Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. TIPPERARY, TEMPLEMORE, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, TEMPLEMORE, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)
Date: 1877-1905
Nature: New church, for Very Rev. J. O'Connor, PP.  FS laid 1 Jan 1877.  Tenders invited Jan-Mar 1877. 1st mass celebrated Jan 1882. Estimated cost: £8,092. Gothic quatrefoil window for W wing executed by Mr Newstead, Fermoy, 1880, using limestone from his Gurrane quarry. Tower & spire completed 22 Mar 1905 and dedicated Oct 1907. Builder: T. Mackey, Dublin.
Refs: Undated sketch proposal for altar railing, &c. in Coleman sketchbook B81 in possession of Jones & Kelly, architects (photocopy in IAA, RPB 30); IAA, PKS B06a/43, B07/46, B09/32, A06 (Mar 1877);   Freeman's Journal, 24 Jan,19 Mar 1877;  IB 19, 1 May 1877, 128 (illus.), 133; 22, 15 Aug 1880, 238; 44, 31 Jul 1902, 1348; 47, 3 Jun 1905, 377, 378(illus.); 49, 2 Nov 1907, 762; B 88, 3 Jun 1905, 603

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. TIPPERARY, TEMPLEMORE, CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)
Date: 1936a
Nature: Mosaic work in sanctuary and side chapels.
Refs: Information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013, citing advertisement in Irish Catholic Directory (1936)