Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)

Name: BOURKE, JOHN [2]
Building: CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: 1860-1861
Nature: New cruciform church with tower and spire to be built on site granted by Richard Greville, Aug 1859.  for Rev. Edward McGaver.  Transitional style. Tenders invited, Apr 1860. FS laid 8 Sep 1860. Almost ready for roofing, Dec 1861. Dedicated 5 May 1867. Tower and spire completed, 1887, for Rev. Nicholas O'Flanagan.
Refs: DB 2, 1 Apr 1860, 240; 3, 15 Jun,15 Dec 1861, 546,712; B 18, 28 Apr 1860, 267; Longford Year Book (1928), ?;    J. MacNamee, History of the Diocese of Ardagh (1954),654

Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: 1903-4;1907
Nature: Alts. & improvements, including communion rails, 1904, benches & barriers, 1907, porch.
Refs: Drawings (1904, 1907) formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne, not transferred to IAA; B 104, 7 Mar 1903, 264; IB 45, 12 Mar 1903, 1632

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. LONGFORD, GRANARD, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: 1915a?
Nature: Mosaic work (sanctuary floor?).
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).