Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)

Name: MCCARTHY, JAMES JOSEPH
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1852-1861
Nature: 14th c. Decorated Gothic. FS laid 8 Sep 1852; roofed by Apr 1858; consecrated 15 Jan 1861. Contractor: Beardwood. Clerk of Works: John Doyle. Carving: Henry Lane. Painted decoration: Thomas Earley. Stained glass: O'Connor & Son. Metal work: Hardman & Co. Cost: £18,000.
Refs: B 10, 4 Sep 1852, 570; 11, 5 Feb 1853, 90; 15, 28 Mar 1857, 179; 16, 10 Apr,30 Oct 1858, 250,723; 19, 9 Feb 1861, 97; DB 2, 1 Apr 1860, 239; 3, 1,15 Jan,15 May 1861, 391,398,508; 5, 1 May 1863, 79; RHA 1861, no. 611; N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, III. 132; Repertorium Novum (1961-2), 217; Jeanne Sheehy, J.J. McCarthy and the Gothic Revival in Ireland (UAHS, 1977), front cover(illus.),24(illus.),29(illus.),30(illus.),33(illus.),43-44;  t;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 134, Pl.74..

Name: HOGAN, JOHN *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1857
Nature: Marble relief of Pieta, completed by James Cahill. For Thomas Higgs.
Refs: John Turpin, John Hogan: Irish Neoclassical Sculptor in Rome (Irish Academic Press, 1982), 174; Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 134.

Name: CAHILL, JAMES [1]*
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1857
Nature: Marble relief of Pieta by John Hogan but completed by James Cahill. For Thomas Higgs.
Refs: Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005), 134.


Name: O'CONNOR, MICHAEL *
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1861a
Nature: Stained glass by 'O'Connor & Son': Resurrection, Presentation and Christ in Majesty, all in apse.
Refs: N. Donnelly, Short Histories of Dublin Parishes, III, 132?;  Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),134.

Name: ASHLIN, GEORGE COPPINGER
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1895;1899-1901
Nature: New north aisle of 7 bays. Decorated Gothic to harmonize with church. Bath stone used for interior work, limestone for exterior. Construction started Sep 1899. Opened 28 Apr 1901 Contractor: James Donovan. Communion rail executed by Ryan.
Refs: Undated drawings for benches for N aisle, lavatory & sacrarium in IAA, Ashlin & Coleman drawings collection, Acc. 76/1.57; Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2 (R. O'Donnell's transcript appears to make ref. to N & S aisles, erected for £7,000 in 1894-95?) IB 37, 15 Oct 1895, 249; 43, 8 May 1901, 719; B 80, 11 May 1901, 470

Name: LEONARD, SIMON ALOYSIUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: 1966
Nature: Chapel of St Martin de Porres in N aisle.
Refs: Christine Casey, The Buildings of Ireland: Dublin (2005),134.

Name: ROBINSON, JOHN LOFTUS
Building: CO. DUBLIN, DUBLIN, DOMINICK STREET LOWER, CHURCH OF ST SAVIOUR (RC, DOMINICAN)
Date: ?
Nature: Addition of sacristy.
Refs: Clonliffe College Archive, MS p1/2