Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ARMAGH, BESSBROOK, CONVENT OF MERCY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS

Name: MCDONNELL, JOHN JOSEPH
Building: CO. ARMAGH, BESSBROOK, CONVENT OF MERCY SCHOOL FOR GIRLS
Date: 1909
Nature: FS of new school in convent grounds on Maghernahely Hill laid 19 May 1909.  Building set at right angles to convent and to have 4 classrooms. Contractor: Denis Neary, Newry.
Refs: Freeman's Journal, 20 May 1909; B 96, 29 May 1909, 652;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 202.