Hollister, Philip

Dates Active in Dublin: 

1733–1760

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

York Street

Details: 

Son of Thomas Hollister and father of William Castles Hollister.

He succeeded John Byfield in his appointment to maintain the organs in St Patricks and Christ Church cathedrals in 1733.

From at least 1751 until his death in 1760, he worked with his son under the name 'Messrs. Hollister and Son'. In 1760, his duties at St Patrick's and Christ Church cathedrals were taken over by his son William Castles.

Select Product/Work List: 

Built

  • Organ: Derry Cathedral, 1747–49 (Dublin Journal)
  • Organ: St Patrick's Cathedral, French Chapel, 1751 (Dublin Gazette 23–27 July 1751, cited in Boydell, Calendar)
  • Organ: Cloyne Cathedral organ [additions], 1750, 1754, 1766 (Grindle)

    • Tuned and Maintained

  • Organ: Christ Church Cathedral, 1733–60 (Grindle)
  • Organ: St Patrick's Cathedral, 1733–60 (Grindle)
  • Organ: St Mary's Church, 1733–60 (Boydell, 'Hollister')
  • Organ: St Michan's Church, 1747–60 (Boydell, 'St Michan's')

    • Repaired

  • Organ: St Mary's Cathedral Limerick, 1744 (Grindle)
    • See Also: 

    Byfield, John (i)
    Hollister, Thomas
    Hollister, William Castles
    Hollister and Son, Messrs.

    Source(s): 

    Teahan, John, 'A List of Irish Instrument Makers', The Galpin Society Journal, 16 (May 1963), 28–32 (p. 29)

    Boydell, Brian, 'Hollister', in The New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments, ed. by Stanley Sadie, 3 vols (London: Macmillan Press Limited, 1984), II, p. 228

    Boydell, Brian, A Dublin Musical Calendar 1700–1760 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 1988), pp. 150, 158, 260

    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. 48, 134, 142

    Boydell, Barra, 'St Michan's Church, Dublin: the Installation of the Organ in 1725 and the Duties of the Organist', Journal of the British Institute of Organ Studies, 19 (1995), 74–96 (pp. 88–89)

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Hollister, Philip’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Hollister, William (1)’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Boydell, Brian, ‘Hollister, William (2)’, Dublin Music Trade Card Index <http://dublinmusictrade.ie/card-index>

    Last Update: 26-09-2013