Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. KERRY, LIXNAW, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL (RC)

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. KERRY, LIXNAW, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL (RC)
Date: 1861
Nature: Romanesque. FS laid 29 Sep 1861. Contractor: Beardwood (replacing church of 1805 which had 'a painting of the crucifixion over the altar, executed in a superior style by an Italian artist' (Lewis))
Refs: DB 1, 1 Sep 1859, 115; 4, 1 Apr 1862, 86; 3, 15 Sep 1861, 637; 4, 1 Apr 1862, 86; B 19, 9 Feb 1861, 97; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 27(illus.),32(illus.),52