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O'BRIEN, - [2]
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Architect of the first Franciscan church in Henry Street, Limerick, 1824-1827.(1)
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(1) Limerick Diocesan History Project, http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Franciscans/textFranciscans.htm (last visited, Apr 2012).
2 work entries listed in chronological order for O'BRIEN, - [2]
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Building: | CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, HENRY STREET, FRANCISCAN CHURCH (RC, OLD) |
Date: | 1824 |
Nature: | 'In 1782 the Franciscans erected a…chapel in Newgate-lane, which they have; lately exchanged for the present elegant structure now in progress in Henry-street…'(Fitzgerald). FS laid Sep 1824. Church blessed by Archbishop of Cashel (Dr Laffan) 18 Mar 1826 and opened May 1827. Builders: Raleigh and Slattery. (Sanctuary added later and belfry added in 1837. Replaced by new Church of the Immaculate Conception, built on same site, 1876) |
Refs: | Patrick Fitzgerald & John James McGregor, The history, topography, and antiquities, of the county and city of Limerick (Dublin, 1826-7), II, 574; M. Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (1866), 659; Limerick Diocesan History Project, http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Franciscans/textFranciscans.htm (last visited, Apr 2012). |
Building: | CO. LIMERICK, LIMERICK, HENRY STREET, FRANCISCAN CHURCH (RC, OLD) |
Date: | 1824 |
Nature: | 'In 1782 the Franciscans erected a…chapel in Newgate-lane, which they have; lately exchanged for the present elegant structure now in progress in Henry-street…'(Fitzgerald). FS laid Sep 1824. Church blessed by Archbishop of Cashel (Dr Laffan) 18 Mar 1826 and opened May 1827. Builders: Raleigh and Slattery. (Sanctuary added later and belfry added in 1837. Replaced by new Church of the Immaculate Conception, built on same site, 1876) |
Refs: | Patrick Fitzgerald & John James McGregor, The history, topography, and antiquities, of the county and city of Limerick (Dublin, 1826-7), II, 574; M. Lenihan, Limerick; its history and antiquities (1866), 659; Limerick Diocesan History Project, http://www.limerickdioceseheritage.org/Franciscans/textFranciscans.htm (last visited, Apr 2012). |