908 births 1985 deaths Architects from Dublin (city) Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge People educated at Downside School