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O'Callaghan Career
John Joseph O'Callaghan received his architectural training in 1838 by John Benson who was another Irish architect. O'Callaghan's particular style was heavily influenced by Gothic architecture which was used widely in the construction of churches, his obituary in the Irish Builder even went as as to credit O'Callaghan as being the lead in church design in Ireland in the 1830s. O'Callaghan was also employed by Deane and Woodward when they would have been at the height of their architectural prowess meaning O'Callaghan could have worked along side them on many famous projects that would be seen every day in Dublin like Kildare Street Club (1858-61), and the museum building in TCD. He was a prolific advocate for the use of Gothic architecture and this can be seen greatly in his works all around Dublin like his construction of the Olympia Theatre (1879-81) until it was later remodeled. As well as constructing museums and theatres O'Callaghan also worked on the construction of many Roman Catholic churches like Clifden (1872-4), Clara (1876-83), Castlebar (1876-7) and Mountmellick (1878).

Near the end of his career in the 1890's O'Callaghan's use of the Gothic style had been deemed as "out dated" but he refused to adopt the use of "neo- baroque" style. His last major construction was St Finians diocesan college in Mullingar which he started in 1902 but never completed himself.