Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DOWN, LEGAMADDY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)

Name: O'NEILL, JOHN
Building: CO. DOWN, LEGAMADDY, CHURCH OF ST PATRICK (RC)
Date: 1862-1865
Nature: New church, replacing Coniamstown church, for Fr. Richard Killen, PP. Eraly Gothic, consisting of nave, chancel, sacristy, S porch and tower. FS laid 27 Aug 1862. Dedicated 22 Oct 1865. Tower still incomplete in 1870s.
Refs: J. O'Laverty, History of the diocese of Down and Connor I (1878), ?; J.J. Tracey, 'A dissertation on the buildings of John O'Neill and O'Neill and Byrne, architects, 1862-1883', unpublished thesis presented as part of Master of Architecture degree course, Queen's University, Belfast, 1987, 25,52-3,129-131,fig.2,ill.20