Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. GALWAY, RENVYLE, CHURCH (CI)

Name: WELLAND, JOSEPH
Building: CO. GALWAY, RENVYLE, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1859;1861-64
Nature: New church by JW & Son on site given by Capt. E. Blake, Renvyle House.  4-bay nave with S porch, 1-bay chancel, W bellcote. Built under supervision of Welland & Gillespie after JW's death. Contractor: Stringer & Emerson, Clifden.  Consecrated, 2 Sep 1864.
Refs: Drawing(s), signed 'J. Welland & Son' and dated 1859, in RCB Library, portfolio 26, also ground plan, S & W elevations, signed 'J. Welland & Son' in RCB Library,MS 139 (C:\WP51\ARCH); DB 3, 15 Sep 1861, 637; B 19, 12 Oct 1861, 699;  Irish Ecclesiastical Gazette 6, no. 63 (17 Sep 1864), 196.

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. GALWAY, RENVYLE, CHURCH (CI)
Date: 1861
Nature: New church.
Refs: DB 3, 15 Sep 1861, 637