Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF ST CRONAN (RC)

Name: BUTLER, WILLIAM DEANE
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF ST CRONAN (RC)
Date: 1843-1855
Nature: New cruciform church, originally built after design by W. Deane Butler. Begun 1843ca.  Work brought to a halt by Famine. Dedicated 19 Oct 1855.
Refs: RHA 1849, no. 450; B 13, 10 Nov 1855, 542; DB 2, 1 Oct 1860, 352; IB 73, 1,29 Aug,12 Sep 1931, 676,762,802; Civil Engineer and Architect's Journal 21 (1858), 34;  Ignatius Murphy, The Diocese of Killaloe 1850-1904 (Blackrock: Four Courts Press, 1995), 435

Name: BUTLER, JOHN STERLING
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF ST CRONAN (RC)
Date: 1860
Nature: Church designed by W. Deane Butler. Finishing of interior directed by JSB. £10,000. Contractor: Hogan & Son.
Refs: IB 2, 1 Oct 1860, 352

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF ST CRONAN (RC)
Date: 1869
Nature: 3 new altars consecrated, 19 Sep 1869. Executed by Earley & Powell, Dublin, from designs by JJM.
Refs: Irish Times, 10 Sep 1869;  B 27, 9 Oct 1869, 812

Name: EARLEY & POWELLS *
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF ST CRONAN (RC)
Date: 1869
Nature: Altars executed by E & P to designs by J.J. McCarthy.
Refs: B 27, 9 Oct 1869, 812

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF ST CRONAN (RC)
Date: 1906;1915;1924
Nature: Renovation & exterior, repairs &c. Contractor: Jos. Day, Roscrea. New sacristy & decoration, 1915. Plastering, 1924.
Refs: Undated drawings (details of nave decoration and design for nave spandrels, imps. to Lady Altar) in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman Collection, 76/1.145 & 146; undated drawing for frame for Stations of the Cross in IAA, 76/1.210; IB 47, 9 Sep 1905, 634; 48, 6 Oct 1906, 808; 57, 13 Mar 1915, 130; 66, 29 Nov 1924, 1003.

Name: HARDMAN, JOHN, & CO *
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, ROSCREA, ABBEY STREET, CHURCH OF ST CRONAN (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Stone and metal jubé screen.
Refs: Michael Fisher, Hardman of Birmingham, goldsmith and glasspainter (Landmark Publishing, 2008), 138(illus.).