Selected: CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC)
Name: | BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1904 |
Nature: | Proposed new cathedral. |
Refs: | IB 46, 1? ? 1914, 841. |
Name: | BYRNE, RALPH HENRY |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1931-1936 |
Nature: | New classical cathedral to seat 1,600, replacing Gothic T-plan cathedral of 1836. Tenders invited, Feb 1932. Contract signed 23 Mar 1932. FS laid 6 Aug 1933; dedication 1936; consecration 1939. Contractors: Murphy Bros., Dublin. Cost: £250,000. |
Refs: |
Designs formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son; Architect & Building News 129, 12 Feb 1932, 240; Irish Times, 18 Feb 1932, 7 Aug 1933; IB 74, 9 Apr 1932, 334-337(illus.); 75, 12 Aug 1933, 669; 78, ? ? 1936, 146(illus.),359(illus.),774,823(illus.),975; B 156, 16 Jun 1939, 1124; Capuchin Annual 11 (1940), 332; (1941), 246; (1964), 118; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 415-418. |
Name: | SMYTH, GEORGE [2] * |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1936a |
Nature: | Sanctuary fittings by Earley & Co, Gunning, Smyth;s, J. & C. McGloughin. |
Refs: | Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar: a guide (reference from B. of I. files). |
Name: | THOMPSON, H. * |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1936a |
Nature: | Carving of façade and windows of the carving head of Moses the Law Giver over central door. |
Refs: | Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar(guide book). |
Name: | HARRISON, C.W., & SONS * |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1936a |
Nature: | Marble bases and caps to columns, marble skirtings, &c. Architect: Ralph Henry Byrne. |
Refs: |
List of work 'in hands, or recently executed' in advertisement in JRIAI (1936), 69. |
Name: | OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *# |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1936ca? |
Nature: | According to Robert Field, all the mosaic work is by Oppenheimer, using designs of William Earley. |
Refs: |
Cathedral of Christ the King, Mullingar: a guide (B. of I.); Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 418; information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013 |
Name: | POWER, ALBERT GEORGE * |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1939a |
Nature: | Portland stone tympanum over main entrance representing Virgin handing over model of old cathedral of St Mary to Christ the King. |
Refs: |
Mullingar Cathedral (a guide); Theo Snoddy, Dictionary of Irish Artists: 20th Century (1996), 400; illus. in illus. in Dara O' Conaola, Saol agus Saothar: Albert Power (Ceardshiopa Inis Oirr Teo, 19, 1996), 60. |
Name: | ANREP, BORIS *# |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | 1948;1954 |
Nature: | Mosaics in chapels of St Patrick & St Anne |
Refs: | Mullingar Cathedral: a guide (n.d.); Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 418 |
Name: | EARLEY & CO. * |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Marble group of Holy Family. |
Refs: | Mullingar Cathedral (guide) |
Name: | EARLEY & CO. * |
Building: | CO. WESTMEATH, MULLINGAR, CATHEDRAL OF CHRIST THE KING (RC) |
Date: | ? |
Nature: | Sanctuary fittings by Earley & Co. and others. |
Refs: | Mullingar Cathedral (guide); Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 418 |