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1 Mountjoy Place (which was built by his father).
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George Stapleton
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Stapleton was first listed in the Dublin Directory in 1817 as a plasterer residing at Number. Between 1818 and 1828 he was listed as a "Stucco-worker and builder". His addresses were given both as Mountjoy Place and The Casino, Roebuck, the former home of Robert Emmet.
From 1802 to 1824 he was employed at Trinity College, Dublin.
Around 1802 he also started working with Francis Johnston, the leading architect of the time in Ireland. Among buildings in Dublin that he decorated are:
Chapel Royal (Dublin Castle) (1807-1814)
Dublin Castle (1809-1821)
The King"s Bench and the Rolls Court of Admiralty (1812)
The Court of the Exchequer
The Richmond Penitentiary, Grangegorman (designed by Johnston, 1816)
The Chief Secretary"s Lodge (known since the 1970s as "Deerfield", now the official residence of the United States Ambassador to Ireland) (1815)
The Vice Regal Lodge, now Áras an Uachtaráin, official residence of the President of Ireland
Saint George"s Church, Hardwicke Place (designed by Johnston)
Other buildings:
Ballynegall House, Company
Westmeath. Stapleton built a number of houses in Dublin, including three in Middle Abbey Street, one in Middle Gardiner Street and one in Gregg"s Lane (now Cathal Brugha Street).
