Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, BUNDORAN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNDORAN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1857-59
Nature: New church on property of Thomas Connolly, MP.  First stone laid, 28 Aug 1857. In progress of erection, Mar 1858. Dedicated 15 Aug 1859. For Rev. Francis Kelaghan. Builder: Gilroy Bros (originally Peter Hughes, Charlemont).
Refs: Armagh Guardian, 4,18 Sep 1857; B 16, 27 Mar 1858, 214; DB 1, 1 Sep 1859, 115; Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North West Ulster (1979), 156

Name: MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNDORAN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1904
Nature: Improvements including marble altar & altar rail.
Refs: IB 46, 3 Dec 1904, 826

Name: MCNAMARA, THOMAS FRANCIS
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNDORAN, CHURCH OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION (RC)
Date: 1908-1910
Nature: Spire lengthened by 15 courses of finest Newry granite. Builder: Hunter Bros, Tate's Ave, Belfast. Completed 1910.
Refs: IB 50, 31 Oct 1908, 669; Donegal Archaeological Journal (1951), 340