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that spans over the Singapore River
Singapore River

The Singapore River is a small river in Singapore with great historical importance. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region, Singapore in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean....
 was named after George Drumgoole Coleman.]] George Drumgoole Coleman (1795-1844), also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 civil
Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a Professional Engineer discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings....
 architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of many of the civil infrastructure
Infrastructure

Infrastructure can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise , or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function....
 in Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, after the island was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819.

Born in County Louth
County Louth

County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
, Coleman was trained as a civil architect.






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that spans over the Singapore River
Singapore River

The Singapore River is a small river in Singapore with great historical importance. The Singapore River flows from the Central Area, which lies in the Central Region, Singapore in the southern part of Singapore before emptying into the ocean....
 was named after George Drumgoole Coleman.]] George Drumgoole Coleman (1795-1844), also known as George Drumgold Coleman, was an Irish
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
 civil
Civil engineering

Civil engineering is a Professional Engineer discipline that deals with the design, construction and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as bridges, roads, canals, dams and buildings....
 architect
Architect

An architect is trained and licenced in planning and designing buildings, and participates in supervising the construction of a building. Etymologically, architect derives from the Latin architectus, itself derived from the Greek arkhitekton , i.e....
 who played an instrumental role in the design and construction of many of the civil infrastructure
Infrastructure

Infrastructure can be defined as the basic physical and organizational structures needed for the operation of a society or enterprise , or the services and facilities necessary for an economy to function....
 in Singapore
Singapore

Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country microstate located at the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula. It lies 137 kilometres north of the equator, south of the Malaysian state of Johor and north of Indonesia's Riau Islands....
, after the island was founded by Sir Stamford Raffles in 1819.

Born in County Louth
County Louth

County Louth is a county on the east coast of Ireland, on the border with Northern Ireland. The county town is Dundalk.County Louth is affectionately called "the Wee County" being the smallest county in Ireland having a total area of only 821sq kilometres ....
, Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
, Coleman was trained as a civil architect. He came to Singapore from Calcutta, India
India

India, officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the List of countries and outlying territories by total area country by geographical area, the List of countries by population country, and the most populous liberal democracy in the world....
, where he had been working, by way of Batavia in 1822, and built his house at Number 3 Coleman Street
Coleman Street

File:Ward Coleman Street plaque London.jpgColeman Street is a street in the City of London and the name of one of the 25 wards which make up the City of London; a self governing enclave within the capital city of the United Kingdom....
, to his own design, for use as his residence.

Coleman was responsible, as advisor to Raffles, for the draft layout of Singapore in 1822. He planned the centre of the town, created road
Road

A road is an identifiable Road number, way or Trail between Location . Roads are typically smoothed, Pavement , or otherwise prepared to allow easy travel; though they need not be, and historically many roads were simply recognizable routes without any formal construction or Maintenance, repair and operations....
s, and constructed many fine buildings. An outstanding example of his work, which survives to this day, is the Armenian Church of Saint Gregory the Illuminator
Armenian Church, Singapore

File:Armenian Church, Singapore, Jan 06.JPGFile:Armenian Church 9, Singapore, Jan 06.JPGFile:Armenian Church 6, Singapore, Jan 06.JPGFile:Armenian Church 7, Singapore, Jan 06.JPG...
 on Hill Street
Hill Street

Hill Street is a street in the Downtown Core of Singapore starting from Eu Tong Sen Street and ending at Stamford Road, where the road becomes Victoria Street, Singapore....
, built in 1835.

In 1833, Coleman was appointed the Superintendent
Superintendent (construction)

A construction superintendent is the contractor?s representative who is responsible for continuous field supervision, coordination, and completion of the work....
 of Public Works
Public works

Public works are the construction or engineering projects carried out by the state on behalf of the community....
. He was also the surveyor and overseer of convict
Convict

A convict is "a person found guilty of a crime and sentenced by a court" or "a person serving a sentence in prison", sometimes referred to in slang as simply a "con"....
 labour
Unfree labour

Unfree labour is a generic or collective term for those work relations, especially in modern history or Early Modern period history, in which people are employed against their will by the threat of destitution, detention, violence , or other extreme hardship to themselves, or to members of their families....
. Coleman's house on Number 3 Coleman Street was demolished in December 1965 to make way for the current 21-storey Peninsula Hotel.

Coleman had earlier lease
Lease

A lease is a legal document, but can be an speech communication arrangement, which confers a right on one person to possession property ownership to another person to the exclusion of the owner landlord....
d his house to Monsieur Dutronqouy in 1831, before his departure to England
England

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 after 15 years of continuous work and 25 years in the East. While in Ireland on this trip he married Maria Frances Vernon, of Clontarf Castle
Clontarf Castle

Clontarf Castle is a much-modernised castle, dating to 1837, in Clontarf, Dublin, Dublin, Republic of Ireland, an area famous as a key location of the Battle of Clontarf in 1014....
, Dublin. On Coleman's unexpected return to Singapore with his bride in November 1843 as he could not settle down in Europe
Europe

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, he took possession of another house of his nearby, standing at 1 & 2 Coleman Street. It was there that he died in 1844, at the age of 49. He was buried in a cemetery
Cemetery

A cemetery is a place in which death body and cremation are burial. The term cemetery implies that the land is specifically designated as a burying ground....
 at the foot of Bukit Larangan
Fort Canning

File:Fortcanningpark.JPGFile:Fort Canning Park Hill St.JPGFort Canning ,: is a small hill slightly more than 60 metres high in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore, within the Central Area that forms Singapore's central business district....
, now Fort Canning Hill. The impressive memorial
Memorial

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 over his mortal remains still stands at Fort Canning Park
Fort Canning

File:Fortcanningpark.JPGFile:Fort Canning Park Hill St.JPGFort Canning ,: is a small hill slightly more than 60 metres high in the southeast portion of the island city-state of Singapore, within the Central Area that forms Singapore's central business district....
.

Legacy

George Drumgoole Coleman's name lives on in the following entities in Singapore:

  • Coleman Street
    Coleman Street

    File:Ward Coleman Street plaque London.jpgColeman Street is a street in the City of London and the name of one of the 25 wards which make up the City of London; a self governing enclave within the capital city of the United Kingdom....
  • Coleman Bridge
    Coleman Bridge, Singapore

    Coleman Bridge is a vehicular bridge in Singapore. The bridge links Hill Street and New Bridge Road, spanning the Singapore River near Clarke Quay....
  • Coleman Place