Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Architect, of Dublin, who with - GORMAN  GORMAN designed St Michan's Catholic church, North Anne Street, Dublin, opened in 1816.(1) According to the Catholic Directory for 1836 the stucco and carving in the church was carried out by a craftsman who was also named O'Brien.(2)



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(1) George Newenham Wright, Historical Guide to Dublin (2nd ed., 1825), 253; N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, III, 62.
(2) pp.77-78.


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Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, HALSTON STREET, ST MICHAN'S CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1810
Nature: Gothic. With - Gorman. FS laid 1810. Opened 1814 or 1816. (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44, say that memorial from parishioners, 25 Nov 1812, is in the Wide Street Commissioners minutes.)
Refs: G.N. Wright, Historical Guide to Dublin (2nd ed., 1821), 253; George Petrie, Historical Guide to Dublin (1821), ?; N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, III, 62; IB 34, 15 Sep 1892, 201;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 91.