Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WICKLOW, ANNACURRA (AUGHRIM), CHURCH (RC)

Name: PIERCE, RICHARD [2]
Building: CO. WICKLOW, ANNACURRA (AUGHRIM), CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1859-1864
Nature: New Gothic church for Fr Martin Fortune.. FS laid 30 Jul 1859. Opening ceremony Mar 1864 (St Patrick's Day). Cost £1,800 at time of opening. (Bell, 1865; new organ, 1867)
Refs: DB 2, 1 Oct 1860, 352; Wexford Independent, 3 Aug 1859, 16 Apr 1862,14 Jan 1863; The People, 31 Aug 1861, 12,26 Mar 1864,19 Aug 1865,17 Aug 1867 (information from newspapers kindly supplied by Conor O'Brien, Annacurra, Co. Wicklow); DB 4, 1 May 1862, 112;  Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 27(illus.).

Name: PUGIN & ASHLIN
Building: CO. WICKLOW, ANNACURRA (AUGHRIM), CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1863
Nature: Stained glass E. window, 1864a (executed by McCann, Middle Abbey St, Dublin). Design presented by John Hyacinth Talbot,
Refs: Wexford Independent, 14 Jan 1863; The People, 26 Mar 1864 (information from newspapers kindly supplied by Conor O'Brien, Annacurra, Co. Wicklow);

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. WICKLOW, ANNACURRA (AUGHRIM), CHURCH (RC)
Date: 1883
Nature: Proposed Sacred Heart altar. For Father Martin Fortune, Tinahely.
Refs: Signed detail drawing of altar, 1883, in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman Collection, 76/1.181.