Thomas McGrath (builder)
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Thomas A. McGrath (1896-1988) was a Northern Irish builder who founded Ulster Garden Villages in 1946 with the purpose of planning and building affordable, high quality post-war housing.[1]
At least one of these projects, Merville Garden Village in County Antrim, still exists today.[2] He and his two eldest sons emigrated from their home in Lurgan, County Armagh, to Canada on March 17, 1952 and were joined by the rest of their family shortly thereafter. He died in Washington in 1988 at the age of 92. During World War I he utilized his carpentry skills by assisting with the repair of damaged aircraft. During World War II he owned and operated three ammunition factories in the Belfast area.
