Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. CORK, CHARLEVILLE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS (RC)

Name: DOOLIN, WALTER GLYNN
Building: CO. CORK, CHARLEVILLE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS (RC)
Date: 1898
Nature: Proposed new church.
Refs: Designs exh. RHA 1898, nos. 441,466

Name: HENNESSY, MAURICE ALPHONSUS
Building: CO. CORK, CHARLEVILLE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS (RC)
Date: 1898-1902;1908-09
Nature: New Gothic church with 6-bay nave, chancel, tower and spire. Local limestone. FS laid 18 Sep 1898. Dedicated Spring, 1902. Builder: Denis Creedon, Fermoy. Completion of tower & building of spire,1908-09.(Tenders invited, May 1908.)
Refs: IB 44, 8 May 1902, 1240; 49, 21 Sep 1907, 662; 50, 30 May 1908, 341,351; B 82, 17 May 1902, 504; 94, 30 May 1908, 648; 97, 4 Dec 1909, 620 (obituary);  Freeman's Journal, 25,30 May 1908.

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. CORK, CHARLEVILLE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS (RC)
Date: 1918-1921
Nature: Mosaics on walls of sanctuary and two side chapels. Designed by Eric Newton.
Refs: Robert Field, 'A legacy of inspiration and beauty', Andamento (Journal of the British Association for Modern Mosaic),  Vol. 7 (2013), 26-27(illus.).

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. CORK, CHARLEVILLE, CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: Design for organ base.
Refs: Undated details in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.23/1