REILLY, JOHN [2]

Architect and/or builder, active in Co. Louth in the second decade of the nineteenth century.   'John Reilly, an Architect' was paid for re-roofing and repairing Moylary Church, Co. Louth, in 1812 and 1813.  Between 1814 and 1817 payments amounting to £309.6s.8d. were made to him for re-roofing, re-slating and repairs at Dunleer church, Co. Louth, and after his death circa 1818, further payments of £6.7s.5½d. and £14.2s.9d for the same contract were made to his representatives in 1819 and 1820 respectively.(1)

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(1) RCB Library, 'An account of of all sums of money levied for building and repairing of churches...June 1824' (information from Frank Keohane).

2 work entries listed in chronological order for REILLY, JOHN [2]

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Building:	CO. LOUTH, MOYLARY, CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1811-12
Nature:	'The church is a neat modern structure, altered and repaired in 1811 by a parochial assessment, amounting to £300 Irish.' (Lewis).   'John Reilly, an Architect' paid £113.2s.1d in 1812 and balance of £38.3s.10d. in 1813 for re-roofing, re-slating and repairs. (JR may have been the contractor rather than the architect.)
Refs:	Samuel Lewis, A Topographical dictionary of Ireland (1837), II, 403;  RCB Library, 'An account of of all sums of money levied for building and repairing of churches...June 1824' (information from Frank Keohane).

Building:	CO. LOUTH, DUNLEER, CHURCH (CI)
Date:	1814-1817
Nature:	Payments amounting to £309.6s.8d. made to JR between 1814 and 1817 for re-roofing, re-slating and repairs; further payments of £6.7s.5½d. and £14.2s.9d for same contract made to his representatives in 1819 and 1820 respectively.
Refs:	RCB Library, 'An account of of all sums of money levied for building and repairing of churches...June 1824' (information from Frank Keohane).