Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WEXFORD, OILGATE, CHURCH (RC)

Name: MORAN, MICHAEL BROPHY
Building: CO. WEXFORD, OILGATE, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1858-59
Nature: Early English, on site given by Nicholas Gray, Tenny Park. In progress 1859. Builder: Patrick Murphy, Enniscorthy (Wexford Independent says he was also the architect).
Refs: B 16, 24 Apr 1858, 280; IB 1, 1 Feb 1859, 22; Wexford Independent, 25 Jul 1860 (information kindly supplied by Conor O'Brien, Annacurra, Co. Wicklow);  Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 108(illus.)(date given wrongly as 1869).

Name: KIRWAN, MICHAEL C.*
Building: CO. WEXFORD, OILGATE, CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1860a
Nature: New altar.
Refs: Catholic Telegraph, 4 August 1860 (reference courtesy of Dr Caroline McGee)