Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WATERFORD, PORTLAW, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, GUILCAGH PARISH)

Name: TINSLEY, WILLIAM
Building: CO. WATERFORD, PORTLAW, CHURCH OF THE HOLY TRINITY (CI, GUILCAGH PARISH)
Date: 1849-1851
Nature: Small Gothic church with chancel and spirelet, for Louisa, Marchioness of Waterford. FS laid 16 May 1849; work still in progress May 1851. Cost: £1,200. According to Costegalde & Walker church was completed in 1852.
Refs: Ballina Chronicle, 7 Aug 1850; B 7, 23 Jun 1849, 296; 8, 18 Jan 1851, 46; 9, 18 Jan,31 May 1851, 46,346; J.D. Forbes, Victorian Architect: the life and work of William Tinsley (Indiana University Press, 1953), 47-48,Pl.8;  Claude Costegalde & Brian Walker, The Church of Ireland: an illustrated history (2013), 339.