Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TIPPERARY, NENAGH, CONVENT OF MERCY

Name: PUGIN, EDWARD WELBY #
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, NENAGH, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1859-1861
Nature: 3-storey addition containing chapel, community room and dining room.  Listed as work of EWP in obituary in Builder.  Just started in Sep 1859. Opened 1861.
Refs: Building News, 30 Sep 1859, 882; Is this the RC church in Nenagh mentioned in 'Architectural Exhibitions' The Ecclesiologist 21 (Jun 1860), 175?;   B 33, 12 Jun 1875, 523;  information from Dr Gerard Hyland, citing e-mail from convent archivist.

Name: O'MALLEY, JOSEPH P.
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, NENAGH, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1911
Nature: New convent.  Tenders invited Mar-May 1911. To cost 'close on £10,000'.
Refs: IB 53, 4 Mar,29 Apr 1911, 129,286; IA & C 1, 11 Mar,22 Apr 1911, 89,173; Building News 100, 10 Mar 1911, 365;  Freeman's Journal, 19,20,25,28,29 Apr, 1,2 May 1911.