Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONLIFFE ROAD, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, CHURCH (RC)
Name: | MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONLIFFE ROAD, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1873-1876 |
Nature: | Begun 1873; dedicated by Cardinal Cullen, 14 Sep 1876. Front modelled on S Francesca Romana, Rome, and interior on S Agata dei Goti, Rome. Direct labour. C of W: Bryan O'Connor. Cost £23,775. Carved arms between divisions of organ by J.R. Boyle, jr., Gloucester St Upr. Painting: Gagliardi. Plasterer: James Hogan & Sons |
Refs: | IAA, PKS B07/33; Freeman's Journal, 6 Nov 1875; Irish Times, 15 Sep,11 Nov 1876; IB 18, 15 Sep 1876, 276; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 66-67 |
Name: | MEDICI, LUIGI *# |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONLIFFE ROAD, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | 1874-75 |
Nature: | Sculptor of high altar and tabernacle. Contract dated 22 Jul 1874; work in hand, 1875. (Removed in 1940s) |
Refs: | Clonliffe Archives, MS 290/3. |
Name: | GAGLIARDI, PIETRO *# |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONLIFFE ROAD, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Decoration of clerestory in chapel. |
Refs: | Catholic Dublin: a guide (1932), ?. |
Name: | FARRELL & SONS * |
Building: | CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, CLONLIFFE ROAD, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, CHURCH (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Replica by Thomas Farrell of his statue of Cardinal Cullen in Pro-Cathedral in college chapel. |
Refs: | E. MacDowell Cosgrave & Leonard R. Strangways, Visitors’ Guide to Dublin and Neighbourhoods (Dublin & London, [1907]), ? (IAA, Edward McParland files, Acc.2008/44) |