John Joseph O'Callaghan (1838 – 2 November 1905) was an Irish architect who designed buildings in both England and Ireland.

Life

O'Callaghan was born in

County Cork County Cork ( ga, Contae Chorcaí) is the largest and the southernmost county of Ireland, named after the city of Cork, the state's second-largest city. It is in the province of Munster and the Southern Region. Its largest market towns are ...

, Ireland. After training in Cork he came to Dublin to join the practice of

Thomas Newenham Deane Sir Thomas Newenham Deane (1828 – 8 November 1899) was an Irish architect, the son of Sir Thomas Deane and Eliza Newenham, and the father of Sir Thomas Manly Deane. His father and son were also architects. Works attributed to Thomas Newen ...

and

Benjamin Woodward Benjamin Woodward (16 November 1816 – 15 May 1861) was an Irish architect who, in partnership with Sir Thomas Newenham Deane, designed a number of buildings in Dublin, Cork and Oxford. Life Woodward was born in Tullamore, County Offaly, Irela ...

. In 1856 he was sent as clerk of works to

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where he had the opportunity of studying mediaeval architecture. He became an advocate of the Gothic style. He remained with Deane and Woodford until he set up his own business in Merrion Row in Dublin in 1871. He was elected first president of the

Architectural Association of Ireland The Architectural Association of Ireland is an organisation dedicated to Architecture of Ireland, architecture in Ireland. It is not a professional accredited organisation but is open to all. Its activities include the organisation of a public lec ...

in 1872.

Select works

* Dolphin House, Essex Street, Dublin * Tickell Memorial Fountain, Eadestown, County Kildare * The Glimmer Man pub,

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, Dublin * Lafayette Building, corner of

Westmoreland Street Westmoreland Street is a street on the Southside, Dublin, Southside of Dublin. It is currently a one-way street. It carries a segment of the R138 road (Ireland), R138 road for northbound traffic; nearby D'Olier Street carries southbound traf ...

and

D'Olier Street D'Olier Street ( ) is a street in the southern city-centre of Dublin, the capital of Ireland. It and Westmoreland Street are two broad streets whose northern ends meet at the southern end of O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey. Its southern e ...

, Dublin * The

O'Brien Institute The O'Brien Institute is a building complex in Marino, Dublin, Ireland. Built in 1880–1883 as an orphan home and school, the purchase of the land, and building costs, were financed by a trust that was founded by the will of Bridget O'Brien ...

, Marino, County Dublin * St Brigid's Church,

Clara, County Offaly Clara () is a town on the River Brosna in County Offaly and is the 10th largest town in the midlands of Ireland. The town had a population of 3,336 as of the 2016 census. Clara's local services include churches, banks, credit union, schools, ...

* St Joseph's Church,

Mountmellick Mountmellick or Mountmellic () is a town in the north of County Laois, Ireland. It lies on the N80 national secondary road and the R422 and R423 regional roads. Name ''Mountmellick'', sometimes spelt ''Montmellick'' or ''Montmellic'', is a ...

, County Laois * St Mary's Church, Haddington Road, Dublin * St Raphael's College,

Loughrea Loughrea ( ; ) is a town in County Galway, Ireland. The town lies to the north of a range of wooded hills, the Slieve Aughty Mountains, and the lake from which it takes its name. The town's cathedral, St Brendan's, dominates the town's skyline ...

, County Galway * Synagogue, Adelaide Road, Dublin

References

1838 births 1905 deaths Architects from County Cork Irish ecclesiastical architects 19th-century Irish architects 20th-century Irish architects {{Ireland-architect-stub