Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720 - 1940

Selected: CO. WESTMEATH, RATHOWEN, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, RATHOWEN, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: 1846
Nature: New cruciform church. Inscription over door: 'Erected by the Rev. James O'Reilly, PP, Rathowen, on this site given gratis by A.C. Bond, Esq, Ardglas, 1846'. (Restored 1936-38.)
Refs: James MacNamee, History of the Dicese of Ardagh (1954), 748; Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 459-60

Name: UNKNOWN ARCHITECT
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, RATHOWEN, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: 1936-38
Nature: Restoration, for Rev. Patrick Egan. New roof and windows, interior studding against damp, new gallery over main door.
Refs: James MacNamee, History of the Diocese of Ardagh (1954), 748.

Name: MAYER & CO. *#
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, RATHOWEN, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: E window (Sacred Heart, St Joseph and the Virgin)
Refs: Christine Casey & Alistair Rowan, The Buildings of Ireland: North Leinster (1993), 60

Name: THOMPSON, JOHN CALDWELL
Building: CO. WESTMEATH, RATHOWEN, CHURCH OF ST MARY (RC)
Date: ?
Nature: JCT designs and superintends works at same.
Refs: IAA, RIAI office archives (Acc. 93/136), membership forms 1878-1909 (extremely fragile)