Education
He then studied under the draughtsman Jonas Blaymire.
He then studied under the draughtsman Jonas Blaymire.
He is often called "Thomas Ivory of Cork", and is to be distinguished from his contemporary Thomas Ivory of Norwich. Said to have been a carpenter"s apprentice self-educated, and from Cork, Ivory worked in Dublin under the gunsmith Thomas Trulock. Ivory practised in Dublin, and was appointed master of architectural drawing in the schools of the Royal Dublin Society in 1759.
He held the post till his death, and among his pupils were Henry Aaron Baker, James Hoban and Martin Archer Shee.
Thomas Roberts was articled to him. Ivory died in Dublin in December 1786.