Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)

Name: DOOLIN, WALTER GLYNN
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1890-1901
Nature: E. English design, selected in limited competition. To replace church by J.J. O'Callaghan started circa 1876 but abandoned incomplete and unroofed soon after it had been begun. For Rev. Jas. Magee. First sod turned 8 (or 2?) Mar 1897. Opened 6 Oct 1901. £9000. Contractor: John B. Healy, Tralee.
Refs: Exterior perspective with pencil notes in IAA, Butler Collection, 85/107.1/20;  IAA, PKS 0692, B18/34, B19/49, A08 (Jul,1901; repairs after storm damage); designs exh. RHA 1892, no. 486, 1901, no. 307 (high altar); IB 34,1 Jun 1892, 123,126(illus.); 39, 15 Feb,15 Mar 1897, 42,61; 41, 1 Nov 1899, 169; 42, 1 Jan,1 Dec 1900, 228(illus.),556,560(illus.); 43, 16 Jan,13 Feb,6 Jun,26 Sep 1901, 599,637,752,872; 44, 30 Jan 1902, 1021; B 72, 13 Mar 1897, 257; 81, 26 Oct 1901, 370; 82, 22 Mar 1902, 296;  Tuam Herald, 16 Jan,13 Mar 1897;  PKS Bills of Quantities, Book 18, 852, Book 19, 656,828,830; PKS Bundle 6(24-36); Gearoid Crookes, 'The Career and Architectural Works of Walter G. Doolin (1850-1902)', unpublished M.A. thesis, University College Dublin, 1987, 76-79, Fig. 6:1-3

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1891
Nature: WHB competition entrant, but W. Doolin's design selected.
Refs: IB 43, 10 Oct 1901, 893

Name: DOOLIN, BUTLER & DONNELLY
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1905
Nature: New piers and bases around church and parochial house.
Refs: IAA Butler Collection, Acc. 85/107, Notebook 19;  IB 47, 3 Jun 1905, 386

Name: TOMLIN, PATRICK E. *
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1908
Nature: PT & Sons secure contract for new memorial pulpit designed by Rudolf Maximilian Butler. Pulpit 'somewhat unusual in form', being 'four sided and rectangular'. Sculptured groups by PT himself.
Refs: IB 50, 11 Jul 1908, 421;  Freeman's Journal, 16 Sep 1908.

Name: BUTLER, RUDOLF MAXIMILIAN
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1908;1911-1912
Nature: Pulpit, 1908; gateways, gates, railings, base walls, 1911-12.
Refs: IB 50, 19 Sep 1908, 579; 53, 1 Apr 1911, 210; 54, 22 Jun 1912, 362;  Freeman's Journal, 16 Sep 1908.

Name: BUTLER, RUDOLF MAXIMILIAN
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1919
Nature: Marble & bronze memorial to be erected in memory of Rev. Dr Higgins, Bishop of Temno.
Refs: IB 61, 8 Mar 1919, 105

Name: RYAN, EDWARD RAPHAEL
Building: CO. MAYO, CASTLEBAR, CHAPEL STREET, CHURCH OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1957
Nature: Repairs.
Refs: IB 99, 27 Jul 1957, 603