Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)

Name: WYATT, THOMAS HENRY #
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)
Date: 1863-1865
Nature: Rebuilding, chiefly at expense of Lord de Vesci. Tower and spire of previous church retained. Consecrated 2 May 1865 by Bishop of Ossory. Builder: James Scanlan. Cost: £3,500.
Refs: DB 5, 1 Apr 1863, 63; 6, 15 Nov 1864, 236; 7, 15 May,15 Oct 1865, 131,244(illus.); Jubilee Number, 1909, 68(illus.);  exterior illus. in Clergy of Cashel and Emly; Clergy of Leighlin (Ulster Historical Foundation, 2012), 184; exterior and interior illus. in Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 184.

Name: O'CONNOR, MICHAEL *
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)
Date: 1864ca
Nature: Stained glass in triple lancet window in south transept (Good Samaritan, Christ blessing children, Pharisee & Publican) in memory of William John Vesey (1806-1863)..
Refs: DB 7, 15 May 1865, 131;  Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/location/building/2990/ (last visited Jun 2009).

Name: O'CONNOR, MICHAEL *
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)
Date: 1865
Nature: 3-light stained glass window in S wall of S transept (Good Samaritan;  Christ blessing Children; Pharisee and Publican).
Refs: Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/diocese/window/14293/ (last visited, Dec 2016).

Name: WYATT, MATTHEW #
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)
Date: 1881
Nature: Marble and alabaster pulpit erected in Abbeyleix Church, in memory of Rev. William Wingfield, rector for 44 years. Executed by C.W. Harrison.Also reading desk. Both inaugurated, 16 Mar 1881.
Refs: IB 23, 15 Mar 1881, ?;  Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 23, no. 23, no. 65, 26 Mar 1881, 218.

Name: POWELL, JAMES & SONS *#
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)
Date: 1886;1892
Nature: Windows in sanctuary and chancel , 1886, designed by Henry Holiday. Westernmost window in south aisle of nave, designed by G. Rhead, 1892.
Refs: Gloine,

Name: CHILD, ALFRED ERNEST *
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)
Date: 1929
Nature: Stained glass in window in N transept (Christ as Good Shepherd).
Refs: Nicola Gordon Bowe, David Caron & Michael Wynne, Gazetteer of Irish Stained Glass (Irish Academic Press, 1988), 62;  Gloine, http://www.gloine.ie/gloine/search/artist.1456/location.2394/results (last visted Jul 2009).

Name: SEMPLE, JOHN [3]
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF ST MICHAEL & ALL ANGELS (CI)
Date: ?
Nature: New church. (W end only remains after remodelling).
Refs: M. Craig, 'John Semple and his churches', Irish Arts Review Year Book 1989-1990, 146