1728 – Linen Hall, Yarnhall St., Dublin
Architect: Thomas Burgh, Thomas Cooley
In 1722 a centralised Linen Hall was proposed by the Linen Board and several sites around the city were considered and dismissed.
Thomas Cooley (1740-1784)
Cooley settled in Dublin after winning first prize in a competition organised by the city to build a Royal Exchange. This was built and later became City Hall. It is believed that he studied in London, and was a pupil of Robert Mylne who built Blackfriars Bridge over the Thames. In 1775 he was appointed chief architect to the Board of Works. He designed Newgate Gaol in Dublin, and designed several buildings in Armagh including the Archbishop’s Palace, the Library and the Royal School. He designed several country houses also: Caledon, Co Armagh in 1770 and Mount Kennedy Co. Wicklow. Prior to his death, he designed a Public Records Office which was incorporated by James Gandon into his Four Courts.
1770 – Archbishop’s Palace, Armagh
Architect: Thomas Cooley / Francis Johnston
Constructed as a large two-storey house, 7 bays wide by 4 bays deep,
1771 – Public Library, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Architect: Thomas Cooley
Fabulous Library building on an awkward sloping corner site by Thomas Cooley, the architect of Dublin’s City Hall which was started just two years earlier.
1771 – Royal Hibernian Military School Chapel, Phoenix Park, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Cooley
Built as the chapel for the Royal Hibernian Military School, this wonderful little building is now in the grounds of St Mary’s Hospital of which the original buildings of the School are now part.
1773 – Hibernian Marine School, Sir John Rogerson’s Quay, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Cooley
The Hibernian Marine School was founded in 1766 and the primary aim of the school was free education for the sons of seafarers that lost their lives or suffered disabilities at sea.
1773 – Newgate Gaol, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Cooley
Between 1773 and 1781, a new prison designed by Thomas Cooley was built to replace the earlier,
1779 – City Hall, Dame Street, Dublin
Architect: Thomas Cooley
The site of City Hall on Cork Hill was originally the site of Sainte Marie del Dame which came into the possession of Richard Boyle 1st Earl of Cork who built his home on the site Cork House around 1600.
1780 – Former Jail, Armagh, Co. Armagh
Architect: Thomas Cooley / William Murray
The old jail building is sited at the opposite end of the Mall from the Court House.
1785 – Rokeby Hall, Dunleer, Co. Louth
Architect: Thomas Cooley
Designs for Rokeby Hall by Thomas Cooley but supervised by Francis Johnston after his death, for Richard Robinson,
1820s – Killua Castle, Clonmellon, Co. Westmeath
Architect: Thomas Cooley / James Shiel
The beginnings of the present structure is in 1780 when Sir Benjamin Chapman,
