John Fogerty (engineer)
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John Fogerty was an Irish millwright, architect, builder, civil engineer, active in early to mid-nineteenth-century Limerick
.He was the brother of Joseph Fogerty Sr.
and the father of engineer and novelist Joseph Fogerty
of London, architect William Fogerty
of Dublin, and grandfather of architect John Frederick Fogerty
. He retired as an architect sometime between 1870 and 1879.
Limerick
Limerick is the third largest city in the Republic of Ireland, and the principal city of County Limerick and Ireland's Mid-West Region. It is the fifth most populous city in all of Ireland. When taking the extra-municipal suburbs into account, Limerick is the third largest conurbation in the...
.He was the brother of Joseph Fogerty Sr.
Joseph Fogerty Sr.
Joseph Fogerty Sr. was an Irish builder and architect active in nineteenth-century Limerick. Born in Limerick into a family of builders, he was the father of Robert Fogerty and George J. Fogerty; brother of John Fogerty , uncle of engineer and novelist Joseph Fogerty of London and architect William...
and the father of engineer and novelist Joseph Fogerty
Joseph Fogerty
Joseph Fogerty, CE, FRIBA, was an Irish civil engineer, architect, and novelist active in mid-to-late-nineteenth-century Limerick, London, and Vienna....
of London, architect William Fogerty
William Fogerty
William Fogerty, FRIAI, FRIBA, AAI was an Irish architect active in mid-nineteenth-century Limerick, London, New York City and Dublin.Born in Limerick, he studied in the early 1850s at Queen's College, Cork. He moved to Dublin in the early 1860s, to London and then New York in the early 1870s, and...
of Dublin, and grandfather of architect John Frederick Fogerty
John Frederick Fogerty
John Frederick Fogerty, ARIBA, was an Irish architect and engineer active in mid-to-late-nineteenth-century Limerick, London, Shropshire, Bournemouth, Pretoria, and Zambia. Born in Limerick, the son of architect William Fogerty, grandson of architect and engineer John Fogerty , and nephew of...
. He retired as an architect sometime between 1870 and 1879.
Works
- Limerick AthenaeumLimerick AthenaeumLimerick Athenaeum was a centre of learning, established in Limerick City, Ireland in 1852.-Background:Athenaeum, also Athenæum or Atheneum, is used in the names of institutions or periodicals for literary, scientific, or artistic study. It may also be used in the names of educational institutions...
- 1849-1850 (Proposed) New Limerick Custom House for Commissioners of Customs, on site of Mountkennett Mills (the Old Custom House is now the Hunt MuseumHunt MuseumThe Hunt Museum is a museum in the city of Limerick, Ireland. Holding a personal collection donated by the Hunt family, it was originally situated in the University of Limerick, before being moved to its present location in 1997. It can now be visited in the old custom house, an historic 18th...
). - He is the likely builder of St. John's Square, Limerick.