Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, FAHAN LOWER PARISH)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, FAHAN LOWER PARISH)
Date: 1804;1816;1836ca
Nature: Built 1804, enlarged, 1816, 'and being still too small, is again about to be enlarged, for which the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have recently granted £370.6.8'
Refs: Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), I, 230,611;exterior illus. in F.W. Fawcett and D.W.T. Crooks, eds., Clergy of Derry & Raphoe (Ulster Historical Foundation, 1999),138.

Name: WELLAND & GILLESPIE
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, FAHAN LOWER PARISH)
Date: 1864
Nature: New seats, pulpit and reading desk. Contractor: Robert Ferguson.
Refs: Signed drawing, also signed by contractor, 1864, in RCB Library, portfolio 10A; DB 6, 1 Feb 1864, 23

Name: ECCLESIASTICAL COMMISSIONERS
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, FAHAN LOWER PARISH)
Date: 1867
Nature: Tenders invited for carrying out extensive works, Jan 1867. Church re-opened Sep 1867. Cost: £749.2s.10d.
Refs: General Advertiser, 23 Jan 1864; IB 9, 15 Jan,15 Sep 1867, 25,243; J.B. Leslie, Raphoe Clergy and Parishes (1940), 227

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. DONEGAL, BUNCRANA, CHRIST CHURCH (CI, FAHAN LOWER PARISH)
Date: 1902
Nature: Addition of chancel in memory of Canon Edward Newland.
Refs: J.B. Leslie, Raphoe Clergy and Parishes (1940), 227