Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN, CHURCH OF THE STAR OF THE SEA (RC, RIVERCHAPEL PARISH)

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
Refs: IB 24, 15 Sep 1882, 275;  RHA 1887 (no. 486);  Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 123-4(illus.).

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.).

Name: LEONARD, SIMON ALOYSIUS
Building: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN, CHURCH OF THE STAR OF THE SEA (RC, RIVERCHAPEL PARISH)
Date: 1946
Nature: Additions
Refs: Drawings, 1946, formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son

Name: CLARKE, HARRY *
Building: CO. WEXFORD, COURTOWN, CHURCH OF THE STAR OF THE SEA (RC, RIVERCHAPEL PARISH)
Date: ?
Nature: Glass in 3 lancets at E end (Christ the King, the Virgin, and St Joseph) by Harry Clarke Studios.
Refs: Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 123-124(illus.).