Irish Builder Explained

Irish Builder
Based:	Dublin
Frequency:	Monthly, bi-monthly
Language:	English
Category:	building, architecture, civil engineering
Previous Editor:	J. J. Lyons
Firstdate:	1867
Finaldate:	1903
Country:	Ireland

The Irish Builder was a successful trade journal published in Dublin, Ireland, under various names. Names used by the journal were: The Dublin Builder, or Illustrated Irish Architectural, Engineering, Mechanics’ & Sanitary Journal (1859-1866); Irish Builder and Engineering Record (1867-1871); Irish Builder (1872-1899); Irish Builder and Technical Journal to 1979. Its first proprietor and editor was an architect named J.J. Lyons.^[1]

History and profile

The Irish Builder was started as a successor to the Dublin Builder in 1867.^[2] Historical copies of the Dublin Builder are available to search and view in digitised form at The British Newspaper Archive.^[3]

The Irish Builder appeared twice monthly and was originally priced at fourpence, reduced to threepence after 1866. Subjects dealt with included economic matters, city planning, ventilation and health issues, lists of contracts awarded, and announcements regarding new materials or interesting buildings.^[1] The magazine ceased publication in 1903.^[2]

List of The Dublin Builder editions available free online (1859-1866)

• The Dublin Builder (1859) - v1^[4]
• The Dublin Builder (1860) - v2^[5]
• The Dublin Builder (1861) - v3^[6]
• The Dublin Builder (1862) - v4^[7]
• The Dublin Builder (1863) - v5^[8]
• The Dublin Builder (1864) - v6^[9]
• The Dublin Builder (1865) - v7^[10]
• The Dublin Builder (1866) - v8^[11]

List of Irish Builder and Engineering Record editions available free online (1867-1871)

• Irish Builder and Engineer (1867) - v9 (no link available)
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1868) - v10 (no link available)
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1869) - v11^[12]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1870) - v12^[13]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1871) - v13^[14]

List of Irish Builder editions available free online (1872-1899)

• Irish Builder and Engineer (1872) - v14^[15]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1873) - v15^[16]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1874) - v16^[17]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1875) - v17^[18]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1876) - v18^[19]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1877) - v19^[20]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1878) - v20^[21]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1879) - v21^[22]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1880) - v22^[23]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1881) - v23^[24]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1882) - v24^[25]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1883) - v25^[26]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1884) - v26^[27]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1885) - v27^[28]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1886) - v28^[29]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1887) - v29^[30]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1888) - v30^[31]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1889) - v31^[32]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1890) - v32^[33]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1891) - v33^[34]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1892) - v34^[35]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1893) - v35^[36]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1894) - v36^[37]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1895) - v37^[38]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1896) - v38^[39]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1897) - v39^[40]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1898) - v40 (no link available)
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1899) - v41^[41]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1901) - v43^[42]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1906) - v48^[43]
• Irish Builder and Engineer (1907) - v49^[44]

References and sources

Sources

• Tilley . Elizabeth . Trading in Knowledge: The Irish Builder and Nineteenth-Century Journalism . Aspects of the Irish Book from the 17th Century to the Present Day . III . 1 . 110–120 . Revue LISA/LISA e-journal . France . 2005 . 1762-6153 . 10.4000/lisa.2602 . 10 September 2017 . free .
• Book: Barbara Hayley . Enda McKay . Three Hundred Years of Irish Periodicals . Lilliput Press . 1987 . Dublin . 978-0946640201 .

External links

• The Irish Builder – The National Library of Ireland

Notes and References

1. Tilley
2. Web site: Sources. National Library of Ireland. 29 May 2015.
3. http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/search/results?newspaperTitle=The%20Dublin%20Builder Digitised copies of the Dublin Builder
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