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Thomas Joseph Byrne was born in Kingston upon Thames on 15th November 1876 to an English mother, Harriet (nee Knight) and and Irish father, Richard Byrne of the Royal Irish Fusiliers who had been born in Bagnelstown, County Carlow. At the age of fifteen he began his training for architecture, articled to Edward Carter ARIBA of London, where he worked for four years. He then came to Ireland to work in Drogheda in the office of Anthony Scott, whose daughter, May, he subsequently married in 1901. In 1898, at the age of twenty two, he went back to England to work with London County Council as an assistant architect while completing his studies with the Royal Institute of British Architects. In 1901, he returned to Ireland where he enjoyed a distinguished career until his death in 1939. T.J. Byrne was an inspiring external examiner in Architecture for the National University of Ireland, and a founder member of the Institute of Christian Art. He played an important part in the development of Dublin Airport, and also had an involvement in the airports at Baldonnel and Rineanna. Byrne carried out a number of private commissions over the years, including a house for his son, T.B. Byrne, in Rathfarnham, and the Bridge House public house in Chapelizod.

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Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 81 to 100 of 351
PreviewIssue DateTitleAuthor(s)
wm_Whitechurch Library details (5).jpg.jpg2011-03-02Roof eaves and half-moon window, Whitechurch LibraryFewer, Michael
wm_Labourers Plots Rathfarnham.jpg.jpg2011-04-26Man tending allotment behind cottages, RathfarnhamByrne, John
wm_Whitechurch Library (7).jpg.jpg2011-02-07West side of Whitechurch library, DublinFewer, Michael
wm_Athlone transmission station (7).jpg.jpg2011Interior (Hall) of Athlone Transmission StationByrne, John
wm_Temple Lane.jpg.jpg2011-05-13Temple Lane, DublinByrne, John
wm_Whitechurch Library (9).jpg.jpg2011-02-07Three-quarter view of Whitechurch Library, DublinFewer, Michael
wm_Four Courts, 1920s (3).jpg.jpg2011-04-21Damaged Interior of Four Courts, Stone ArchwayByrne, John
wm_Whitechurch Library details.jpg.jpg2011-03-02View of Dormer Window, Whitechurch LibraryFewer, Michael
wm_Byrne's slides of cottage plans (6).jpg.jpg2011T.J. Byrne, Slide of floor plan, two storey cottages in pairs, 1915Byrne, T.J.; Byrne, John
wm_White church Library 16.jpg.jpg2008-05-31Whitechurch Library, DublinFewer, Michael
wm_Whitechurch cottages(1).jpg.jpg2011-02-01Cottages at Whitechurch, DublinFewer, Michael
wm_Byrne's slides of cottage plans (12).jpg.jpg2011T.J. Byrne, Slide of floor plan of one storey cottages, 1908-15Byrne, T.J.; Byrne, John
wm_T J Byrne as a young man.jpg.jpg2011-05-11Portrait of T.J. Byrne, architect, as a young manByrne, John
wm_Whitechurch Library (1).jpg.jpg2011-02-07Whitechurch Library, front view of porch areaFewer, Michael
wm_Byrne's slides of cottage plans (17).jpg.jpg2011T.J. Byrne, Slide of common type of cottage pre-Poor Law ActsByrne, T.J.; Byrne, John
wm_Byrne's slides of cottage plans (4).jpg.jpg2011T.J. Byrne, Slide of floor plan, two storey pairs of cottages, 1915Byrne, T.J.; Byrne, John
wm_The GPO (8).jpg.jpg2011-02-03View of clock face, General Post Office, DublinFewer, Michael
wm_Athlone transmission station (8).jpg.jpg2011Corner of Athlone Transmission StationByrne, John
wm_Labourer'sCottage(rere).jpg.jpg2011-04-26Rear of labourer's cottage, DublinByrne, John
wm_Whitechurch Library details (9).jpg.jpg2011-03-02View of roof, Whitechurch LibraryFewer, Michael
Collection's Items (Sorted by Submit Date in Descending order): 81 to 100 of 351