Francis Johnston (1760-1829) was born in Armagh, Ireland. He studied architecture and in 1805 was appointed to the Board of Works as an architect. Johnston is most famous for building the General Post Office(GPO) on O’Connell Street, Dublin. Image File history File links Please see the file description page for further information. ... Francis Johnston (1760 - 1829) was an Irish architect. ... Shortcut: WP:TP A talk page is a special Wikipedia page containing discussion about the contents of its associated subject page. ... The General Post Office (GPO), located in Dublins OConnell Street, is the headquarters of An Post, the Irish postal service. ... Daniel OConnell, 19th century nationalist leader, whose statue by John Henry Foley, stands on the street named after him. ...
Among his other most notable projects was the construction of St George’s Church, for overseeing the conversion of Parliament House into Bank of Ireland and for the construction of the Tudor gothic entrance to Kilmainham Hospital.