Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, KILKEEL, MASSFORTH, CHURCH OF ST COLMAN (RC)

Name: O'NEILL & BYRNE
Building: CO. DOWN, KILKEEL, MASSFORTH, CHURCH OF ST COLMAN (RC)
Date: 1878-79
Nature: New church in Early Pointed Gothic style, for Rev. George Maguire. Built under superintendence of John O'Neill and subsequently O'Neill & Byrne. Builder: John McCullough, Armagh.
Refs: Examiner, 5 Aug 1879;  J. O'Laverty, History of the Diocese of Down and Connor (1878), I, ?; J.J. Tracey, 'A dissertation on the buildings of John O'Neill and O'Neill and Byrne, architects, 1862-1883', unpublished thesis presented as part of Master of Architecture degree course, Queen's University, Belfast, 1987, 58-9,173-175,fig. 21,ill.35

Name: BRENNAN, JOHN VALENTINE
Building: CO. DOWN, KILKEEL, MASSFORTH, CHURCH OF ST COLMAN (RC)
Date: 1912-1913
Nature: Completion of tower and spire in Mourne granite.
Refs: IB 54, 20 Jul 1912, 432; 55, 2 Aug 1913, 502; B 70, 26 Jul 1912, 125