Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1855-58
Nature: New convent, schools and orphanage, in Decorated Gothic style. To consist of 2 cloistered quadrangles.. Red and black brick with Scotch stone dressings. Site attached to Catholic seminary purchased 1852. Started Apr n1855. S wing housing nuns and schools finished first. Orphanage completed Apr 1858. Cloisters finished by end of 1858. Contractor: Thomas Byrne, Belfast & Armagh.
Refs: B 10, 21 Feb 1852, 123; 13, 14 Apr 1855, 177; 16, 27 Mar 1858, 214; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 19 (no. 34, illus.)

Name: O'NEILL, THOMAS J.
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1909
Nature: Chapel (of St Anthony?) to be erected. Contractor: James Henry & Sons, Crumlin Rd. (Demolished)
Refs: IB 51, 7 Aug 1909, 502; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 19 (no. 34)

Name: MCARDLE, F. & J.
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1925;1937
Nature: Additional storey to N wing, 1925; S wing, 1937.
Refs: IB 67, 11 Jul 1925, 570; Paul Larmour, Belfast: an illustrated architectural guide (1987), 19, no. 34

Name: MCARDLE, FRANCIS
Building: CO. ANTRIM, BELFAST, CRUMLIN ROAD, CONVENT OF MERCY
Date: 1937
Nature: Alts. & adds.
Refs: IB 79, 20 Mar 1937, 262