IRISH, William Arthur (1872-1941), architect and contractor of Winnipeg, Man. who designed and built several substantial warehouse blocks in Alberta and Saskatchewan for the A. MacDonald Company. Born in Yarker, Ontario on 17 September 1872, he arrived in Manitoba after 1890 and became connected to the building and construction industry in Carberry, Man. and Virden, Man. before moving to Winnipeg to start his own company called W.A. Irish & Co. He remained active there until after 1930, and later died in Winnipeg on 1 November 1941 (obituary and port., Winnipeg Tribune, 3 Nov. 1941, 5).
WINNIPEG, MAN., Birchmount Apartments, Vaughan Street near St. Mary Avenue, 1910 (City of Winnipeg b.p. 409, 1910; David Spector, Apartment House Architecture, 1980)
EDMONTON, ALTA., a large 3 storey warehouse for A. MacDonald Co., Second Street at Columbia Avenue, “...immediately north of the CNR tracks”, 1913 (Edmonton Daily Bulletin, 30 Aug. 1913, 4, detailed descrip.)
SASKATOON, SASK., MacDonald-Crawford Ltd., First Avenue at 24th Street, a large 4 storey warehouse, “.....to be a duplicate of the Moose Jaw home of the firm”, 1915 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 30 Aug. 1915, 7, descrip.)
MOOSE JAW, SASK., large warehouse for MacDonald-Crawford Co., c. 1914 (Saskatoon Daily Star, 30 Aug. 1915, 7, list of works)