Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)

Name: BYRNE, PATRICK
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1844-1854;1859-1
Nature: FS laid by Daniel O'Connell 1844; dedicated 23 Aug 1852; work on interior 1859-1861
Refs: B 8, 7 Sep 1850, 424; 10, 4 Sep 1852, 570; 16, 8 May 1858, 321; 17, 24 Sep 1859, 633; DB 1, 1 Apr,1 Oct 1859, 41,133; DB 3, 1 Sep 1861, 620; Catholic Registry (1853), 336; M. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, II, 233;  Brendan Grimes, Majestic Shrines and Graceful Sanctuaries: the church architecture of Patrick Byrne 1783-1864 (Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2009), 84(illus.),94-97,169(plan);  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 629-630, Pl.67.

Name: O'CONNOR, MICHAEL *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1860
Nature: 5-light chancel window, representing Christ in majesty, Resurrection, Virgin & Child, saints.
Refs: Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 630.

Name: BOYLE, RICHARD BARRINGTON *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1861,1865
Nature: Carved screen and oak reredos
Refs: DB 3, 15 Jul 1861, 565; 7, 15 Sep 1865, 228; W.G. Strickland, A Dictionary of Irish Artists (1913), I, 74-75

Name: FARRELL & SONS *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1865
Nature: New altar and tabernacle by Farrell & Sons.
Refs: DB 7, ? ? 1865, 228

Name: SMYTH, GEORGE [2] *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1897
Nature: High altar and reredos.
Refs: Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),  630.

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1897-98
Nature: New high altar and reredos, carried out by George Smyth. £700. Porch added 1898.
Refs: IB 39, 1 Aug 1897, 150; Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1902
Nature: Altar rails, executed by James Pearse?
Refs: Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2; undated design for communion rail in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.68

Name: PEARSE, JAMES *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1902
Nature: Altar rails. Designed by G.C. Ashlin?
Refs: Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2; ; undated design for communion rail in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.68;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 630.

Name: CULLEN, T.J., & CO. ##
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, JAMES'S STREET, CHURCH OF ST JAMES (RC)
Date: 1948-49
Nature: Proposed spire, new roof over bell tower, alts. to baptistery & new confessional.
Refs: Drawings in IAA, T.J. Cullen Collection, 85/74