Stained glass artist and supplier, of Newcastle, for whom see Martin Harris, Victorian Stained Glass (London, 1985). William Wailes supplied a number of stained-glass windows for Irish churches, both Catholic and Protestant.

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18 work entries listed in chronological order for WAILES, WILLIAM *#

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Building:	CO. DUBLIN, BLACKROCK, TEMPLE ROAD, CHURCH OF ST JOHN THE BAPTIST (RC)
Date:	1845
Nature:	Glass in tripartite window & 'catherine wheel' over altar.
Refs:	Catholic Directory (1845), 240; N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, I, 115

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, CASTLEKNOCK, CHURCH OF ST BRIGID (CI)
Date:	1850p
Nature:	E window.
Refs:	David Lawrence, ‘Church of Ireland: The United Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough: Stained-Glass Windows' (RCB report, 2002), II, 38

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, GREYSTONES, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (CI)
Date:	1856p
Nature:	Triple lancet E window (Emblems of the Evangelists;  Resurrection).
Refs:	Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/search/window/building.2974/studio.63/results (last visited, Jan 2010).

Building:	CO. KILDARE, CELBRIDGE, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date:	1858
Nature:	Stained glass by Hardman of Birmingham and Wailes of Newcastle.
Refs:	B 16, 27 Mar 1858, 214

Building:	CO. CORK, CORK, SUNDAYS WELL ROAD, CHURCH OF ST VINCENT DE PAUL (RC)
Date:	1861ca
Nature:	Glass in 5-light E window.
Refs:	B 19, 28 Sep 1861, 668

Building:	CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, PATRICK STREET, ST PATRICK'S CATHEDRAL (CI)
Date:	1864-65
Nature:	2 stained-glass windows, one at W end (scenes from life of St Patrick), other in S transept (fall, temptation and promises) and redemption of man). For Benjamin Lee Guinness.
Refs:	DB 6, 15 Mar 1864, 50; David Lawrence, ‘Church of Ireland: The National Cathedral and Collegiate Church of St Patrick, Dublin: Stained-Glass Windows' (RCB report, 2001), 40

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, AHOGHILL, CHURCH OF ST COLMAN (CI)
Date:	1865
Nature:	Stained glass in new church.
Refs:	DB 7, 1 Sep 1865, 214

Building:	CO. WICKLOW, BRAY, CHURCH ROAD, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1865ca;1870
Nature:	E window (Last Supper and Ascension) c 1865, and memorial window in N wall of sanctuary (Conversion of St Paul, Stoning of St Stephen), 1870
Refs:	David Lawrence, ‘Church of Ireland: The United Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough: Stained-Glass Windows' (RCB report, 2002), II, 35,36

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, BROUGHSHANE, CHURCH (CI, RATHCAVAN PARISH)
Date:	1865ca?
Nature:	Two 2-light windows (The Last Supper, Christ on the sea of Gallilee with Peter).Latter in memory of David Grainger, shipowner, Belfast.
Refs:	Designs for  two 2-light windows, one signed W.Wailes - Newcastle on Tyne - 1870' and the other 'Wailes and Strang/Newcastle on Tyne' in IAA, Acc. 2011/90.2/1-2;  B.H. Blacker, Sketches of Irish Churches (1871), ?

Building:	CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, BAKER'S PLACE, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date:	1866
Nature:	Stained glass for great E window (Transfiguration).
Refs:	Freeman's Journal, 4 Jan 1866;  DB 8, 15 Feb 1866, 53; M. Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (1866), 653 (gives date as 1864)

Building:	CO. LOUTH, DROGHEDA, SHOP STREET, CHURCH OF ST AUGUSTINE (RC, AUGUSTINIAN)
Date:	1866
Nature:	Glass for 7-light E window including figures of SS Augustine, Monica, Nicholas of Tolentino, Patrick. (Replaced by Harry Clarke glass.)
Refs:	DB 8, 1 Jun 1866, 147; B 24, 9 Jun 1866, 432; Drogheda Argus, 16 Jun 1866.

Building:	CO. MEATH, MOYGLARE, CHURCH OF ST PAUL (CI)
Date:	1866
Nature:	Stained glass in 3-light E window (SS. Paul, James the Less & Peter) and 4 W lancets (4 Evangelists).
Refs:	DB 8, 1 Jun 1866, 147

Building:	CO. DOWN, NEWTOWNARDS, CHURCH OF ST MARK (CI)
Date:	1866
Nature:	Glass in rose window at E end.
Refs:	DB 8, 1 Dec 1866, 288

Building:	CO. CAVAN, KILMORE, CATHEDRAL OF ST FETHLIMIDH (CI)
Date:	1869
Nature:	Glass in E window (Parables of the 10 Virgins, Good Samaritan & Prodigal Son).
Refs:	B.H. Blacker, Sketches of Irish Churches (1871-73), No. 12: Kilmore Cathedral

Building:	CO. TYRONE, OMAGH, CHURCH STREET, CHURCH OF ST COLUMBA (CI, DRUMRAGH PARISH)
Date:	1877
Nature:	Stained-glass window (The Great Physician) in memory of Henry Thompson by Wailes & Co.. Given by Masonic Lodge.
Refs:	B 35, 1 Sep 1877, 892 (information from David Lawrence, Gladestry, Powys, Jan 2011).

Building:	CO. DERRY, CASTLEROCK, CHRIST CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1891
Nature:	Triple lancet W window filled with stained glass by Wailes & Strang as memorial to late Lady Bruce.
Refs:	Building News 62, 1 Jan 1892, 5.

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, CARNMONEY, CHURCH OF THE HOLY EVANGELISTS (CI)
Date:	?
Nature:	E window (4 Evangelists) and 3 2-light side windows (6 Acts of Mercy) by William Wailes; transept windows (N: Christ stilling the tempest, and S: Ascension) and 4th side window (Good Samaritan) by James Warrington, Connaught Tce, Hyde Park, London. London. In this church, or in St Patrick's, Jordanstown?
Refs:	B.H. Blacker, Sketches of Irish Churches (1871-73), ?

Building:	CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, WOODSTOCK ROAD, NO. 263, WILLOWFIELD PARISH CHURCH (CI)
Date:	?
Nature:	'quaint and novel' stained glass.
Refs:	C.E.B. Brett architect files, citing 'McNeice'