Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WEXFORD, ENNISCORTHY, CATHEDRAL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST AIDAN (RC)

Name: PUGIN, AUGUSTUS WELBY NORTHMORE #
Building: CO. WEXFORD, ENNISCORTHY, CATHEDRAL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST AIDAN (RC)
Date: 1843-1850
Nature: Cruciform. Early Decorated. FS laid 1843. lst mass celebrated in unfinished building 1846. Nave under construction 1848. Tower built 1850. Dedicated 20 May 1860.
Refs: DB 2, 1 Jun 1860, 282; Phoebe Stanton, Pugin (1971), 203; R. O'Donnell, 'The Pugins in Ireland' in P.Atterbury, ed., A.W.N. Pugin, Master of Gothic Revival (Yale, 1995), 1467,148(illus.);  Churches of the Diocese of Ferns (Booklink, 2004), 22-25(illus.)

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. WEXFORD, ENNISCORTHY, CATHEDRAL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST AIDAN (RC)
Date: 1857-1860
Nature: High altar, reredos, chancel screen and sanctuary decorations, following plan of A.W.N. Pugin. For Dr Thomas Furlong, Bishop of Ferns. Cathedral dedicated 10 May 1860.
Refs: B 16, 24 Apr 1858, 280; IB 2, 1 Jun 1860, 282; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), 47

Name: FREEMAN, JOSEPH KELLY
Building: CO. WEXFORD, ENNISCORTHY, CATHEDRAL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST AIDAN (RC)
Date: 1901
Nature: Design for completion of new baptistry exh. by JKF at RHA.
Refs: RHA 1901, no. 310

Name: CULLEN, THOMAS JOSEPH
Building: CO. WEXFORD, ENNISCORTHY, CATHEDRAL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST AIDAN (RC)
Date: 1935-1940
Nature: Work on roof, 1935-6; organ screen, 1937-8; seating & lights, 1939-40.
Refs: Drawings in IAA, T.J. Cullen Collection, 85/74

Name: CULLEN, THOMAS JOSEPH
Building: CO. WEXFORD, ENNISCORTHY, CATHEDRAL STREET, CATHEDRAL OF ST AIDAN (RC)
Date: 1936
Nature: Removal & renewal of nave roof. Contractor: John Cleary. For Very Rev. John Codd.
Refs: Drawing(s) in IAA, T.J. Cullen Collection, 85/74; IB 78, 11 Jul 1936, 617