William Vitruvius Morrison

He was born at Clonmel, County Tipperary, second son of Sir Richard Morrison (1767–1849) and Elizabeth Ould, a granddaughter of the celebrated physician and author Sir Fielding Ould.

Sir Richard headed a successful private architectural practice and was an architect at Trinity College, Dublin.

In 1821 he made an extensive tour of Europe, including visits to Rome and Paris.

After a second visit to the continent he died in his father's house at Bray, County Wicklow, on 16 October 1838 and is buried in Mount Jerome Cemetery, Dublin.

His public buildings include Salmon Weir Bridge, Galway (1819),[3] Wicklow Gaol (1822),[4][5] Carlow Courthouse (1834),[6] Tralee Courthouse (1834)[7] and the Ross Monument, Rostrevor, County Down (1826), commemorating Major-General Robert Ross (1766–1814).