Telford, Henry

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1847–1866

Business Type: 
Musical instrument maker: organ
Address(es): 

109 St Stephen's Green

Details: 

Henry Telford entered into partnership with his brother William in 1847.

Mark: 'William and Henry Telford' and 'Telford & Telford'.

Henry died in 1866.

Succeeded in business by 'Telford & Sons' in 1870.

Select Product/Work List: 

Produced [by Willliam and Henry Telford / Telford & Telford] (as listed in Gillen)

  • Organ: Grand Masonic Lodge, 1847 [transferred to St George’s Church, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim in 1873]
  • Organ: Rathfarnham, Co. Dublin, c. 1847 [previously in St Columba’s College, Stackallan, Co. Meath, 1843]
  • Organ: Christ Church Cathedral, 1857
  • Organ: St Saviour’s Priory, 1862
    • See Also: 

    Telford, Edward Henry
    Telford, William
    Telford, William Hodgson
    Telford & Telford
    Telford & Sons

    Source(s): 

    Dublin Directories

    The Exhibition Expositor and Advertiser (Dublin: John Cameron for the proprietors Gunn & Cameron, 1853), I, p. 8; II, p. 8; III, p. 8; IV, p. 7; V,p. 8; VI, p. 8; VII, p. 7; VIII, p. 7; IX, p. 8; X, p. 8; XI, p. 8; XII, p. 8; XIII, p. 8; XIV, p. 8; XV, p. 8; XVI, p. 8; XVII, p. 8; XVIII, p. 8; XIX, p. 8; XX, p. 7; XXI, p. 8; XXII, p. 8; XXIII, p. 8; XXIV, p. 7; XXV, p. 8

    Hughes, Rev. S.C., The Church of S. Werburgh, Dublin (Dublin: Hodges, Figgis, and Co., 1889), p. 33

    Grindle, W.H., Irish Cathedral Music: a History of Music at the Cathedrals of the Church of Ireland (Belfast: The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1989), pp. 145–60

    Gillen, Gerard, 'William Telford and the Victorian Organ in Ireland', in Music and the Church, ed. by Gerard Gillen and Harry White, Irish Musical Studies, II (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1993), pp. 108–28

    Last Update: 19-09-2013