Name: |
MCCARTHY, CHARLES JAMES |
Building: |
CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN, CHURCH OF THE STAR OF THE SEA (RC, RIVERCHAPEL PARISH) |
Date: |
1881-82 |
Nature: |
New Gothic church with bell tower at NW angle. . Completion of design by J. J. McCarthy. Foundations started 17 Apr 1881. Opened 27 Aug 1882. Design exh, RHA, 1887. Contractor: James T. Ryan, Waterford & Limerick. Clerk of works: Thomas Clifford, Enniscorthy
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Refs: |
IB 24, 15 Sep 1882, 275; RHA 1887 (no. 486); Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 123-4(illus.).
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Name: |
MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH |
Building: |
CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN, CHURCH OF THE STAR OF THE SEA (RC, RIVERCHAPEL PARISH) |
Date: |
1881-82 |
Nature: |
New Gothic church in local brick and granite with bell tower at NW angle.. FS laid 1 May 1881. DedIcated 27 Aug 1882. JJM officially the architect but all detail work was by his son, C.J. McCarthy. Contractor: J.T. Ryan, Waterford & Limerick. |
Refs: |
IB 24, 15 Sep 1882, 275; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 68; Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 123(illus.).
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