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 |