Education
He studied under Henry Aarond Baker (1753–1836) at the Dublin Society Schools from 4 February 1796.
He studied under Henry Aarond Baker (1753–1836) at the Dublin Society Schools from 4 February 1796.
He also served as a vice president of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland. Between 1820 and 1846 he worked as a measurer and later as an architect with the Wide Streets Commission. After the Catholic Emancipation of 1829, limits to church building were removed and he was commissioned to design many Catholic churches in Dublin.
In 1847 he became a fellow and later a vice president between 1855 and 1864.
He was also a vice patron to the Aged and Infirm Carpenters" Asylum between 1842 and 1847. He lived in Blackrock at 3 Waltham Terrace from 1855 until he died on 10 January 1864.
He was buried in the family plot at Glasnevin cemetery.
He was a council member of the Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland between 1842–1843 and 1846-1854. A member of the Society of Irish Artists from 1845 to 1849 and an architect to the Trustees of the Royal Exchange between 1847 and 1851.