Career
He trained as an architect under Josip Juraj McCarthy in his native Ireland before coming to North America. Connolly specialized in Gothic Revival architecture. He is known for the churches he designed throughout Ontario, mainly for the Irish Roman Catholic community, though he also produced some industrial and residential buildings.
After completing training with James Joseph McCarthy, the "Irish Pugin", Joseph Connolly advanced to become McCarthy"s chief assistant in the 1860s and subsequently went on a study tour through Europe.
He started a practice in Dublin in 1871, but moved shortly after to Toronto where he partnered with surveyor Silas James, an association that lasted until 1877. From the 1880s, he worked with Arthur West. Holmes.
Joseph Connolly died of bronchial asthma in 1904.
