Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LOUTH, WALSHESTOWN (CLOGHERHEAD), CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)

Name: SMITH, THOMAS [2]#
Building: CO. LOUTH, WALSHESTOWN (CLOGHERHEAD), CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)
Date: 1837
Nature: New church. FS laid 30 Mar 1837 by son of Sir Patrick Bellew. Possibly designed by TS (Casey & Rowan).
Refs: Drogheda Argus, 1 Apr 1837; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 205

Name: MURRAY, JOHN [2]
Building: CO. LOUTH, WALSHESTOWN (CLOGHERHEAD), CHURCH OF SS PETER & PAUL (RC)
Date: 1876
Nature: Renovations, including plastering and painting, and possibly crenellated turret. For Rev. James Powderly, PP.
Refs: Dundalk Democrat, 5 Aug 1876; P.J. Geraghty, A Heritage in Stone: the life and career of architect John Murray (1994), 56