Sources

Books

County Carlow Infirmary, Front Elevation 1838

The County Carlow Infirmary was designed by architect John B. Keane in 1838. It consisted of two floors. The Surgery, post operative wards for males and females, Matron’s quarters, kitchen and larder and the ‘Dead House’ were on the ground floor. The upper floor contained three male wards, two female wards and a nurses ward. There were separate courtyards for males and females out of doors.The image shows the central portion of the building designed in the Jacobean style. It was flanked by two gabled wings. Over each window was a drip mould.The builder for the project was James Johnston. The building has since been demolished.

County Carlow Infirmary, Front Elevation 1838

County Carlow Infirmary, Front Elevation 1838

The County Carlow Infirmary was designed by architect John B. Keane in 1838. It consisted of two floors. The Surgery, post operative wards for males and females, Matron’s quarters, kitchen and larder and the ‘Dead House’ were on the ground floor. The upper floor contained three male wards, two female wards and a nurses ward. There were separate courtyards for males and females out of doors.The image shows the central portion of the building designed in the Jacobean style. It was flanked by two gabled wings. Over each window was a drip mould.The builder for the project was James Johnston. The building has since been demolished.

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Craig, Maurice - The Architecture of Ireland from the earliest times to 1880 [1982]

Craig, Maurice & Michael - Mausolea Hibernica [1999]

Dúchas - Survey of The Architectural Heritage of County Carlow [2003]

Dune, Mildred and Phillips, Brian - The Courthouses of Ireland [1999]

Garner, William - Carlow Architectural Heritage - 1980

Howley, James - The Follies and Garden Buildings of Ireland [1993]

Hutchison, Sam - Towers, Spires & Pinnacles, A history of the cathedrals and churches of the Church of Ireland [2003]

Lewis, Samuel - A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland. Vol. II [1837]

O'Toole, Jimmy - The Carlow Gentry, What Will The Neighbours Say! [1993]

Phelan, Mairéad; Dowling, Tom; O'Connor, Seamus - Windows of Carlow [2003]

Shaffrey, Patrick and Maura - Buildings of Irish Towns Treasures of Everyday Architecture [1983]

The Office of Public Works - Inventory of Architectural Heritage Post 1700 A.D [1991]

UK Parliament - First report of the Commissioners on the municipal corporations of Ireland, with supplement and appendices [1835]

Williams, Jeremy - A Companion Guide to Architecture in Ireland 1837-1921 [1994]

Journal articles

Cox, Ron - The Metal Bridge at Oak Park, Carlow (in) Carloviana. No. 51 [2002]

Delaney, Cathleen - Oak Park House and the Bruen Family (in) Carloviana No. 50 [2001]

O'Dwyer, Frederick - "Modelled Muscularity", Daniel Robertson's Tudor Manors (in) Irish Arts Review Yearbook, Vol 15 [1999]