Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. ARMAGH, CLOGHOGUE OR MOUNTAIN LODGE (NEWRY), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)

Name: ASHLIN & COLEMAN
Building: CO. ARMAGH, CLOGHOGUE OR MOUNTAIN LODGE (NEWRY), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)
Date: 1910-1914
Nature: New romanesque church in Upper Killevy(or Killeavy) parish, built of mountain granite. For Very Rev. Canon Felix McNally, PP.  Tenders invited, Jul 1910. FS laid 11 Jun 1911. Builder: Denis Neary & Son, Newry (but not consecrated until 1930?, see Catholic Directory (1931), 632)
Refs: Drawings in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.140; notes in Coleman sketchbook B62 & B63 in possession of Jones & Kelly, architects (photocopy in IAA, RPB 30); IB 52, 25 Jun 1910, 397; 53, 13 May,10,24 Jun,8 Jul 1911, 326,398,430,466(illus. with perspective drawing by TAC); 56, 20 Jun 1914, 378,388(illus.); Building News 99, 1 Jul 1910, 33;  Freeman's Journal, 9,12 Jul 1910;  IA & C 1, 6 May 1911, 201;  Kevin V. Mulligan, The Buildings of Ireland: South Ulster (2013), 448, Pl.87.

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. ARMAGH, CLOGHOGUE OR MOUNTAIN LODGE (NEWRY), CHURCH OF THE SACRED HEART (RC)
Date: 1937a
Nature: Mosaics on sanctuary walls (and floor?)
Refs: Information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013, citing Catholic Directory (1937).