Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROSARY (RC)

Name: HAGUE, WILLIAM [2]
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1892-1895
Nature: New Romanesque church, for Rev. James Lalor, PP.  FS laid 1893. Dedicated 26 May 1895.  Builder: Stephen Lalor, Kilkenny. Vases on high altar executed to WH's design by Kane & Gunning, silversmiths, Dublin.
Refs: Undated romanesque designs in W.H. Byrne collection, No. 16 and Folder 99; Architect, ? ? 1892, ? (for ref see B of I Laois file); IB 37, 15 Jun 1895, 155;  Irish Times, 30 Nov 1896;  John McEvoy, ed., The Churches of Kildare and Leighlin 2000 AD (Strasbourg: Editions du Signe, 2000), 68(illus.).


Name: BYRNE, WILLIAM HENRY, & SON
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1906;1913
Nature: Tower & spire; baptistery. Church by William Hague.
Refs: Drawings, 1906,1913, formerly in office archives of W.H. Byrne & Son; IB 47, 16 Dec 1905, 914; B 89, 16 Dec 1905, 658 (advt. for tenders)

Name: OPPENHEIMER, LUDWIG, LTD *#
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1915a?
Nature: Mosaic work. (Arch, walls and floor in sanctuary?)
Refs: Oppenheimer brochure, 1915ca (information from Robert Field, Swanage, Dorset, Apr 2013).

Name: KELLY, VINCENT
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1920
Nature: Steeple.
Refs: 2 rolls of drawings, 1920, in IAA, Edward Cullen Collection, Acc. 2004/160 (not on public access).

Name: JONES & KELLY
Building: CO. LAOIS, ABBEYLEIX, CHURCH OF THE HOLY ROSARY (RC)
Date: 1924
Nature: New plaster ceiling to apse, carried out by M. Creedon.
Refs: IB 66, 17 May 1924, 456